TICO: Luxury Travel Centre & Naroce Vignarajah convicted

After being charged by The Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO), Luxury Travel Centre Inc. was convicted of one count of operating as a travel agent without being registered and two counts of failing to hold money in trust, according to a press release. 

Naroce Vignarajah was also convicted of one count of operating as a travel agent without being registered and one count of being an officer and director of a corporation and failing to take reasonable care to prevent the corporation from committing an offence.

Luxury Travel Centre Inc. was fined $43,750, inclusive of a victim surcharge, TICO says. Vignarajah was also fined an additional $34,375, inclusive of a victim surcharge and ordered to pay a further $23,765 in restitution.

Both Luxury Travel Centre Inc. and Naroce Vignarajah were sentenced to a two-year probation.

Luxury Travel Centre Inc. had its registration under the Travel Industry Act, 2002 revoked on September 21, 2022.

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