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Introducing new travel categories and unifying the 2027 portfolios of Insight Vacations and Costsaver  under the Trafalgar name comes after considerable consultation with the travel trade, including agents in New Zealand, says TTC’s senior vice-president Oceania Andrew Young.

TTC’s brands Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, and Costsaver have early booking advantage offers on select 2027 dates. Now through 30 September 2026, travel agents can offer clients additional savings to secure their spot for 2027 and get ahead of demand. 

Trafalgar is reminding travel advisors to take advantage of its Trafalgar river spotlight savings of between 30-50% off, specifically targeting the 2026 Christmas Market season.

Trafalgar is expanding its river cruise portfolio with the introduction of Trafalgar Harmonie. It will sail the Seine with a new itinerary, Best of the Seine with Paris & Normandy, debuting in April 2027.

TTC Tour Brands (Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Costsaver and Contiki) has made changes to its trade sales function across Australia and New Zealand, designed to provide stronger in-market support to travel agent partners.

Trafalgar has launched the Vietnam Adventure tour, an eight-day culinary and cultural journey with New Zealand chef and author, Chelsea Winter.

The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) combined Australia and New Zealand entity will be led by newly appointed managing director, Toni Ambler, who comes with a decade of tenure within TTC.

The new structure serves as a single source for sales, marketing and operations of the individual brands (Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold, Costsaver and Contiki).

Global tourism industry visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Stanley S. Tollman, founder and chairman of The Travel Corporation (TTC), the highly successful, family- owned, international travel group encompassing more than 40 award-winning brands
including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Contiki Holidays, AAT Kings, Adventure World Travel, Red Carnation Hotels and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, and pioneer of the sustainable travel movement through the not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation, has died in the South of France following a battle with cancer. He was 91.

Next year will be defined by one critical call to action for the agent community, says Gavin Tollman, chief executive of Trafalgar Tours.

‘Now, more than ever, the individual needs of the customer will be greater than we have seen in our lifetime, in particular the need to help them understand what they don’t understand, so they can once more enjoy travel experiences beyond their dreams,’ Tollman says in the 2020 version of his traditional Christmas blog.

Travel agents have enormous opportunities to steer their clients towards enriching experiences and help travellers to overcome any cynicism and doubts they may have, says Gavin Tollman, CEO of Trafalgar.