Tour Operators
Intrepid, MEET Partner On Albania Expedition
Intrepid Travel has partnered with MEET Network to create a new 9-day expedition around Albania, exploring parts of the country rarely visited by tourists. This is Intrepid’s first standalone trip in Albania, departing for the first time in September 2023. Albania has been soaring in popularity in recent years, thanks to its stunning and diverse landscapes of mountains and coastlines, along with its fascinating culture. Described by its tourism board as “Europe’s last unturned stone,” Albania is focusing on alternative travel, promoting agritourism and ecotourism –...
Exodus Travels Celebrates Agents With ‘Books for Bookings’ Initiative
To mark Travel Agent Appreciation Month, Exodus Travels is celebrating the positive impact of tourism by trading ‘Books for Bookings’ in support of the Ou River Book Boat. Based in Nong Kiaw, Laos, the Book Boat serves 44 villages along the Ou River by delivering a regular supply of books, school supplies, educational games, and basic hygiene provisions such as soap, toothpaste, and toothbrushes to rural villages that are mostly inaccessible by road. For every booking made in the month of May, Exodus will make a donation in each booking agent’s name to Baraka Community...
TTC Tour Brands Bets On Travel Agents
TTC Tour Brands celebrated Travel Agent Day by holding a casino-themed advisor appreciation event in Toronto last night featuring cocktails representing its various brands and a variety of games from craps to roulette. Arriving agents — including top producing agents who were flown in from coast to coast — were given casino vouchers to cash in and try their luck. “You may be wondering why the casino theme,” Melissa DaSilva – President, TTC Tour Brands, North America, announced during the evening. “What we are playing on is that when you are working with TTC Tour Brands it...
A Little Bonus From Globus Family of Brands
Globus family of brands has launched a special booking incentive in time for Travel Agent Appreciation Day, that sees it gifting advisors a $150 gift card for every Globus or Avalon Waterways booking made between mid-April and May 17, 2023. Carla Brake, director of sales for the Globus family of brands, said that: “Travel’s comeback in well underway and we have our travel advisor partners to thank for it. To show our gratitude and to celebrate the advisor community across Canada and all they’ve done to bring travellers back to the world, we added a booking bonus to our already...
You Mean The World To Us
Air Canada Vacations is launching a month-long event, You Mean the World To Us #ACVDreammakers, to honour its Travel Agent Community with prize giveaways and offers. Ana Paula De Souza, Director of Sales at Air Canada Vacations, said: “The You Mean the World To Us campaign is an idea that was created as a team. I am so passionate about this as it summarizes exactly how we feel about our travel agents. Throughout the years, travel agents have showed their resiliency and it’s time for us to give back. Their success truly is our success, and we are dedicated to showing our commitment...
GX Summit Puts Change On The Agenda
The inaugural GX Summit will take place in Peru in September as agents, supplier, travellers and others gather at a ‘travel convention unlike any the world has seen before’ and experience firsthand what an incredible impact community tourism can have on a destination. The multi-day, mega-event runs from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, 2023. Each group will have its own dedicated itinerary, and the event will culminate with the first World Community Tourism Summit, to be hosted on World Tourism Day, Sept. 27, 2023. This day will feature a line-up of inspiring speakers and entertainment, which...
Royal Irish Tours Making Agents Smile
To celebrate Travel Agent Day (May 3) with all of its Canadian travel agent partners, Royal Irish Tours (RIT) is giving away gift cards for all bookings made the week of May 1 to May 5, 2023. Yep, for every new booking made, agents will receive a very Canadian gift – a $10 Tim Horton’s card. On top of this, all advisors who make a booking in the month of May will be added to a draw to win the grand prize of an 8-day familiarization trip to Ireland or Scotland in 2023/24. If you have multiple bookings in the month, you will have multiple entries into the draw Jonathan...
A Little Appreciation From TourRadar
TourRadar has unveiled its new incentive program to celebrate Travel Advisor Appreciation Month in May. And to recognize the hard work of travel agents, TourRadar is giving away three organized adventures to Peru, Italy, and any destination provided by Europamundo to three winners. Throughout the month of May, there are many ways an agent can be entered to win: Any new agent who registers on TourRadar.com/agents A current agent who logs in during the month of May Registered agents who attend one of TourRadar’s hosted webinars in May Any agent who refers two other...