Visit Anaheim Teams Up with WestJet Vacations for Exclusive Fam Trip for Canadian Travel Advisors

Published on November 27, 2025

Disneyland Resort located in Anaheim, California, along with the rest of the county, welcomed a group of 11 of Western Canada’s top travel advisors in an exclusive fam trip organized by Visit Anaheim and WestJet Vacations. This trip allowed the travel experts to experience, first hand, the most recent additions of attractions and tourism of Anaheim’s ever expanding tourism product mix.

With a focus on the most recent updates from the Anaheim Resort and its nearby properties, the Anaheim fam trip gave the travel advisors from B. C. and Alberta a chance to experience the city’s major attractions and make it easier for them to sell them. Although the Disneyland resort, the crown of the area, was the focus of the trip, the group also visited the surrounding hotels, and other attractions located in the Orange County area and the other Orange County attractions.

Inspecting New Developments for New Attractions and Hotels

Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, the Anaheim Resort, along with all the other amenities in the Anaheim Resort, is one of the most recognizable and heavily visited destinations in the entire world. During the fam trip, travel advisors had the opportunity to see brand new attractions designed for repeat visitors. Over the years, visitors have been inundated with new themed areas, and the travel advisors examined the most recent offerings in terms of what is new and exciting to potential and repeat travelers bringing family and group travelers with them.

Additionally, the team received access to recent hotels and resorts develop in Anaheim alongside the theme parks. Properties, such as Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa, and other new developments, have been increasing Anaheim’s reputation as a family friendly destination with excellent hotels. The city is increasing its reputation as a family friendly destination with excellent hotels. The city is expanding its reputation as a family friendly destination with excellent hotels. The city is broadening its reputation.

More and more Anaheim hotels and an expanding resort area are making it more attractive for park tourists. Unique fittings allow travel advisors to make more personalized recommendations based on budget and group size. Assignments received incorporate all types of accommodations.

Highlighting the Increasing Diversity of Anaheim

The fam trip begins with Disneyland Resort to showcase the theme park and visit the Anaheim’s many culture attractions. Dine and shop activities. Outdoors are other offerings. Disneyland visit isn’t the only experience.

Just next to Disneyland Downtown Anaheim can be explored for dining, shops, and entertainment. Advisors visited Anaheim GardenWalk which adds to the resort with an outdoor dining and shopping experience. Advisors participated in local festivals to show off Anaheim’s attractions which are events held year-round.Before heading back home, travel advisors had the opportunity to discover the beauty of Orange County, which is close to Anaheim.

Orange County is known for it’s amazing beaches, nice outdoor hiking trails and adventures, and ample outdoor recreational opportunities. This allows for a nice break from the city feel of Anaheim and allows for a breath of fresh air outside the city. Advisors learned how to market Anaheim for it’s outdoor adventure offerings, luxury getaways, and for the many opportunities for travel in groups. They learned to market Anaheim as an outdoor and luxury retreat, as well as, a family destination.

WestJet vacations is a sponsor of the trip, and is a major player in suggesting and advertising Anaheim to Canadian residents. The service WestJet provides is a major travel service from the Canadian West Coast, British Columbia, and Alberta, to Southern California, and especially Anaheim, as they offer direct flights. The trip was a good example of the advertisement service seamless travel allows to families, people in groups, and single travelers heading to Anaheim.

WestJet to support fam trip fully aligns with aiding Canadians travelers with more options and supporting with the continued growth of tourism in primary destinations. With the airline’s partnerships with Canadian travelers and service providers with access to a high level of service, the trip to Anaheim is efficiently manageable.

Strengthening Western Canadian Travel Advisors’ Relations

Visit Anaheim and WestJet Vacations’ strengthening of relations with travel advisors from Western Canada is another thing the fam trip provided. Anaheim has potential tourism growth and the travel advisors from Canada along with the 11 trip goers form a significant portion of the Canadian travel market which is shifting to a focus on travel to Southern California. With the travel professionals gaining first hand knowledge, WestJet and Visit Anaheim can be certain to empower their business associates to promote the destination efficiently to potential vacationers and travelers wanting to arrange family trips and corporate retreats.

The Future of Anaheim Tourism

As Anaheim changes and improves, it keeps adding more attractions, places to stay, and things to do. This makes it easier to stay a world-class tourist destination. The Anaheim familiarization (fam) trip helped Canadian Western travel advisors learn how to better promote tailored offerings, including Disney and extended tours of Orange County.

Anaheim is improving its tourist infrastructure and adding more to its transport, event space, and hotel resorts. This guarantees it’s going to keep a leading position in Southern California for a long time to come. The collaboration between Visit Anaheim, WestJet Vacations, and Canadian travel advisors is ensuring travelers will keep coming to Anaheim.