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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

May 3, 2022 6:26 AM ET

Canadians Win Big at Hard Rock's Showstopper Awards!

TravelPulse Canada was on scene for Hard Rock's Showstopper Awards, where more than 500 travel advisors from around the world have gathered at Hard Rock Punta Cana.
Mar 25, 2022 10:18 AM ET

TravelPulse Canada Ranked Number One Again By Travel Advisors

TravelPulse Canada worked with retail host agencies groups and consortiums recently in order to gain insights on how we are perceived by retail travel professionals.
Mar 24, 2022 5:35 AM ET

Canada Jetlines Earns Rave Reviews For Comfort Of A320

TravelPulse Canada was there as Canada Jetlines unveiled its first A320 aircraft yesterday to an intimate group of media, friends, potential investors and travel industry partners including representatives of travel agencies, tourism boards and airports.
Nov 26, 2021 7:08 AM ET

IMO - Travel Expert vs. Expert Traveller?

Do you know who the real Travel Experts are? Those who can answer the questions an “Expert Traveller” cannot.
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.