IAN STALKER This country’s travel agents are getting a pat on the back from some of those who deal with them day in and day out. With Travel Agent Day looming on May 1, several tour operators are publicly thanking agents, saying they are an integral part of their companies’ success. “We...
IAN STALKER Those in the travel industry are displaying a combination of ingenuity and innovation as they work to recruit travel agents and bond with them. A survey of several prominent names in travel shows the clever manner in which people are reaching out to agents or working to bring agents under...
Ann Ruppenstein Baxter Media’s special Travel Agent Appreciation edition celebrates advisors from coast to coast Welcome to our annual Travel Agent Appreciation combined issue of Travel Courier and Canadian Travel Press. Since 2016, we’ve been highlighting remarkable travel advisors...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? Wow, it feels like I’ve been immersed in the world of travel forever. It all started with my grandmother, who embarked on her travel career later in life. Following her passion, my mother, Wendy Jimenez, stepped into...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? My name is Casandra Wagner and I have been in the travel industry for 15 years now. I started out as a leisure agent but moved to doing a split of corporate and leisure travel. I grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan […]
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? I have been in the travel industry since 2017. In 2020, yes, during the pandemic, I decided to expand as an agency instead of being a solo travel advisor. I now have a team of 12 agents that work under my […]
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? Kimberley is a small town tucked between the mighty Canadian Rockies and the stunning Purcell mountains. I’m fortunate to call this gem of a mountain town — Kimberley, British Columbia — my home. Travelling...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? I have been an advisor for Enjoy Travel Midland now for 10 years this September 2024. When I started it was a Carlson Wagonlit Travel office that eventually turned into Enjoy Travel but it has always been the same owner since...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? I am born and raised in Chilliwack, B.C. I have been in the travel industry since 1998. Travelling around B.C. and Alberta as a child with our family, lots of camping, fishing trips, I loved being outdoors. My first trip...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been in the industry? I am originally from the UK, but moved to Canada in 2012. My first role was as director of sales at North South Travel. A wonderful, local agency in Vancouver. I was there for just over six years. Then in January, […]
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