Canada & Alaska Specialist Holidays began trading on 01 July 2006. The principal, Ed Smith, started and successfully managed the Canada business for Adventure World for 9 years and PiTC/talpacific Holidays for the last 10 years. Ed is a Canadian, born in Winnipeg, who moved to Australia 33 years ago and has spent the last 25 years promoting Canada. The concept of the company is to concentrate on FIT's with itinerary planning the key. The company will focus on enriching the stay of Australians by offering itineraries that are personnally designed around the needs and interests of the client, highlighting unusual and off the beaten track experiences.