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John Kirk President, Editor in Chief, TravelPulse Canada

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John Kirk is President and Editor-In-Chief of TravelPulse Canada, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been in the Travel Industry for over 25 years, working in the Tour Operator and Aviation space with Porter Airlines, where he founded PorterEscapes.com, and Thomas Cook North America as SVP E-Commerce and Retail Distribution. He was responsible for some of Canada’s legendary retail brands such as, The Last Minute Club, Bel Air Travel, Avion Travel, and Algonquin Travel, covering on-line, store front, and call centre, with annual retail sales in excess of over 500 million dollars generated by a retail sales force of over 350 Travel Advisors across Canada.

Latest Articles By John Kirk

Dec 31, 2020 2:24 PM ET

COVID Announcement For Canada Raises More Questions

There are many unknowns and we are in contact with various government officials trying to decipher what all of this means.
Jul 31, 2020 2:57 PM ET

Air Canada Vacations Announces Virtual Shows for Agents and Consumers

With restrictions in place due to the COVID pandemic, Air Canada Vacations is going virtual with a series of events for agents and consumers in both French and English using TravelPulse Canada’s successful virtual platform.
May 28, 2020 7:55 PM ET

TravelPulse Ranked Number One By Canadian Travel Advisors

A survey of Travel Advisors across Canada reveals that TravelPulse is ranked number one in the travel trade. TravelPulse came out on top in all five categories of the survey.
Apr 20, 2020 7:24 AM ET

Facebook Live Today: Barbados' Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds

Join us today on our Facebook page at 1:00pm for our live interview with the Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Tourism for the Island of Barbados.
Apr 15, 2020 10:21 AM ET

#InThisTogether: You've got a Friend in TravelPulse Canada

We realize these are very dark times for the Travel industry and wanted to do a little something to remind everyone of all the good times we've had together over the last few months.
Apr 9, 2020 7:04 AM ET

John Kirk Talks Travel with Canada's Leading Retail Executives

John Kirk, TravelPulse Canada’s Editor in Chief spent some quality time yesterday with some of Canada’ leading executives from the retail sector of the Travel business.
Mar 25, 2020 11:16 AM ET

John Kirk on COVID-19: Refunds, Cancellations and Chargebacks

We're aware there's incorrect or misleading information circulating out there from passenger rights advocacy groups and our EIC John Kirk wanted to set the record straight.