Tour Operators
Exotik Journeys Sailing To Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Exotik Journeys is starting the year off with a bang with a special offer on its cruise to Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia on MSC Splendida. The itinerary includes Luxor, the Red Sea, Petra, Jeddah, Cairo, and the pyramids of Giza. Until Jan. 20, 2023, travel agents who book the March 17, 2023 sailing will earn 10,000 Loyalty Rewards Points, and travellers will receive a $200 credit to apply to their flight. The 11-day program includes 2-night accommodation in Giza, 1-night accommodation in Cairo, two sightseeing tours, domestic flights, private transfers, and a 7-night cruise...
Escape With Savings From Quark Expeditions
Quark Expeditions has kicked off the new year by launching its ‘Escape Sale’ with polar voyages reduced by up to 45% and including a variety of guest benefits. Thomas Lennartz, Vice-president of Sales for Quark Expeditions, said: “We’re very excited about our recently-launched Escape Sale as it enables a cross-section of travellers to take advantage of deep savings that match their travel tastes.” Lennartz added: “The special offers and perks in our ‘Escape Sale’ appeal to solo travellers, couples and groups.” Lennartz emphasized that the itineraries featured in...
WeTravel Appoints CEO, Co-Founder Moves to CPO
WeTravel has announced the appointment of Ted Clements to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and the migration of Johannes Koeppel, WeTravel’s co-founder, from CEO to the newly-created Chief Product Officer (CPO) role. Under Koeppel’s leadership, the business’s c-suite expansion is a resultant of consecutive, double-digit client and transaction volume growth since 2021, which led the business to $10 million ARR and a competitive Series B funding round in 2022. WeTravel was built as a platform to support travel businesses by digitizing and optimizing the travel booking process. Now...
Personal Travel Management, Boutique Safaris Partner
Personal Travel Management has become the exclusive North American wholesale partner of Boutique Safaris. Boutique Safaris is a 100% Masai-own company that provides clients with life-changing and bespoke safari experiences that empower the impacted community, providing jobs and meaningful interactions with at-risk children. The company also provides support for local schools as well as for a local orphanage. This includes Engaruka English Medium Primary School (EEMPS) a school built by Maasai owner of Boutique Safaris, Abby Olemisiko, in his hometown of Engaruka. Since opening in...
Top Sunwing Executives Issue An Apology
“Sunwing was founded on a promise to help make Canadians’ vacation dreams come true with affordable all inclusive getaways to dozens of highly rated vacation destinations. We are astutely aware that, for too many Canadians, we failed to live up to that promise this holiday season. We are incredibly sorry for letting our customers down,” write Sunwing Travel Group’s CEO, Stephen Hunter and Sunwing Airlines’ President, Len Corrado. Hunter and Corrado’s statement continues: “Like many Canadians, we dreamed this holiday would be a return to normal. We planned our highest...
A Bright Future Ahead, Despite Challenges
In conversation with Canadian Travel Press recently, Transat’s VP Corporate Responsibility, Chrystal Healy and its Director of public relations and social media, Bernard Côté teamed up to provide some insights on how Transat is working to find the balance between recovery and sustainability. At one point during the conversation, Healy observed that: “The pandemic has allowed us to look back on who we are and to refocus our mission, to grow our network with some new partners and to really explore the significance of travel.” For the full story, check out CANADIAN TRAVEL...
Take Off From Peterborough With BST Vacations
BST Vacations (Blowes & Stewart Travel Group Ltd) has released details of its 2023 lineup of destinations for its Peterborough departures program. In 2023 BST Vacations will be travelling to its top 4 best selling destinations of all time, and one new destination. It will fly to New York City; St. John's, Newfoundland; Boston, Massachusetts; Nashville, Tennessee; and Austin, Texas. BST also has a new airline partner for the 2023 Season -- Nolinor Airlines. Founded in 1992, Nolinor Aviation is the largest airline carrier offering specialized commercial charter flights in...
No Right Or Wrong Place To Start … Just Start
Shannon Guihan, TTC’s Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of TreadRight, observes that: “The world is facing a myriad of challenges with geopolitical concerns, rising costs across the board, with climate adaptation and the need to increase representation as exciting opportunities. These are all issues we must address as individual businesses and as a sector if tourism destinations are to remain vibrant and continue to welcome us.” At one point, Guihan observes: “We must consider how to integrate tactics that build vibrancy in destinations and resiliency into our business....