Montreal, April 25, 2016 — Air Transat is pleased to be associated with Rendez-vous Canada 2016, a major international tourism trade show, and to contribute to the positioning of Canada as a top destination for international tourists.
“It’s a tremendous pleasure to be taking part in Rendez-vous Canada right at the start of our 2016 transatlantic summer season, with a program that’s richer and more diversified than ever before. We’re also thrilled that this year’s event is being held in Montreal, where our head office is located,” states Annick Guérard, General Manager of Transat Tours Canada.
On April 24, Guérard joined Jean-François Lemay, President of Air Transat, at Rendez-vous Canada 2016, along with many of Transat’s key partners, for an evening of culinary discovery at Toqué! restaurant, in the company of celebrity chef and owner, Normand Laprise.
“It’s the specially designed airline experience that makes Air Transat stand out. Our attentive staff and the spacious cabins of our wide-body Airbus aircraft, complete with mood lighting and individual entertainment systems, contribute to the feeling that the vacation starts on board,” says Lemay. “We are motivated, more than ever, to pursue our development in the European market, where we are already well-established, even as we continue to be a leading purveyor of Canadian tourism.”
This summer, Air Transat offers more than 50 direct flights between Canadian and European cities, with flight frequency varying from daily to weekly. Its numerous connecting flights add to this number, giving Canadians more opportunities to travel to Europe thanks to several new domestic flights. Furthermore, cities like London and Paris are served by Air Transat year-round. More than 50% of passengers on these flights are European and come to discover Canada.
Air Transat is Canada’s leading holiday travel airline. Every year, it carries some three million passengers to nearly 60 destinations in 30 countries aboard its fleet of Boeing narrow-body and Airbus wide-body jets. The company employs more than 2,500 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. Air Transat was named Best North American Leisure Airline at the Skytrax annual World Airline Awards, held in June 2015.
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.