NEWS with programming across an array of topics, from technology and innovation to research and insights, presented by thought leaders and innovators. IPW also coordinated with the trade show company Connect Travel to co-locate several events around this year’s event. Brand USA, the destination marketing organization for the United States, returned as the premier sponsor of IPW 2021. IPW 2022 is scheduled to take place June 4-8, 2022, in Orlando.
Goway launches ‘Your Next Journey: The Best of Goway Travel’ TORONTO — Goway has a brand new, interactive digital travel brochure called ‘Your Next Journey: The Best of Goway Travel.’ For the first time ever, travel ideas from across all of Goway’s destination regions are included in one brochure with a brand new design and simplified presentation. Adam Hodge, VP of Marketing at Goway, notes that Goway has provided tailor-made travel for globetrotters for more than 50 years, and that ‘Your Next Journey: The Best of Goway Travel’ is a bold first step into the next 50 years, offering curated insight and inspiration for world travellers. Hodge adds: “Your Next Journey is a great conversation starter for travel agents looking to re-engage their loyal past customers. It projects the positivity, excitement, and inherent beauty that we all love and miss about travelling the world. It’s a great way to take the first step on our next journey together.” The new brochure features 450+ travel ideas curated by Goway’s team of Destination Specialists as well as tips, insights, and in-destination photos. Travel ideas feature vacations to all of Goway’s destination regions, including Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the UK and Europe, Central and South America, and Polar Voyages. Hodge says all of Goway’s travel ideas have been standardized in terms of accommodation level and travel style across all regions, ensuring a 12 | TRAVELWEEK | September 30, 2021
seamless reading experience throughout the brochure. Travel styles, accommodations, and packages across all regions are now labelled as moderate, first-class, or deluxe. All pages in the brochure have embedded links back to Goway’s main website, encouraging travellers and travel professionals to get in touch about any trip, adds Hodge, noting that the trips also represent the best-selling and most popular vacations for the company. Goway has cultivated a greater focus on private-guided experiences, with over 20% of its product line offering private tours and transfers. The company has also introduced the new Idyllic Retreats line of refined and relaxing getaways in destinations all around the world. New destinations include the West African nations of Ghana, Togo and Benin. Hodge says that with ‘Your Next Journey: The Best of Goway Travel,’ Goway is charting a course out of the pandemic and redefining the way to go Globetrotting. Goway is also celebrating the launch of Your Next Journey with a quiz that offers agents a bonus $25 on their GowayPro Rewards Card. Agents can answer questions about the brochure and get rewarded.
“It was pretty amazing”: TPI’s regional reunion tour wraps up TORONTO — Travel Professionals International (TPI) wrapped up its regional reunion tour last week after visiting their advisors in B.C, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, reuniting with over 300 TPI travel advisors in total. "Working from home as an independent travel advisor can be lonely at times, and certainly over the past 18 odd months, we've recognized that feeling has been amplified as advisors had to navigate their business through these troubling times,” said TPI CEO, Zeina Gedeon. “We've all missed face-to-face connections and while TPI has been in constant communication with daily, weekly network calls, nothing replaces in-person interaction, so we decided it was time to get out and see our advisors ‘in-person’,” she added. "Typically, during our TPI cross country roadshows, we engage in business sessions, participate in supplier training and have a very structured agenda. However, this reunion tour was about
PEOPLE Úna O’Leary is Virtuoso’s new General Manager, Canada Virtuoso has welcomed Úna O’Leary, a former CWT executive, as its new General Manager, Canada. O’Leary, who most recently served five years as senior director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, North America at CWT, a Virtuoso member agency, is based in Toronto and will now be responsible for driving Virtuoso’s business development to increase its footprint within Canada. In addition to her time at CWT, O’Leary also held senior-level positions at Ensemble Travel Group as well as CIBC Insurance and American Express. “During my time at CWT, I managed the Virtuoso relationship and it allowed me to get to know the organization from the agency perspective,” says O’Leary. “I’m very happy to be back in the Virtuoso family and look forward to working with their dedicated team of professionals to further expand their presence and partnerships within Canada.” O’Leary’s appointment represents the latest in strategic global hires for Virtuoso, which earlier this year announced new General Manager roles in other regions including Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Europe, Middle East and Africa.
