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91253746
  
CDN

Hubs
  
Gatwick Glasgow

Website
  
www.canadianaffair.com

Founded
  
1995

CDN
  

Parent company
  
Transat A.T.

Headquarters
  
London

Parent organization
  
Transat A.T.

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Key people
  
Kathryn Munro – Managing Director Aoife Judge - Communication & Marketing Director Lee McCrossan - Product Director Chris Hedley - Operations Director

Destinations
  
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax Regional Municipality, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver

Profiles

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Canadian Affair is the UK’s largest tour operator to Canada. Since it was founded in 1995, Canadian Affair has flown over one million passengers to Canada.

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The company is based in the UK, and employs more than eighty people in two offices located in London (Head Office) and Glasgow.

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Ownership

On 14 July 2006, Canadian Affair was acquired by Transat A.T. for £20.4 million (approximately C$42.8 million). The deal enabled Transat’s airline Air Transat to fly Canadian Affair passengers, thereby securing seat sales for its flights to Canada. The agreement was made between Transat A.T. and the Airline Seat Company, which trades as Canadian Affair.

Transat A.T.

Transat A.T. is an international tour operator and holiday travel specialist based in Montreal. The company owns twenty business units in eight countries, providing services to sixty destinations. Transat operates mainly in Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico and the Mediterranean Basin. Transat is also active in air transportation, destination services and distribution.

Key people

Canadian Affair has 84 staff in London and Glasgow. Some of its key people include:

  • Kathryn Munro - Managing Director
  • Lee McCrossan - Product Director
  • Chris Hedley - Operations Director
  • Aoife Judge - Communication & Marketing Director
  • Operations

    Canadian Affair offers flights from London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow (United Kingdom), as well as Dublin and Shannon (Ireland), to Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver through its flights with Air Transat.

    The company also offers hotel accommodation, Rocky Mountaineer train tours, self-drive holidays, cruises, motor homes, and escorted coach tours

    Awards

    Canadian Affair has been recognised with several awards over the past decade, including the Consumer Favourite Tour Operator Award, which it has won for the past five years at the British Annual Canada Travel Awards.

    Other awards include:

  • 2012 - CIMTIG Best Travel TV Advert
  • Canadian Affair is top of the Most Popular TV Advert of the Year poll launched by Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIMTIG)

  • 2011 - Best Tour Operator to Canada
  • 2010 - Best Tour Operator to Canada
  • 2009 - Consumer Favourite Tour Operator
  • 2009 - Consumer Favourite Ski Operator
  • 2008 - Consumer Favourite Tour Operator
  • 2008 - Consumer Favourite Ski Operator
  • 2007 - Consumer Favourite Tour Operator
  • 2007 - Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of Canada
  • 2006 - Tourism Contribution to the province of Alberta
  • 2005 - Best Direct Sale Tour Operator
  • 2004 - Best Direct Sale Tour Operator
  • 2003 - Best Canada Website
  • 2002 - Best Canada Website
  • Sponsorship

    Since 2006, Canadian Affair has sponsored Canada Day in London. Each year Canada Day is celebrated at Trafalgar Square, where live Canadian acts, food stalls, and day-long celebrations take place.

    References

    Canadian Affair Wikipedia