MONTREAL — Transat’s escorted tour program will now be sold under one brand.

“Over the years, we have developed an exceptional guided tour offer with the best partners all over the world and experienced guides. This type of vacation is gaining in popularity, as more and more travellers are placing discovery at the top of their list of travel objectives,” says Annick Guérard, General Manager, Transat Tours Canada.

This comprehensive offer is described in the new 2016 Guided Tours brochure, under the Transat brand, and is also available online at transatholidays.com. It is Transat’s most comprehensive offer yet, featuring more than 80 itineraries and 1,000 departures from Canada in 2016, including plenty of guaranteed departures for its most popular tours.

Transat’s new Discoveries Collection features a wide network of flight partners and guided tours in Latin America, Asia and Africa including roundtrip airport-hotel transfers, transportation by coach, the services of a professional guide, accommodations, meals and visits.

All guided tours down South and in Europe include roundtrip flights aboard Air Transat or one of its partner airlines, transfers, transportation by coach, the services of a professional guide, accommodations, meals and visits.

As the exclusive supplier of Trafalgar’s French-speaking tours in Canada, Transat offers travellers in Europe professional guided tours in French with local guides who know their destinations inside out.

As one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world and Canada’s largest vacation provider, Transat features guided tours in 47 countries nationally so travellers can choose the destination, pace, group size and amount of free time they’ll want on their trip.

These include six tours made for family travel and five tours created specifically for people who crave authenticity to tours designed for groups of 20 or less, 10 of them for those seeking more intimate travel.

Travellers who want to immerse themselves even more or take off for new horizons can extend their trip and change their return flight, book a hotel, an excursion or a cruise.

Travellers are protected from the moment they book their flight and guided tour with Transat. In the case of a delay, they’ll be booked on the next available flight to meet their group as quickly as possible.

For a full list of guided tours and early booking promotions, refer to Transat’s 2016 Guided Tours brochure or visit transatholidays.com.