91253746 CDN Hubs GatwickGlasgow Website www.canadianaffair.com Founded 1995 | CDN — Parent company Transat A.T. Parent organization Transat A.T. | |
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Key people Kathryn Munro – Managing DirectorAoife Judge - Communication & Marketing DirectorLee McCrossan - Product DirectorChris Hedley - Operations Director 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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- Air transat unveils its new a330 aircraft canadian affair
- Canadian affair tourism vancouver
- Ownership
- Transat AT
- Key people
- Operations
- Awards
- Sponsorship
- References
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:
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:
Canadian Affair is top of the Most Popular TV Advert of the Year poll launched by Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIMTIG)
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.