Sunwing Travel Group Celebrates 11th Anniversary on the PROFIT 500 List


TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 23, 2015) - The Sunwing Travel Group is celebrating 11 consecutive years on the PROFIT Magazine list of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies. The Sunwing Travel Group is the only vertically integrated travel company on the PROFIT 500 index, which is published in the summer issue of PROFIT and online at PROFITguide.com.

"We are very proud to have experienced triple-digit growth in such a challenging market," said Stephen Hunter, President and CEO of Sunwing Travel Group, who added, "We attribute much of our continued success to our focus on delivering the best vacation products to our customers, the dedication of our team, and the support of our retail partners."

The entrepreneurial company has grown to over 2,000 employees with sales exceeding $2 billion annually. Sunwing has the distinction of being one of only 3 businesses with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion to make the list, which is ranked on revenue growth as a percentage.

The Sunwing Travel Group is already experiencing strong sales for the Winter 2015/16 season from key source markets. For more information, visit www.sunwingtravelgroup.com.

About Sunwing Travel Group
The largest vertically integrated travel business in North America, Sunwing Travel Group is comprised of Sunwing Vacations, the leading leisure tour operator in Canada; Sunwing Airlines, Canada's premier leisure airline; Signature Vacations, one of Canada's leading tour operators for all inclusive package vacations and Vacation Express, a growing tour operator in the United States, together with the Group's own travel retail businesses SellOffVacations.com and Luxe Destination Weddings. NexusTours provides destination management services to individuals, agencies, tour groups, corporate businesses and tour operators. Blue Diamond Resorts an innovative hotel management sister company of the Sunwing Travel Group operates resorts under the 'Royalton', 'CHIC by Royalton', 'Memories', and 'Starfish' brands across the Caribbean, Cuba and Mexico.

About PROFITguide.com
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Contact Information:

For all media enquiries, please contact:
Rachel Goldrick
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Sunwing Travel Group
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