TORONTO — Delta Air Lines, KLM, Air France and Alitalia took over the Royal Ontario Museum last week to recognize their top partners with their first-ever Agency Elite Awards.

Jennie Ho, Managing Director Specialty Sales & Canada, Delta Air Lines, flew in from Atlanta to attend the event and thanked the Canadian partners, noting “[In Canada] we are not the obvious choice.”

“There is a big player in the Canadian marketplace that you all have to do business with. And what we like to earn and what we strive for is we are the other option that you like to do business with, that you choose to do business with.”

“We are here to compete for your business,” continued Ho, who brought up examples of when they have lost business due to pricing. She asked Canadian agencies to call their representatives to see what they can do.

Jennie Ho, Managing Director Specialty Sales & Canada, Delta Air Lines

Steven Larkin, Director, Sales, Delta Air Lines then presented awards to TEH – Canada, Voyages à La Carte, TravelBrands, Huntington Travel / The Fight Network, Flight Centre, Vision Travel, SkyLink Travel Inc., Royal Scenic Holidays, Skylink Voyages Inc., Merit Travel Group, Skyroute Travel Services, Airliners, Worldview Travel (Canada) Inc., Maritime Travel and J.T.L. in recognition of their support.

Photos courtesy of Delta Air Lines and taken by James Kachan.