ALEXANDRIA, VA (May 2, 2008) — Vacation.com® – North America’s leading travel services marketing organization – is enhancing and expanding its product offerings for members and their clients through a new preferred supplier agreement with a leading Canadian tour operator, WestJet Vacations.
WestJet Vacations provides guests with affordable, reliable and easy-to-book travel packages. Leveraging WestJet’s friendly image, extensive network and value proposition of being Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet Vacations offers guests a unique and customized vacation experience.
“WestJet Vacations aims to provide the perfect vacation experience based on the needs of our guests and becoming a Vacation.com preferred supplier will be critical in helping us realize our vision,” said Emmet Reidy, director of Leisure Sales WestJet & WestJet Vacations. “WestJet Vacations is committed to offering customized and affordable experience-based vacation packages to all 47 WestJet destinations, and building lasting relationships with travel agencies through partners like Vacation.com is key to achieving that success.”
“Our partnership with WestJet Vacations will enable our members to offer clients a wide variety of travel options and earn additional profits to increase their bottom-line,” said Christine James, senior director of Industry Relations for Vacation.com.
As a result of the agreement, Vacation.com member agencies have access to nearly 50 destinations in North America, as well as international destinations including:
Canadian destinations
Abbottsford, Comox, Kelowna, Prince George, Vancouver, and Victoria in British Columbia; Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Grand Prairie in Alberta; Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Toronto in Ontario; Montreal and Quebec City in Quebec; Moncton and Saint John in New Brunswick; Deer Lake and St. John’s in Newfoundland; Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island; Halifax in Nova Scotia; Regina and Saskatoon in Saskatchewan; and Winnipeg in Manitoba.
U.S. destinations
Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach, Florida; Honolulu, Kona and Maui, Hawaii; Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; New York; and Phoenix, Arizona.
International destinations
Cabo San Lucas and Mazatlan in Mexico; Punta Cana and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic; Montego Bay in Jamaica; Nassau in The Bahamas; and St Lucia.
Vacation.com
Vacation.com is a travel services marketing organization currently serving more than 5,100 travel agency locations across the U.S. and Canada. Vacation.com facilitates "The Power of the Partnership" between a network of quality preferred suppliers and member agencies who earn higher profits from disciplined marketing, training, and booking tools. Focused on leisure travel distribution and - "Powered By Real Travel Agents" - Vacation.com is North America's largest vacation selling network.
Interested in maximizing your agency’s profit potential? Visit JoinVacation.com to learn why Vacation.com is the right choice for your agency.
Vacation.com is a subsidiary of Amadeus IT Group, SA, and maintains its headquarters in Alexandria, VA.
For further information, contact Vacation.com at 1650 King Street, Suite 450, Alexandria, VA 22314; tel: 800-843-0733.
WestJet
WestJet is Canada’s leading high-value, low-cost airline offering scheduled service throughout its 47-city North American and Caribbean network. Named Canada’s most admired corporate culture in 2005, 2006 and 2007, WestJet pioneered low-cost flying in Canada. With increased legroom and leather seats on its modern fleet of 74 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft, and live seatback television provided by Bell ExpressVu, WestJet strives to be the number one choice for travellers.
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