May 8, 2006
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Air Canada rolls up its' sleeves
Airline offers customers price match packages
Air Canada Vacations is offering automatic price-matches of up to $200 per traveler on select Sun packages. The price-match applies to new bookings made May 6, 2006 onward for departures May 7, 2006 through October 31, 2006. Applicable destinations include: Cuba (Cayo Coco, Holguin, Varadero), Costa Rica (Liberia), Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana), Jamaica (Montego Bay), Mexico (Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta). Price matches apply to commissionable rates only, and are valid on new bookings made on identical product (same destination, travel dates, departure city, trip duration, hotel, hotel meal plan, and room type/category).


Air Transat broadens its' European itinerary
Airline now offers direct flights to Madrid from Montreal and Toronto
Air Transat has teamed up with tour operator Nolitours to offer new flights to Madrid, Spain, from Toronto and Montreal starting today. Toronto-Montreal-Madrid flights take off, up to two times per week, from May 8, 2006 to October 30, 2006. By summer 2006, Air Transat will be running flights to 30 European cities.  The company now claims it now provides more direct flights to European destinations than any other airline. Nolitours, also a Transat business unit, has helped launch Splendid Spain, a program featuring escorted and independent tours, hotel packages and daily excursions.


Sunquest expands Hamilton departures

Wholesaler launches new direct flights from Hamilton to Mayan Coast, Punta Cana, and Dominican Republic
Hamilton area residents area can now fly directly to Caribbean and Mexican locations with new weekly non-stop services from Hamilton International.  Commencing Friday, December 22, 2006, Sunquest will offer weekly service from the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to Cancun and the Mayan Coast, Mexico and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Already available for booking are over 30 of Sunquest's resort hotels for next winter, with more being added daily.


Woes continue for United Airline's parent company
UAL group posts $306-million loss, excluding reorganization items
United Airline's parent company, UAL group, reported a loss of $306-million US, excluding reorganization items for the first three months of the year, compared with a loss of $302 million a year earlier.  The company did not provide a per-share figure. The corporation attributed its losses to rising fuel expenses which cost United $314-million more than in the first quarter a year ago. But the carrier added flights and its planes were one per cent fuller and it benefited from having raised fares.
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Clearing the air
Extreme Holidays demystifies the booking and registration process for travel agents
Since starting in February, the staff who produce extremeholidays.ca have been fielding calls from confused travel agents. Gary Lightowler, President of Extreme Holidays, explains the confusion arose out of vague booking instructions: "The Travel Agent registration area used to display a message after the travel agent had registered of 'Thank you for registering. We will contact you soon.' This created a problem as agents were registering with us and then waiting for us to contact them. We have since changed the message the agent receives after they register with us to, "Thank your for registering your agency with Extreme Holidays. Your Agency is now ready to reserve your clients through the main search area located on our home page."
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