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Ireland's state-owned airline to be privatized this fall
Aer Lingus chief says IPO for Irish airline likely in September Ireland's state-owned airline, Aer Lingus, is likely to be privatized in September in a long-awaited initial public offering, its chief executive indicated recently.Mannion said recent volatility in the stock market, and the unprecedented high cost of aviation fuel, would not delay the expected flotation on the Irish Stock Exchange. Aer Lingus is one of Europe's rare success stories among state-owned airlines. It came close to bankruptcy in 2002, but rebounded strongly by slashing its payroll in half, shifting ticket sales to the Internet, band developing a network of short-haul destinations to continental Europe. |
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ACTA, ACT Communications Inc. and Logimonde Inc. join forces to support Canadian travel professionals
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| Christiane Theberge | The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) has announced a partnership with ACT Communications Inc. and Logimonde Inc. The partnership agreement has many components and will evolve around technical education and training, marketing, networking and industry awareness.
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| WestJet Vacations experiences delayed launch |
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But company officials expect the new wholesaler to get up and running by mid June
Back in March 2006, WestJet announced that it would be starting a new wholesaler division that would open sometime in April 2006. Well, April came and went. So did May. That left some industry analysts asking: whatever happened to WestJet Vacations? That also prompted Travel Hot News to put in a call to WestJet spokesperson Gillian Bentley. We asked her when exactly their new wholesaler division was opening its doors.
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| Virginia Governor launches rare tourism mission in Toronto |
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State governor sees Canadian market as pivotal to growing state's tourism industry
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| Tim Cains | Rarely do state governors pop up to Canada to haggle their state's own tourism attractions. Usually that job is left up to economic development officials or state communication minions. But Virginia Governer Tim Cains, the self-described "tourism and communication governor" has decided to take matters into his own hands.
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| Galileo and Gullivers Travel team up |
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Collaboration provides agents access to database of 20,000 properties and commission on destination content
Subsidiaries of Cendant Corp., Galileo International, a Global Distribution System (GDS), and Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) a wholesaler of global travel products, today announced the establishment of a new Web-based solution for Galileo-connected travel agencies in Canada, called G-Destinations.
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| Legal ceasefire opens dialogue between airlines |
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Air Canada chief says WestJet apology means industry can work on regulations
A legal ceasefire between Air Canada and rival WestJet over a case of corporate espionage will allow them to work together for regulatory changes that will benefit the whole industry, says ACE Aviation chairman Robert Milton. "We as an industry now, I believe, will be able to far more effectively speak with one voice,'' Milton told reporters after speaking at the company's annual general meeting.
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