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tour operator

British  

noun

  1. a person or company that provides package holidays

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The absence of cases here is very reassuring," said Adonis Carvajal, who works for a tour operator.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

"There were more than 200 people taking the tour this morning. Seventy percent were foreign tourists," Renan Monteiro, from the tour operator Favela Turismo, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Mark Faloon, co-director of golf tour operator 18Ireland, said the market in Northern Ireland was "evolving".

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Andersen, a tour operator, said she had two separate plans to flee with her 12-year-old stepdaughter, Anike.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Paul Whitten, founder of Nashville Adventures, a tour operator, says this is all the more true when traveling as a family with young children.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

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