Rocky Mountaineer has named Tony Soden as its new Regional Sales Manager, APAC as the rail company bolsters its workforce in Australasia.

Rocky Mountaineer is offering guests who book SilverLeaf a complimentary upgrade to GoldLeaf on eligible Canadian itineraries in 2022, when booking by 31 January 2022. The promotion, available for all travel dates this year except September, represents a saving of $1,700 (CAD$1,500) per couple.

Rocky Mountaineer has pushed back the restart of its Canadian operation in 2021 by another month, with a new flagged relaunch date of 5 July. The decision comes a month after the company moved its regular-season start date of mid-April to 1 June.

Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer has confirmed the suspension of its 2020 season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and continued government travel and health restrictions. All departures through to 11 October, 2020 have been abandoned.

This week LATTE communicated from afar with Steve Sammut, President and CEO of Rocky Mountaineer.

TRACKS is a five-module course that explores in depth Rocky Mountaineer’s service levels, routes and seasons, packages and more. Upon completion, agents will be awarded a certificate honouring their title as a Rocky Mountaineer Specialist. Agents can register at www.rockymountaineer.com/tracks.

For a limited time, travellers booking eligible 2019 Rocky Mountaineer packages will receive up to $800 per couple to help create their ultimate Rocky Mountaineer experience. Qualifying packages in both GoldLeaf and SilverLeaf Service of eight days or more will receive a $400 bonus for each guest ($800 per couple), and shorter packages of five to seven days will receive a $250 bonus for each guest ($500 per couple).

A group of 11 from Flight Centre, APT and Infinity have taken a first look at Rocky Mountaineer’s newest fleet of custom made GoldLeaf railcars this week in Berlin. Rail company Stadler have custom-built the 10 new bi-level glass domed carriages for Rocky Mountaineer at their Reinickendorf-based facility.