John Kirk

About

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 & 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.

Sep 17, 2018 1:01 PM ET

Jamaica's Minister of Tourism Talks UNWTO Initiatives with TPC

The Jamaican Tourism Board created three main initiatives to boost tourism, which were announced at the UNWTO conference.

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Sep 13, 2018 5:08 PM ET

TravelPulse At the TravelBrands Golf Tournament

We're at the TravelBrands golf tournament at Eagles Nest in Vaughan. What a great day! Check out our interview with the DeMarinis brothers.

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Aug 13, 2018 4:26 PM ET

Travel Agents Key to Filling Emirates Capacity Out of Toronto

Emirates' officials say travel agents and the travel trade are a key part of their plan as the airline moves to five flights a week between Toronto and Dubai.

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Jun 22, 2018 6:15 AM ET

Contest Winners Revealed - Did You Win?

There are multiple winners as a result of reader participation in the 1st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards contest.

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Jun 22, 2018 6:02 AM ET

Hertz Voted # 1

TravelPulse Canada was at the Hertz offices in Mississauga, ON to present their Readers' Choice Award for Car Rental Company of the Year.

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Jun 19, 2018 6:29 AM ET

Travel Industry Celebrates Vision 2000

Members of the travel industry gathered last night in Toronto to celebrate the retirement of top Vision Travel executives Arend Roos, Darlene Roos and Stephanie Anevich.

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Jun 12, 2018 7:14 AM ET

An Official Welcome for Duncan Bureau and John Macleod

TravelPulse Canada joined in a celebration Monday night in Toronto to formally welcome Duncan Bureau into his role of President of Air Canada Rouge and John MacLeod into his role of VP Global Sales and Alliances, Air Canada.

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Jun 8, 2018 3:34 PM ET

AMG Makes Big Florida Splash With Two Big Announcements

AMG unveils new preferred supplier partnerships and a new tool to help agency capture valuable, unused tour and cruise credits. Both announcements came at their successful global conference in south Florida.

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Jun 8, 2018 3:33 PM ET

Is Bitcoin Coming to the Travel Business?

Not anytime soon, according to several Travel industry Senior executives. TICO recommends extreme caution.

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May 23, 2018 3:57 PM ET

1:2:1 with Visit Florida's Ken Lawson

TravelPulse Canada got the lowdown on Canadian travel to Florida from Visit Florida's Ken Lawson at IPW this week.

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