Switzerland is calling! Travel Courier chats with Chris Wilson of Typically Swiss Tours about how he’s engaging with agents during this challenging time and why the business of offering private guided tours of Switzerland may be a great fit for your clients’ post-pandemic travel needs. From...
Clients can book now and pay later with TTC & Uplift partnership The Travel Corporation has partnered with Uplift to introduce an innovative way for travel advisors to allow clients to spread the cost of their trips over time through monthly payments. TTC guests can buy their trip now, save 10% and pay over...
Sunny days ahead with Air Canada Rouge Air Canada Rouge returned to the skies on Nov. 2 with its first flight from Toronto to Cancún. “Air Canada Rouge remains an important part of our overall strategy in rebuilding Air Canada’s global network,” said Mark Galardo, Vice President,...
Where travel advisors are going next… After eight months at home, agents are planning ahead for post-pandemic trips By: Ann Ruppenstein Where to next? The ongoing pandemic has left most of us with an insatiable desire to travel again when it’s safe to do so. This week...
ATTA research finds an estimated 36% of U.S. outbound adventure travellers are people of colour, taking 2.5 trips per year on average A new report released by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) shows that 36 percent of U.S. outbound adventure travellers identify as a non-white race or ethnicity....
It’s time to hit the beach Ian Stalker There’s no shortage of sun destinations that have used seaside natural attractions to make a beach-head in the international tourism trade. And that’s hardly a surprise, given the number of people who love to bask in the sun with warm ocean water...
Ready for the adventure Travel Courier chats with Matt Berna, Intrepid Travel’s new Managing Director of North America, about his goals for the position, the tour operator’s strategy for the continent and what keeps him up at night. Congratulations on your appointment as Managing Director...
Hey, it’s Regional Director of Business Development, AIC Hotel Group How have you been coping during the last eight months and how have you been keeping busy? Like most Canadians, especially those of us in the travel industry, COVID-19 completely derailed the plans I had for 2020. I’ve tried...
