Travel Industry News & Views for Canadian Travel Agents
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Today, 22SEP, Canada Jetlines departed YYZ at 7:55AM for its first scheduled flight. Open Jaw joined Jetlines on a Calgary FAM just days ago, and spoke with CEO Eddy Doyle about industry response and future plans.
In addition to celebrating a return to in-person trade events, Canada’s Playa team had lots of great news to share with Open Jaw, including a new partnership with Kimpton for that brand’s first all-inclusive “barefoot luxury” resort.
With a “Rebound” theme, Transat Distribution’s first post-pandemic in-person conference focuses on revival, TDC’s new General Manager, Karine Gagnon, tells Open Jaw’s publisher, Nina Slawek.
At the ACTA Summit in Toronto, Open Jaw was blown away by industry stakeholders’ hard-hitting insights into the upside of the post-pandemic era. You won’t want to miss this video.
In this Open Jaw video from ACTA’s Toronto Summit, Air Canada’s Lisa Pierce, VP Sales shares her biggest takeaways from the ACTA Summit’s candid discussions and agent feedback.
Open Jaw cameras were on location at an Air France-KLM event at the Toronto Film Festival, where the airline’s new GM shared news about its plans for the Canadian market…
WestJet’s VP Sales, Chuck Crowder, and Director Product, Dave Cecco, report a booming leisure business and a focus on the trade to Open Jaw’s Nina Slawek.
Transat’s Commercial Director, Nicole Bursey, spoke with Open Jaw’s Nina Slawek in an exclusive video about the operator’s Toronto Training Academy, which focused on giving advisors more tools to replace calls.
Open Jaw’s Nina Slawek attended an intimate goodbye lunch for Swiss Tourism’s Pascal Prinz on 16AUG and got him to reprise his well-known sound of Switzerland before he heads to Zurich to take on a new role as Director, Global Accounts.
A break-through new health policy, a new cruise collection, a new ship, and the highest-value all-inclusive offering. Regent’s Andrea DeMarco sat down with Open Jaw’s Lynn Elmhirst to discuss how advisors can create new business.