MONTREAL — Travel agents and industry professionals came out in droves for Air Canada Vacations’ cross-country breakfast seminars.Concluding last week, the seminars, which highlighted ACV’s 2023 Europe program, welcomed more than 450 travel agents and representatives from tourism boards and cruise lines, including Tourism Ireland, Tour Greece, Visit Portugal, TopAtlântico, Meet&Greet your Italian Way, Royal Caribbean International, and Celebrity Cruises. Shows took place in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Halifax.

“We are so thrilled to share the excitement of our Europe program with our trade partners,” said Ana Paula De Souza, Director of Sales at Air Canada Vacations. “We know that we have a great program in the market, and when coupled with the trust and convenience of flights aboard Air Canada, our shared customers can already begin to plan their next getaway with confidence.”

During the seminars, Air Canada Vacations shared highlights of its new Europe programs and also unveiled its new Travel Agent Toolkit for Europe. The Toolkit includes relevant information to help agents book their clients’ next European vacations such as a planning guide, recent flight schedules, an overview of available tour or cruise packages as well as ACV promotions and offers. Click here to order a copy of the Toolkit. 

For travel agents who missed ACV’s 2023 Europe Webinar on March 2, a recording is available here. 

To incentivize clients to book Europe now, until April 9, they can choose from over 100 tour packages starting at $1,799, or book Flight & Cruise packages starting at $2,400 for departures between April 1 to Dec. 15, 2023. Click here for more details. 

ACV is also reminding agents of its exclusive Europe Toolkit Travel Agent Contest. Until April 30, 2023, agents can book their clients’ Flight & Hotel package, tour or Epackage to Europe with ACV and earn a chance to win one of two prizes for two: 9-day/7-night Italy Express Europe Tour package departing Oct. 15, 2023 from Toronto, or a 9-day/7-night Italy Express Europe Tour package departing Oct. 19, 2023 from Montreal. The winners will be announced on May 15, 2023. Every Europe booking made between Feb. 1 and April 30, 2023, for travel between Feb. 1, 2023 and Dec. 31, 2023 will be considered as one entry.

To enter the contest, click here.