CONQUEST CONQUERED

April 15, 2009

In a move that certainly will wreak havoc on many travellers' plans, Conquest Vacations today announced it has ceased business.

TheStar.com has the full story, but suffice to say the pain from this will be felt in many locations; from living rooms and board rooms to Pearson Airport and in publications who rely on Conquest advertising. Mostly, of course, you feel for the folks who've worked at a company that says it's been able to fight off gathering storms for 37 years.

The company has offices in Toronto and Vancouver and says it flew more than a million passengers last year to such destinations as the Caribbean, Mexico, Cuba, Mexico and Florida.

There have been obvious signs of pain in the travel industry, with cutbacks in Canada and around the globe. But nothing as significant as this.

Even if people get their money back from vacations they've booked, the move undoubtedly has caused hardship for folks currently on Conquest vacations or who had planned on them and now have to scramble for alternate arrangements.

But, mostly, you feel for loyal employees at what has to be a terrible time.

Posted by Jim Byers at 12:40:42 PM in airlines, canada, caribbean, central america, Current Affairs, europe, florida, mexico, ontario, tourism, Travel, united states

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Travel Blog by Jim Byers

Jim Byers is the Star's Travel Editor. He has been writing travel stories for more than a decade, covered five Olympic Games and spent years covering the Blue Jays, the Toronto Raptors and the PGA Tour. He's been everywhere from Bonavista to Vancouver Island, as well as China, Hong Kong, Australia, the Caribbean, Thailand, Mexico, Tahiti, New Zealand, Vietnam, a dozen countries in Europe and just about every major city in the U.S. Okay, he was only in Liechtenstein for a couple hours in a rental car and his only visit to New Orleans was when he was 12, but you get the picture.

April 15, 2009