TICO charges Toronto agent, approves comp payments

An Ontario travel agency and its director are facing several TICO charges, including more than 25 counts of failing to deposit customer payments into the trust account.

Placido Calore and 407488 Ontario Ltd., operating as Business & Vacation Travel Planners and Blue Mountain Travel (Blue Mountain Travel), were each charged with:

• One count of carrying on business with Carolyn Solomon and 1924067 Ontario Inc., who were required to be registered as travel agents but were not in fact so registered;
• One count of failing to notify the Registrar, five days in advance of closing of its Trust Account, contrary to section 17(2) of the Regulation;
• Twenty-five counts of failing to deposit customer payments received for travel services into the trust account of the Registrant.

Calore was a director and shareholder of Blue Mountain Travel, which voluntarily terminated its registration effective July 31, 2015. Blue Mountain Travel operated in Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario, said TICO.

The first court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2016 at 9 a.m. in Toronto.

In other TICO news, the Board of Directors has approved payment of $8,084.58 to assist two consumers who were at risk of not receiving the travel services for which they had paid. The payment was due to the closure of John Douglas Mills formally operating as Algonquin Travel in Oshawa.