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Press Room - Aquila’s Company Fact Sheet

Year Founded 1982

Beth Kelly Hatt CTP, Founder & President

Danielle Timmons, Managing Partner

Melanie Colpitts, Partner & Director Cruise Excellence

Scope of Services

  • Aquila specializes in creating and sustaining tourism excellence. They do this by:
  • Delivering excellence in shore excursions, as they are the preferred tour operator of cruise lines in Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Coaching tour operators and destinations throughout the world through the Center for Cruise Excellence and their programs, which include Shore Excellence and Guide Excellence, and a new Tour Guide Excellence online program
  • Offering consulting services within the Tourism Industry on Trade Excellence, and a wide variety of other topics
  • Offering Voluntouring Programs for travellers to Travel with Purpose and make a difference in destinations around the world
  • Chartering trolleys for conferences and events in Saint John, New Brunswick

Most Recent Awards and Accolades

  • Finalist, Business of the Year Award, Tourism Industry Association of Canada
  • Beth Kelly Hatt, Mary Morton Award from Ontario Motorcoach Association
  • Beth Kelly Hatt, 25 People to Watch in Atlantic Canada, Progress Magazine
  • Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development, Tourism Industry Association of Canada
  • Port Award of the Year
  • For more on Aquila’s Awards and Accolades, click here.

Memberships and Accreditations

  • Saint John Board of Trade
  • Hospitality Saint John
  • Tourism Industry Association of New Brunswick
  • Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia
  • Tourism Industry Association of Prince Edward Island
  • Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Florida Caribbean Cruise Association
  • Atlantic Canada Cruise Association

Media and Public Relations Contact
Beth Kelly Hatt or Melanie Colpitts
Aquila Tours Inc

PO Box 6895
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada E2L 4S3
Phone: 506-633-1224
Fax: 506-658-0969
Email: melanie@aquilatours.com or beth@aquilatours.com

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