Montreal, June 28
Transat is delighted to announce that Air Transat and Transat Holidays were recognized at Baxter’s 12th Annual Agents’ Choice Awards. With more than 4700 voters, the Agents’ Choice Awards represent the largest sampling of travel agents in Canada.
Air Transat
- Number 1 Charter Airline, for the 4th year in a row
Transat Holidays
- Number 2 Tour Operator
- Number 2 Travel Supplier Website
- Number 3 Environmentally Friendly Company
“We thank all the travel agents for their continued support, for recognizing our strength and achievements and for helping us strive for excellence. We are particularly pleased with being named number 1 Tour Operator in Ontario as this recognizes and highlights our efforts in this market. Travel agents contribute a great deal to our success and such an award encourages us to soar to new heights”, said Denise Heffron, Vice-President, National Sales and Commercial, Transat Tours Canada.
The voting took place between February and April 30 via ballots in specialized media such as Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier, and online on travelpress.com. Travel agents were asked to select their "favourite" in 24 categories ranging from adventure tour operator to tourism board. The results were compiled by members of Baxter’s staff.
About Air Transat
Air Transat is Canada’s leading holiday travel airline. Every year, it carries some 3 million passengers to nearly 60 destinations in 25 countries aboard its fleet of Airbus wide-body jets. The company employs approximately 2,000 people. Air Transat is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc., an integrated international tour operator with more than 60 destination countries and that distributes products in over 50 countries.
About Transat Holidays
Year-round, Transat Holidays provides its customers across Canada with a full range of holiday products. It offers sun vacations, with a choice of more than 140 hotels, mainly in the Caribbean, Mexico and Florida, along with an impressive array of flights, packages and tours to some 30 European destinations. Transat Holidays also offers more than 100 cruises all around the world.