Montreal, October 25, 2019 — Transat won top honours at the seventh Gala des Trophées Uni-Vers, held October 23 at Montreal’s Théâtre Paradoxe. Industry professionals voted Transat Tour Operator of the Year while consumers chose Air Transat as Airline of the Year. In addition to these two major awards, Gilbert Légaré of Transat was named Representative of the Year in the Tour Operator category.

Travel professionals, suppliers and media came together to celebrate the best and brightest in their industry  at this annual event organized by the Association des Agents de Voyages du Québec (AAVQ).

“The whole Transat team is very proud of these expressions of trust,” says Joseph Adamo, Chief Distribution Officer, Transat, and President, Transat Distribution Canada (TDC). “These honours are all the more important  because they come to us directly from industry players, partners we deal with daily who have contributed greatly to making Transat Canada’s holiday travel leader. I want to congratulate all Transat employees as well as our network’s agencies and consultants who were finalists and winners.”

In fact, several TDC network agencies and consultants were honoured during the evening. Among the winners:

• Voyages Transat Chicoutimi, in the category Travel Agency (less than 10 consultants);
• Club Voyages Repentigny, in the category Travel Agency (10 to 50 consultants);
• Club Voyages Solerama, in the category Travel Agency (more than 51 consultants);
• Patrick Bui of Voyages Terre et Monde, in the category Travel Consultant of the Year;
• Justin Bordeleau of Voyages Arc-en-ciel, in the category New Generation;
• Marion Leroy of Club Voyages International, Student Award from Collège April-Fortier and Collège LaSalle.

Transat wishes to warmly thank everyone who voted in the Trophées Uni-Vers awards.

About Transat

Transat A.T. Inc. is a leading integrated international tourism company specializing in holiday travel. It offers vacation packages, hotel stays and air travel under the Transat and Air Transat brands to some 60 destinations in more than 25 countries in the Americas and Europe. Transat is firmly committed to sustainable tourism development, as reflected in its multiple corporate responsibility initiatives over the past 12 years, and was awarded Travelife certification in 2018. Based in Montreal, the company has 5,000 employees (TSX: TRZ).

Recent distinctions and awards

• Named World’s Best Leisure Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards
• Voted Best Tour Operator and Favourite Overall Supplier at the Agents’ Choice Awards presented by Baxter Travel Media
• Voted Best Airline and Best Tour Operator at the Trophées Uni-Vers awards organized by the Association des Agents de Voyages du Québec
• Ranked among Canada’s Best Employers and first among airlines on Forbes magazine’s list