Transat.com to showcase the most comprehensive leisure travel offer in Canada

MONTREAL, Oct. 1, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Starting today, the entire offering of one of the largest tourism companies in the world will be available at transat.com, including all flights, packages, hotels, cruises and guided tours offered by Transat. With more than 60 destinations worldwide to choose from — 36 in Sun destinations and 29 in Europe — by flying Air Transat, named Best North American Leisure Airline, Transat offers a friendly search tool, making travellers' dreams come true effectively, with the help of one of the best customer care centres in the country. And that's not all! It is also possible to visit one of the 500 Transat travel agencies across Canada, where some 3,000 agents are eager to share their passion for travel.

"Transat's offer is rich, extremely diversified and perfectly designed to meet the needs and expectations of all types of travellers. The merging of all our travel options on one website allows us to present a comprehensive picture of our global offer, available all over the world. We are also achieving our goal of better informing and inspiring consumers while simplifying the buying process," says Annick Guérard, General Manager, Transat Tours Canada.

Formerly known as transatholidays.com, transat.com was created to inspire travellers' wanderlust and feature carefully curated destination information, experts' picks and the option to filter traveller profiles according to the chosen criteria, in order to recommend personalized vacation options. Transat's website is literally turning vacationers' dreams into reality!

As the leisure travel specialist with the largest and most varied offer in Canada, Transat is pleased to offer travellers a world of opportunities to enjoy the sun down south, including over 500 resorts and six carefully targeted collections that were designed to meet the needs of all types of travellers. With a Europe offer including direct flights to 29 destinations with Air Transat, Transat also presents European vacation options that can be personalized by either choosing one of the many packages designed for travellers interested in the suggestions of experts, or a combination of à la carte travel options, from accommodations to rental cars, as well as guided tours and excursions.

Transat is also a major player in the cruise industry, featuring 135 of the most popular itineraries offered by 14 prestigious cruise lines, in addition to a varied guided tour program, carefully thought out to take small or medium-sized groups around the world. This comprehensive guided tour offer includes more than 80 itineraries in 47 countries, and over 1,000 departures from Canada in 2016 to destinations in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the South and Europe with Air Transat or its partner airlines.

Known and appreciated by travellers, the Nolitours and Vacances TMR brands are also present online and have their own specialties: Nolitours' affordable and accessible South products and Vacances TMR's Cuba expertise. Transat offers are also available at airtransat.ca.

Visit transat.com to explore Transat's website and discover everything it has to offer.

About Transat Tours Canada
A specialist in holiday travel to every continent, Transat Tours Canada develops and commercializes a vast array of products, from beach vacations to guided tours to cruises, under the Transat, Air Transat, Nolitours and TMR Holidays brands. Transat Tours Canada is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc., one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world.

SOURCE Transat A.T. Inc.