Travel CUTS (French: Voyages Campus) is a Canadian travel agency A travel agency is a retail business, that sells travel related products and services to customers, on behalf of suppliers, such as airlines, car rentals, cruise lines, hotels, railways, sightseeing tours and package holidays that combine several products. In addition to dealing with ordinary tourists, most travel agencies have a separate catering to students The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb studēre, meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as "one who directs zeal at a subject". In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is learning, youth, educational, and budget travellers. Travel CUTS has over 40 years of experience and over 50 offices on or near university and college campuses with hundreds of affiliated offices worldwide. [1]
Travel CUTS was founded in 1969 by the Canadian Federation of Students-Services [2]. Travel CUTS was acquired on October 26, 2009 by Merit Travel Group [3], a privately held, owner-managed company established in 1991. Travel CUTS serves as many as 500,000 travellers a year. [4].
Travel CUTS also owns and operates several specialty travel divisions: The Adventure Travel Company [5], Volunteer Abroad [6], Student Work Abroad [7], and Innovative Group Travel [8]. Travel CUTS brands its operations in Quebec as Voyages Campus [9]. Each division caters towards different types of travellers: from French to English student travellers, to outdoorsy travellers, to those who look to work or volunteer while travelling.
References
- ^ Travel CUTS - About Us
- ^ Canadian Federation of Students-Services
- ^ Acquisiton Press Release
- ^ Merit Travel Group - About Us
- ^ Adventure Travel Company
- ^ Volunteer Abroad
- ^ Student Work Abroad Program (SWAP)
- ^ Innovative Group Travel
- ^ Voyages Campus
External links
- Travel CUTS Canada Website
- Canadian Federation of Students Website
- Merit Travel Website
- The Adventure Travel Company Website
- Voyages Campus Website
- Top Travel Guide
Categories: Travel agencies | Service companies of Canada
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