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| MYRTLE BEACH GROWS CROSS BORDER RELATIONS |
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Myrtle Beach delegation visits Ontario; hosts breakfast in Toronto and Niagara region and attends the Toronto Golf Show
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| Kathy Richardson, Brant Branham, Kimberly Miles, Mayor John Rhodes, Kimberly Hartley, Kevin Johnson, Liz Gilland and Scott Schult | | On Thursday, March 4 a delegation of local officials from Myrtle Beach travelled to Toronto for a weekend of networking opportunities with Ontario tourism officials. They began their trip with an evening at the residence of the U.S. Consul General Kevin Johnson, followed by a breakfast on March 5 at the Park Hyatt in Toronto. Keep reading to find out more.
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| AC EXPANDS JAMAICA SERVICE |
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Beginning this May Air Canada will double the number of weekly flights from Toronto to Kingston, Jamaica
Air Canada today announced that beginning this May it will increase its service from Toronto to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston by doubling the number of weekly flights to the Jamaican capital and deploying larger aircraft on certain days of the week. Air Canada will also offer special introductory fares starting at $149 each way for tickets purchased between March 11 and 25, 2010, for travel until June 23, 2010 and $199 each way for travel from June 24 to September 3. Promotional fares from other points in Canada are also available.
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| TICO ISSUES REMINDER FOR ONTARIO RETAILERS |
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| Micheal Pepper | | TICO issues statement reminding Ontario agents of Compensation Fund coverage and disclosure requirements when booking out-of-province
The Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) has issued a registrar bulletin reminding all Ontario registered travel retailers that the Ontario Travel Industry Compensation Fund coverage does not extend to bookings made with out-of-province tour operators or end suppliers other than airlines and cruise lines. Included in the statement, Micheal Pepper, president of (TICO) pointed out that “travel agents should be aware of the travel companies they are dealing with and should always check to see if the company they are making a booking with is registered in Ontario with TICO. Just because the flights originate out of Ontario, does not mean that the travel company you are dealing with is domiciled and registered in Ontario.” Keep reading to view more from TICO's bulletin.
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| PORTER EXPANDS BOSTON SERVICE |
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Five daily roundtrip flights between Boston Logan International Airport and Toronto’s Billy Bishop City Airport to start March 31 with Porter Airlines
Porter Airlines is expanding its schedule to offer five daily roundtrip flights between Boston Logan International Airport and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, starting March 31. The new schedule includes one additional roundtrip each weekday in the afternoon, as well as a further roundtrip on Sunday. The complete Boston schedule now includes five daily roundtrip flights during the week, two roundtrip flights on Saturday and four roundtrip flights on Sunday.
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| ALIO EXTENDS THEIR SCHEDULE |
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Alio announces new extended call centre schedule effective March 11; launches revamped hotel booking engine in April
Alio has announced that they have extended their call centre schedule effective as of March 11, 2010. New hours are as follows: Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. EST to 8 p.m. EST / 5:30 a.m. PST to 5 p.m. PST and Saturday: 9 a.m. EST to 4 p.m. EST / 6 a.m. PST to 1 p.m. PST. In addition, Alio would like to remind everyone that their travel agent password protected website, alio.ca is available 24/7. Online, travel agents have access to book net airfare on over 50 airlines, as well as instant access to the company’s inventory of 35, 000 hotels worldwide. Alio would also like to point out that in April they will be offering a new-look to their hotel booking engine. Keep reading to find out more.
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| VOX STARTS GLBT DIVISION |
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VoX International starts GLBT division and adds new director, diversity marketing, Armando Mendonça
VoX International Inc. has recently welcomed Armando Mendonça to lead the firm’s new GLBT division. Mendonça will be director, diversity marketing at VoX. The new GLBT division will exclusively provide market development and public relations support to the GLBT travel sector. Mendonça’s career spans 25 years in the travel industry. In the past 10 years, Mendonça has held senior positions with Canadian tour operators as director of product development including extensive work in the gay and lesbian market. Armando Mendonça can be reached at armando@voxtm.ca or 416-935-1896 ext. 234.
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| TEE OFF FOR TINY TOTS |
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The 6th annual golf fundraiser “Tee Off for Tiny Tots” will be held on June 24; all proceeds going to African Pre-Schools Society
The Canada-South Africa Chamber of Business, along with Tour Operators Promoting Africa (TOPAC) in Canada and Canadian Travel Press/Courier are hosting their 6th annual fundraiser for African Pre-Schools Society. ‘Tee Off for Tiny Tots’ is slated for Thursday, June 24, with all proceeds going to African Pre-Schools Society, a Canadian registered charity. The event will be held at the Caledon Golf & Country Club in Inglewood, Ontario. Please note that there will be several prizes, as well as a raffle for two air tickets to South Africa courtesy of South African Airways. Keep reading for registration informaiton, sponsorship inquiries and more.
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ETIHAD EXPANDS AUSTRALIA CODESHARE
Etihad Airways has increased the destinations available for passengers travelling to Australia by expanding its codeshare agreement with Qantas. As part of the agreement, the Etihad two-letter ‘EY’ code is now placed on flights from Sydney to Ayers Rock (Uluru), Alice Springs, Canberra, Hobart and Melbourne and flights from Brisbane to Cairns. The new routes are in addition to the services that were part of the initial codeshare agreement, which commenced in March 2009 and include flights between Sydney and Brisbane, Sydney and Cairns, Sydney and Adelaide, and Melbourne and Adelaide, as well as Sydney to Auckland in New Zealand.
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