Chile & Argentina Classic for 9 days – from $1740 CAD includes travel to Santiago, the wine town of Mendoza and the Argentinean capital of Buenos Aires, a great trip for those who love wine and tango. This trip includes accommodations, Santiago city tour, Valparaiso tour, wine sampling tours in Mendoza and Wine District, Buenos Aires city tour, tango show and dinner and all transfers.

Lost Civilisations of South America for 9 days from $2215 CAD combining Easter Island and Machu Picchu. This historical adventure includes transfers, accommodations, entrance fee and guided tour of Machu Picchu ruins, train/bus from Machu Picchu to Cusco, accommodation Aquas Calientes and tours on Easter Island.

Mountains, Rivers & Waterfalls for 8 days from $2675 CAD with Iguassu Falls and Machu Picchu. Discover natural beauty and feel the past life of this sacred pre-historic land. Includes all accommodations, transfers, most meals, guided tours including Argentinean and Brazilian Iguassu Falls and Machu Picchu.

The 2012 – 2013 Latin America Travel Planner features all the amazing Classic itineraries as well as many other options in to Central and South America. To order your copy of the LATIN AMERICA Travel Planner please call 1-888-469 2955, email info@goway.com or visit Goway.com

Goway, in conjunction with Cook Islands Tourism, currently has a campaign called “Delicious Deals in the Cook Islands” to encourage North Americans to travel by offering a $200 free dining voucher on any Cook Islands air/land package booked between Jan 1st and Feb 10th, 2012 with travel completed by May 31st, 2012.

Goway also offers a special deal to the Cook Islands from just $1999 per person (before rebate) for departure from Vancouver with Air New Zealand. This package includes 12 nights accommodation, transfers and airport welcome. A range of accommodations are available with some offering various benefits, including free accommodation, free breakfast, free car rental or food and beverage resort credits.

IslandsEscapes offers custom-designed vacations to this unspoiled gem of the South Pacific, including extensions to the stunning island Aitutaki. For honeymoon packages, IslandsEscapes‘ unique bridal registry allows couples to upgrade or enhance elements of their honeymoon.

Other inclusions provided with the VIP Meet and Greet service are:

Information Package: Detailed program, as well as security tips and important information while traveling in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica Map: A full color Costa Rica map will be included listing attractions, national parks, pacific and Caribbean beaches, main roads and highways and GPS locations.

This VIP Meet and Greet Service is the perfect start when travelling on one of Goway’s many Costa Rica travel ideas such as: Costa Rica Elements for 7 days from $1570 CAD or Coast and Rainforest for 7 days from $1390 CAD. If travellers are looking to plan and design their own trip, Goway’s exclusive Flexi Touring Costa Rica is a way to pick and choose many of the exciting day tours offered in Costa Rica, combined with hotel choices to match budgets.

Goway’s Latin America travel planner lists many travel options to Costa Rica as well as a complete choice of travel ideas in Central and South America.

“Bruce Hodge founded Goway in 1970, after emigrating from Australia, and since then Goway has grown and evolved into one of North America’s largest travel companies for the South Pacific,” commented Cathy Mulrine, Vice President of Goway’s wholesale division. “In celebration of our close connections with Australia, we wanted our staff to enjoy a “taste” of Australia, and will be providing a traditional Aussie lunch for everyone on Australia Day.”

Staff gathered in the lunchroom on at Billabong House (Goway’s Toronto Headquarters) and enjoyed traditional meat pies, while listening to Australian music including Men at Work, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil and INXS.

L-R: Cathy Mulrine, VP wholesale, Goway kangaroo and Alice Teramoto, South Pacific and Islands Wizard.

Kangaroo boxing with Alice Teramoto and Bruce Hodge, President of Goway.

Goway staff on top of the Goway Toronto rooftop.

Some new additions to the Latin America travel planner are “Santiago Like a Native” (from $119 CAD) which allows travellers the opportunity to explore the capital of Chile just like a local. Also eight new “Classic” itineraries combining various popular countries in Latin America have been added to the roster, these include:

Clasico Latino for 8 days – Argentina, Iguassu Falls and Rio, Brazil from$2765 CAD per person.

