Meet Tara Sparshu After high school Tara Sparshu headed to university to study accounting before making the switch to travel and tourism. She's now been in the industry for 18 years and can be found representing her home team when she travels. #OilersAroundtheWorld Tara...
Meet Anita Djordjevic Growing up in a small coastal town in Croatia, Anita Djordjevic knew she was destined for a career in the travel industry. After moving to Canada, she opened her own travel agency at 19 years old. Anita Djordjevic All Seasons...
Meet Leah Holt Over the last six months, Leah Holt overhauled her business. She enrolled in Sandra McLemore's Travel Marketing Revolution, created a new website and developed a marketing funnel to actively gain new clients. Holt is ready for the next chapter! Leah Holt Go Travel with Leah, Edson,...
Meet Marion rose Marion Rose has been working in the travel industry since she was a teenager. In 1988 she opened her own travel agency. Today Rose enjoys motivating her peers to understand their value, set boundaries around their time, work by appointment and become experts in their field. Marion...
Ready for the comeback Why agents and the travel trade are optimistic about the future of travel By: Ann Ruppenstein Photos: Joshua Earle Hope, at long last. As the travel industry begins to start up after essentially 13 months on pause, many travel advisors are witnessing another...
Air Canada & ACV’s refund plan takes flight By: Ann Ruppenstein Even though Air Canada has “both feet grounded in the reality that our recovery could take some time,” Lucie Guillemette said the airline also has “every reason to be optimistic about the future.”Air Canada’s Executive...
Agents welcome Air Canada's new stance on refunds By: Ian Stalker A trio of Toronto-area travel agents is welcoming news that Air Canada and Air Canada Vacations have decided to provide client refunds and will also protect agent commissions for those whose travel plans were disrupted by the onset...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines in need of support By: Ian Stalker Photo: UWI Seismic Research CentreThe St. Vincent and The Grenadines Tourism Authority is appealing to those in the travel industry for help for its destination following the April 9 volcanic eruption that has created a “catastrophic”...
Agents are integral to Goway's success Renee Stanton-Defaria, General Manager Sales at Goway Travel, shares details about Goway’s new agent loyalty program, which destinations are hot contenders for post pandemic travel and how the tour operator’s FIT business is taking off. By: Ann Ruppenstein Tell...
Tourism recovery starts closer to home By: Ian Stalker The head of Destination Canada is warning those in the travel industry that there won't be any quick fix to the woes that have befallen this country's tourist trade because of the coronavirus pandemic.Marsha Walden said during a recent joint...
