Adventure Center is hitting the road with cross-Canada sessions of its Certified Adventure Travel Specialist (CATS) training program. The four hour sessions will take place in Victoria (Oct. 29), Vancouver (Oct. 30), Calgary (Oct. 31), Edmonton (Nov. 1), Halifax (Nov. 5), Ottawa (Nov. 6), London (Nov. 7) and Toronto (Nov. 8). Training sessions will cover the benefits of selling adventure travel and how to promote it; walking, trekking, cycling and safari holidays; and destination training on Africa, India, Nepal and Burma. Adventure Center's Pat Rochon, who has travelled to over 130...
Travel agents still have time to sign up for any of the three-part series of Hawaii travel trade seminars to be held by WestJet Vacations in Western Canada. These evenings will be an opportunity to learn about the variety of accommodations available in Hawaii, from over 18 hotel suppliers. In addition to the fun-filled informative evening, light appetizers and refreshments will be served. The event sked will start on Sept. 18 in Vancouver at the Shangri-La Hotel, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.; then Sept. 19 in Edmonton at the Radisson Hotel Edmonton South, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.; and finish on Sept. 20 in...
The exclusive Club Diamond experience at Bahia Principe, available from Holiday House and Sunquest, offers your clients small resort feel with big resort fun. And now Holiday House is giving Canadian travel agents a chance to win a fabulous trip for two to Gran Bahia Principe Jamaica in Runaway Bay, including air, to experience the Club Diamond difference for themselves. Guests of Club Diamond enjoy all the resort's wonderful facilities like pools, bars, restaurants, entertainment, water sports, spa facilities, etc, but with exclusive access to additional amenities reserved just for Club...
Goway's AFRICAExperts has launched its 2013 Travel Planner, offering more than 200 independent and escorted travel ideas to Africa and the Middle East. "We offer everything from ideas for adventure seekers and to our Stays of Distinction for discerning clients. Plus, we offer coach tours, small group departures as well as our signature Holidays of a Lifetime small group escorted experiences,"says Moira Smith, Goway's general manager for Africa and the Middle East. She added that many options involve private touring where clients are accompanied by both a driver and a guide and all of the...
Signature Vacations has released its first-ever Hard Rock Hotel brochure. Renowned for bringing together good music, good food, and good people, Hard Rock Hotels provide visitors with an unforgettable vacation experience. As part of the all-inclusive service at Hard Rock, Signature says guests can expect to "enjoy luxurious accommodations, fine dining, delicious snacks, top shelf drinks, non-motorized water sports and sensational entertainment"at properties in Mexico and the Caribbean. In addition to the standard all-inclusive services, guests booking with Signature can take advantage of...
Sunquest has unveiled its 2013 long duration "Divine Mediterranean Odysseys"cruise program aboard the MSC Divina, which debuted last year. Featuring three options, with prices starting from $2,499 p.p., clients can choose between a 17-, 18- or 19-day itinerary. Each itinerary includes roundtrip air from Toronto to Rome and Naples on Alitalia, an 11-night Mediterranean cruise starting in Rome and travelling to Genoa, Barcelona, Casablanca/Marrakesh, Tenerife, Funchal/Madeira Island and Malaga, and hotel stays in Sorrento and Rome. Here's what's available: !!! Option 1 (17 days/15 nights)...
Sunquest is advising travellers and agents considering booking a winter holiday to do so soon to take advantage of savings and get the best availability on dates, flights and resorts. For instance, the tour operator is currently offering its "We Pay the Tax"promotion on all winter 2012/13 packages. It is valid on all new bookings made by Sept. 13 and applicable on all departures across Canada from Oct. 28 to April 30, 2013. The following are a few examples of what Sunquest has available this coming holiday season: !!! Vancouver to Los Cabos: Holiday Inn Resort Los Cabos (Super Saver Garden...
Boomerang Tours is offering agents 14% commission as well as a chance to win two tickets to the South Pacific, just by booking. The 14% commission offer is valid on air/land and land-only bookings made between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31 for travel to any of Boomerang's South Pacific destinations. All bookings apply - from tours and hotel nights to car rentals for Australia, New Zealand and all of the South Pacific Islands -- Fiji, Tahiti, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. What's more, all air/land package bookings earn agents a chance to win two tickets to the South Pacific. "This is our...
Hola Sun says it's dropping fuel surcharges for all new ITC packages booked from any of its gateways through Sept. 21. The offer is applicable for departures from Dec. 20 to Oct. 31, 2013. The packages pay 8% commission and have "competitive pricing"and are combinable with EBB promotion savings. They are also applicable to new group bookings. Clients can save $210 per couple....
Nolitours is now offering vacation options in Costa Rica with departures from Vancouver. Air Transat will operate weekly flights on Tuesdays from YVR, Dec.18 to April 23, 2013. Guests can choose to embark on the Nolitours' Treasures of Costa Rica coach tour. Highlights include a sightseeing tour of Liberia, a visit to the Monteverde Biological Reserve, a cruise on the Tarcoles River, a boat tour and visit to Marina Ballena National Park, hiking through Manuel Antonio National Park and Arenal Volcano National, with incredible views of the Tenorio volcano....