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| John: Final Update |
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Los Cabos spared as John's impact dwindles
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| Vicente Fox | On Monday The National Hurricane Center issued its last advisory on the system formerly-known-as-Hurricane-John. The weakening storm had dumped as much as 45 centimetres of rain on the Baja California peninsula, soaking fishing villages and threatening floods in parts of the U.S. Southwest. Possible rainfall of up to seven centimetres were anticipated in desert areas from Southern California to west Texas in the next few days and could cause some flooding.
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| Newfoundland loses direct flight to London |
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First time in 64 years Province without transatlantic service
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| Andy Wells | For first time in 64 years, Newfoundland loses direct service to London. The last direct flight connecting Newfoundland to the British capital left Monday, signalling the first time the province will be without the transatlantic air service since the Second World War. Air Canada decided in May to cancel direct passenger and cargo flights from St. John's to London Heathrow because, the carrier said, the route wasn't profitable enough.
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| American signs Sabre distribution deal |
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Five-year agreement protects against surcharges
American Airlines and Sabre announced on Friday that they had come to terms on a full content distribution agreement. The five-year agreement establishes provides for full American Airlines content in the Sabre GDS's Efficient Access Solution. Travel agencies who participate in the program now have the ability to shop, price and book travel on American Airlines without incurring a booking source premium charge...
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| Ft. Lauderdale goes upmarket |
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The Donald leads the way
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| Donald Trump | The Florida area once famous for college spring breaks that drew thousands of students and spawned a generation of Where the Boys Are-type college movies is changing its image. Donald Trump has two, new five-star condo hotel developments planned for Fort Lauderdale Beach - construction has already started on the 24-story Trump Hotel & Tower. A St. Regis and a W hotel, are both also headed for Fort Lauderdale.
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| Turks and Caicos host World Travel Internet Conference |
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Experts focus on emerging technology and key issues
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| Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace | An impressive lineup of industry experts on travel technology discuss the industry's future at the The World Travel Internet Conference being held on September 18 in Turks and Caicos. Now in its second year, The World Travel Internet Conference was initiated by the World Travel Awards in 2004. The conference aims to increase awareness of emerging technologies and deals with some of the key issues facing the industry today.
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| Philippines closes Tourism office in Toronto |
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Canada to be handled by US offices
The Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) office in Toronto will close on September 30, 2006. Despite the increase in Canadian tourism to the Philippines and the fact that Canada "ranks as one of the Philippines' top 10 source countries for tourism arrivals and dollar receipts," according to a media release, the change is being implemented to consolidate and maximize the Department's resources while continuing to bolster the PDOT presence in North America.
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| Israel Government Tourism Office |
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Correction:
On August 18 we ran a photograph in which we labelled Beth McCoy as employed by the Israel Government Tourist Office. Beth McCoy in fact, works for Air Canada. So, here again is the photograph with the correct caption. Pictured left to right: Nancy Benetton, Director of Sales, Eastern Canada (Canadian Traveller), Beth McCoy, Manager, Sales Development and Promotion Air Canada, Dani Shahal, Consul -Tourism, Director for Canada, Israel Government Tourist Office
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