TICO Board approves eight claims against Comp. Fund

The Travel Industry Council of Ontario’s (TICO’s) Board of Directors approved eight claims on July 25 against the Ontario Travel Industry Compensation Fund totalling $44,180 to assist 16 consumers who did not receive the travel services for which they had paid.

As shared in an Aug. 1 press release, the approved claims are as follows:

• Albarkah Travel and Tours
  1 claim to assist 3 consumers, totalling $4,253
•  Crystal Cruises
  4 claims to assist 8 consumers, totalling $31,280
• The Travel Broker Group            
  1 claim to assist 1 consumer, totalling $1,250
• World Travel Inc.
  2 claims to assist 4 consumers, totalling $7,397

In addition, the following claims were denied:

• Rejoice Holidays Inc.
  One claim was denied as it was received beyond the legislated filing deadline date.
• Interjet Airlines
  Five claims were denied as they were claiming for unredeemed credits issued by Interjet Airlines.
• Luxury Travel Centre Inc.
  Four claims were denied as they were based on credit card misuse by the registrant.