TTC Tour Brands celebrated their first anniversary with 150 travel advisors and tourist board partners in downtown Toronto Wednesday night in what they called an "opportunity to thank their most valued Canadian trade partners for their ongoing support; especially during the transition over the past year."
"Travel advisors are invaluable to the TTC Tour Brands business across their six brands - Trafalgar, Contiki, Brendan Vacations, Costsaver, Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold. "The success of TTC Tour Brands is a direct result of the hard work and dedication of travel advisors," said Melissa DaSilva, President, TTC Tour Brands, North America.
The TTC Tour Brands Team came together over cocktails, canapes and casino games to let Canadian travel advisors know they want to be their partner of choice for tours, but more importantly to let advisors know the future is bright and they're "betting on you." TTC Tour Brands flew out their top advisors from BC, The Prairies and Nova Scotia and hosted their time in Toronto.
About a year ago (March 2022), family-owned hospitality powerhouse, The Travel Corporation (TTC), announced the global reorganization of its tour brands under a new portfolio referred to as "TTC Tour Brands", which includesLuxury Gold, Insight Vacations, Trafalgar, Brendan Vacations, Costsaver and Contiki.
TTC Tour Brands was created with the goal to provide a comprehensive range of touring options for every type of traveller, whatever their budget, style of travel or personal preference.
Since the formation of TTC Tour Brands, the team has implemented a number of changes to the way advisors sell and work with the individual brands:
- One united Sales Team, including 22 local Sales Managers across North America.
- One Contact Center across all brands focused on enhanced sales and service.
- One Marketing Team working to provide advisors with turnkey tools to sell their distinctive brands.
To make it easier for advisors to sell multiple brands across the TTC Tour Brands portfolio, the group of brands created the Travel Advisor Portal (TAP) that combines TTC Tour Brands into one online resource for the latest sales and marketing tools. Advisors can now search and book more than 1,000 worldwide guided itineraries across the six brands. The online capabilities of the portal include booking trips with flights and insurance, adding pre/post nights, pre-paid gratuities and discounts plus advisors can download itineraries. Access invoices, make additional payments, find transfer details and complete their client's trip registration. TAP also offers travel advisor partners easy access to their local TTC Tour Brands Sales Managers, the latest deals, details about booking groups, eLearning and brochure orders.
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