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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 | 16 McTavish Travel Congratulations McTavish Travel On behalf of the Members of Council and the Town of Oakville, I offer you my sincere congratulations on the occasion of your 40h Anniversary. McTavish Travel has a rich history as part of Oakville's business community and as an important player in building our broader community. I hope you celebrate this very special day with your family, friends and the patrons of McTavish Travel that have helped to support your outstanding business. Please accept my heartiest best wishes for many more years of great service and success. Yours sincerely, Continued from page 15 Celebrating 40 years of excellence in the travel industry from the beaten path. "We're able to meet the needs of the discerning traveler," she said. McTavish Travel is also one of only two agencies in Canada that is fully accredited to handle humanitarian and mission trips, with special airfares for non-governmental organizations travelling across the globe whenever and wherever disaster strikes ­ locales such as Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, India and Latin America. All consultants in this department must be international airfare specialists. "It's a business that changes every day and it's a business that's affected by something in the news every day, whether it's extreme weather, monetary changes, political changes, price of oil changes," said Ross. "It's never boring; in 40 years, it hasn't ever been boring." The only constant in their business, is change, added Trish. Although naysayers said otherwise, the onset of the World Wide Web only enhanced the industry and the services McTavish Travel was able to offer clients, as well as the speed with which transactions could be processed and information accessed. "We have embraced the internet; it's one of our greatest tools," said Trish. "We have learned to use it to support our business instead of compete against us." Recently implemented computer software not only alerts staff to major catastrophes or events occurring in the world, such as an air traf c controller strike in Brussels or a volcanic eruption in Iceland, but clients in those regions as well. The world has become a much smaller place with accessibility to almost any place on the planet. "There just isn't anywhere in the world now we don't send people," said Trish. On any given day, there isn't a continent without McTavish travellers on it. "We enjoy the people we work with every day. It's like a big family," said Trish. "Everyone works really hard, teams all work together, they help each other. It's a nice place to come to work." In celebration of McTavish Travel's milestone, the agency is giving away an Avalon Waterways River Cruise for Two, either Paris to Normandy's Landing Beaches or the Romantic Rhine, including round trip air from Toronto. Enter online at mctavishtravel.com Hard work, great staff marks 40 years' time in travel (2012), and a stellar reputation in the industry. Over the four decades, McTavish Travel has weathered ve recessions, as well as the travel fallout from 9/11, SARS, H1N1 and the disruption of the Iceland volcano in 2010. Hard work, great staff and tremendously loyal clients have allowed McTavish Travel to not only thrive, but propel it into the upper echelons of North American travel agencies. What hasn't changed and never will, is their client-focused service, said Trish. Except for the constant tapping of ngers on keyboards, the of ce is a quiet oasis for travellers seeking experienced consultants to book everything from leisure holiday packages to corporate trips, to group bookings for up to 4,000 people. "We are known as a very service oriented travel management company in the corporate travel arena," said Trish. One feature that sets McTavish Travel apart from other agencies is its ability to handle luxury holidays (think Orient Express) and unusual, customized packages for travellers who like to stray Rob Burton, Mayor Town of Oakville On behalf of more than 9000 WestJetters, congratulations to McTavish Travel on providing 40 years of great service. Congratulations to our valued partners at McTavish Travel on 40 years of excellence! Invest your time wisely. Jankar Human Resources provides Human Resources Services including Recruitment and Selection, that will help you meet the challenges of your changing workforce. Jankar HUMAN RESOURCES Remarkable people create great companies. 40 Years of Excellence HAPPY BIRTHDAY MCTAVISH TRAVEL THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US OVER YEARS S H TR M Congratulations to the amazing team at McTavish Travel on 40 successful years. From your friends and colleagues at Ensemble Travel Group. FROM TEAM OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CANADA 19 73 FO 40 CT AV I AV S RT Y Y EA R EL 20 1 3 www.ensembletravel.com