Conquistador Explorer for 12 days – Galapagos and Machu Picchu from $4595 CAD per person.

Lost Civilizations of South America for 9 days – Machu Picchu and Easter Island from $2215 CAD per person.

To order your copy of the LATIN AMERICA Travel Planner please call 1-888-469 2955, email info@goway.com or visit www.goway.com

“As one of the oldest and largest travel companies in North America, we are proud of the reputation we have built based on our service, experience and expertise in long haul travel,” says Cathy Mulrine, VP of Wholesale at Goway. “And now agents can sell Goway with the reassurance that their clients are receiving the best rates available.”

Goway is combining the competitive price match with a guarantee to also offer to beat any competitor’s commission levels. This ensures that travellers receive the best rates available, and agents maximize the profit on their sales.

The price and commission match guarantee is valid on any new bookings to Australia, New Zealand, the Idyllic Islands or Latin America made during the month of February 2012. For more information, agents should visit Gowayagent.com

Goway is fully licensed in Ontario, British Columbia and an active member of USTOA. Visit our website on more information about the company at Goway.com

Goway’s South Luangwa Encounter has a great offer for an 8 night walking safari package and just pay for only 6 nights, from $5209 CAD with a savings of $797. This trip includes accommodations in a bush camp, meals, return transfers, park entrance fees, professional guides, land transportation, flights from Livingstone to Mfuwe and Mfuwe to Lusaka.

Zambia, particularly South Luangwa, is the pioneer of the walking safari and considered a place to see the real Africa that is unspoiled with few tourists. Bush camps allow visitors to live in luxury in the middle of the wild with amazing vantage points of animals and nature surroundings.

Goway offers the Red Centre Self-Drive for four days from $619CAD. This drive takes travelers from Alice Springs to Kings Canyon for spectacular views, then on to Ayers Rock. Just west of Ayers Rock you can find the Olgas, a collection of massive red domes. This package includes hotel for 3 nights, Hertz car rental and Goway’s co-pilot kit of goodies (maps, directions, discounts).

Another great itinerary is Goway’s Adelaide to Darwin for a 6,9 or 12 day self-drive option from $846CAD, which includes 5 nights accommodation, 6 day Hertz car rental with unlimited kilometers, vehicle insurance, Goway’s co-pilot kit of goodies. From Adelaide you head north via Wilpena Pound and Coober Pedy – the opal capital of Australia towards Alice Springs and Ayers Rock before heading to Darwin and Kakadu where you can enjoy billabong cruises and witness jumping crocodiles, not to mention some of the most spectacular national park scenery in the country.

Goway has an amazing special to Fiji’s only Overwater Bungalow for ten days from $6969 and includes round trip airfare with Air Pacific from Los Angeles, free helicopter transfers, accommodations for seven nights at Likuliku Lagoon Resort in an overwater bure, all meals, amenities, non-motorized water sports and weekly invitation to the Management cocktail party.

LIONS CLUBS INT’L CONVENTION IN BUSAN, KOREA, JUNE 22-26, 2012

Goway Travel is proud to be again partnering with Lions Clubs International as a preferred North American travel operator for the Lions Clubs International Convention taking place in Busan, Korea from June 22-26, 2012. Lions in your community will be joining fellow members from all parts of the world in one of the most fascinating countries in the world in an exciting and motivational 5 days of Lions fellowship.

Busan is South Korea’s largest port and second-largest metropolis. There’s plenty in the city to see and do in the time away from the convention: take in the views from Busan Tower located in Yongdusan Park, visit the Yi Sun-shin statue, the Jagalchi fish market, the U.N. Cemetery (where fallen U.N. soldiers from the Korean War are buried) and the informative Municipal Museum. Before or after the convention, Lions can discover more of Korea: the international shopping mecca of Seoul; the ancient city of Gyeongju with its temples, pagodas, and royal tombs; intriguing Jeju Island or even Yeosu to visit World Expo 2012.

Goway Travel is celebrating its 42nd anniversary in 2012, and, with our extensive experience, we have the expertise in promoting destinations throughout Asia. Whether you have a group, an individual or any number in between, let Goway Travel and the experts in their Special Events Division, assist in planning air and land arrangements to the Lions Clubs International Convention in Busan and beyond.