TORONTO — Travel agents are at the core of its business and now TravelBrands is saying a big ‘thank you’ to the travel trade with prize draws and celebration events.

Starting Feb. 22 for all bookings made the previous week, TravelBrands will hold four weekly draws for a travel prize (car rental, cruise, all-inclusive package and more). The senior management team together with the sales team will be blitzing agencies across the country, plus the company is planning several celebration events.

“Now it is time to celebrate!” said TravelBrands CEO Zeina Gedeon. “Not only are we exiting CCAA but more importantly, four of our brands are celebrating milestone anniversaries (Holiday House 60 years, Sunquest 45 years, Intair 30 years and Encore Cruises 25 years). We have so much planned for our travel agent partners to celebrate our successes.”

The support from its travel agent partners and our supplier partners has been “overwhelming”, said Gedeon. “We are so grateful that the travel industry was with us every step of the way,” she said. “The last few months have allowed us to take a step back and look at the way we do business, restructure certain areas and especially improve internal efficiencies and processes. Currently there are a series of external factors that weigh heavily on the travel industry (currency, mild weather, etc.) yet many areas of our business continue to prosper and grow.”