Monday March 30, 2020

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More acceptance for bleisure travel in today’s 4-generation workforce

While 67% of business travellers still try to draw a line between their work and personal lives, 65% believe it’s an unrealistic goal, and more than half are now blending work life and personal life, fuelling the bleisure travel trend.

New Years Mastermind on AMA Waterways River Cruise

Come join us for Groups and Charter Training onboard the AmaSonata. Cruise the Danube River and celebrate the New Year with us. 27th December 2019 for 7 nights. $1795 per person based on double occupancy. >

Attendance at TPI’s Summit events at an all-time high

TORONTO — Attendance at TPI – Travel Professionals International’s annual cross-country Summit events was at an all-time high this year with 350+ TPI advisors taking part. TPI CEO Zeina Gedeon along with Director of Sales Christine Winchester and Director of Marketing Caroline Hay travelled across the country as part of the Summit series, to deliver […]

The 2019 Travel & Vacation Show

Focused exclusively on destination & travel, the Travel and Vacation Show in Canada’s national capital is a “must attend event” for travel agents in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. This 2-day event is FREE admission for all travel agents. To find out more and how to get free admission as a travel agent, please visit […]

Industry veteran Thorne joins Travel Edge

TORONTO — Travel Edge has named David Thorne as Vice President of Business Development. Thorne brings more than 25 years of experience to the post with companies including Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Navigant, and TRAVELSAVERS. Prior to joining the Travel Edge team, he was Vice President / General Manager for Forte Business Travel Solutions providing business […]

Cataluña Workshop — Toronto

Date: April 26th, 2018 Time: 5:00PM – 9:00PM Tourism Cataluña will bring 22 Suppliers for a Workshop to promote their destination to the Canadian Market. Cocktail networking. *This event is by invitation only. Please do not make any attempts to contact the company for an invitation, please look out for any publicly available agent events […]

Air Canada announces “strong 2017 results” in annual report

MONTREAL – Air Canada achieved its fifth consecutive year of record EBITDAR in 2017, attributing its success to global expansion, a record 48 million customers and the hard work of 30,000 employees. Last year’s EBITDAR (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment and aircraft rent) reached $2.921 billion compared to the previous record full year […]

2018 Riviera Maya’s FAM with Karisma in June

DATE: June 11th – 14th, 2018 Karisma Hotels & Resorts is excited to share its 2018 FAM Trips schedule. Designed to help its valued travel agent partners sell Karisma’s award-winning properties, each of the 4-day / 3-night trips provide a firsthand Gourmet Inclusive Experience and include roundtrip transporation from Cancun International Airport and to all […]

Vancouver International Travel Expo 2018

DATE: September 29th, 2018 LOCATION: Vancouver Convention Centre 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada TICKETS: vitexpo.ca/consumers/#tickets 2018 marks the third year for the Vancouver International Travel Expo and this year, the show promises to be even better with a bigger venue and over 250 exhibitors from around the world. Connect with cruise lines, airlines, […]

What’s old is new again: A familiar name for newest Princess ship

Princess Cruises has announced the new name for its fourth Royal-class ship: Sky Princess.

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This is what agents are responsible for in the wake of coronavirus: TICO

To help travel agents reassure client concerns about the Coronavirus, TICO has issued a special Registrar Bulletin that includes relevant tips and information.