Prince George, B.C.-  Four people who work with the travel office of BCAA in Prince George, will be unemployed by the end of this year.

 

The company is closing its storefront travel offices across the province as it has found it too difficult to compete with the growing use of   direct booking over the internet. “It is a changing travel world” says Suzanne Milino, Vice President Sales and Service with BCAA, “twenty one of our travel offices will be closing, including the one in Prince George.” The difficult economic times are also cited as a reason for the closure. In all, 157 people will be losing their jobs throughout the province as a result of the closures.

 

Province wide, the travel offices of BCAA will be reduced to a skeleton staff by mid December, and travel bookings will cease to be offered by BCAA by January.

 

BCAA will continue to operate its other divisions and you will be able to book trips on line or over the phone (to the Burnaby service centre) but face to face service will become a thing of the past.

 

Milino says those who have booked travel need not worry, the trips will be honoured. She says BCAA attempted to sell the travel division of its business, but wasn’t able to find a buyer.