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| Club Med La Caravelle : up for a new start! |
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TRAVELHotNews.com At Grand Re-Opening of Guadaloupe Resort
Nathalie De Grandmont
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| Henri Giscard d'Estaing, Chairman and CEO of Club Med, with Sainte-Anne's mayor, Mr. Blaise Aldo. | | After an eight-month, 24 million-Euro refurbishment the Club Med Village of La Caravelle, in Guadeloupe, is now shining anew and set to return to its places as one of the top resorts of the French Caribbean. The village re-opened its doors to visitors last December but the official celebration only took place last Friday night, March 30t, on the beach of La Caravelle, said to be the most beautiful of the island of Grande Terre. It reunited a crowd of many prestigious guests, many of whom had travelled from Europe especially for the occasion.
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| ENTERPRISE TO ACQUIRE ALAMO, NATIONAL |
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| Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest rental car company in the U.S., is poised to take over Vanguard Car Rental, which operates the Alamo Rent A Car and National Car Rental brands. The transaction between the two privately held companies, which was announced late Friday by Enterprise, is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of 2007. Anti-trust regulators in both the U.S. and Canada must approve the deal before it can be completed.
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| NEW FACE AT DISCOVER THE WORLD VANCOUVER |
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Jacques Malaspina Appointed Area Sales Manager
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| Jacques Malaspina | | Discover the World Marketing director Joanne Lundy has appointed Jacques Malaspina as the company's new Area Sales Manager in Vancouver. Malaspina brings a wealth of experience to the company, including 11 years with Malaysia Airlines, AS Sales Manager for Western Canada; Area Sales Manager for Voyageur Insurance (Royal Bank Canada) in Edmonton; and Vancouver's Area Sales Manager for Mexicana Airlines for eight years. Malaspina says he will "actively participate in the promotion, expansion and growth of Discover The World Marketing's clients in the Canadian market."
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| 250+ ENCHANTING HOLIDAY CHOICES |
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New South Pacific Brochure From Boomerang
Boomerang Tours has launched its 2007/2008 South Pacific brochure. The brochure includes more than 250 travel ideas for clients dreaming of the South Pacific. Clients will benefit from Boomerang's trademark value-added features, including free hotel nights, welcome bottles of wine, and much more. New to the brochure this year is the "Tropical Escapade program", which allows clients to spend not only a full-day cruise but also a memorable night on the Great Barrier Reef aboard the Reef Encounter vessel.
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| LEARN, EARN & WIN WITH CRUISEQUEST SEMINARS |
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April Webinars Start Today
Encore Cruises and CruiseEscapes today launch a month-long promotion entitled CruiseQuest, which consists of a line-up of seven webinar-based training sessions that will be filled with valuable information about the many benefits of selling cruises. The training sessions will run throughout the month of April and will focus on a variety of subjects - from how to sell cruises 101, to learning more about exciting destinations and the cruise ships that sail to them.
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| AC'S ST. JOHN'S-LONDON SERVICE RETURNS |
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Seasonal Non-Stops Through October
Air Canada marked the return of seasonal non-stop service between London, England and St. John's, Nfld. on Saturday. Flights will operate until the end of October. Air Canada's service to London will operate three times weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in April, increasing to five times a week in June, and to daily service from July 1 through the end of September. The carrier will operate the route using newly refurbished 120-seat Airbus A319 aircraft in a two-cabin configuration offering a choice of Executive Class and Economy service.
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| "INCREDIBLE INDIA IN AN HOUR" |
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You're Invited!
Indus Travels, in association with India Tourism, Singapore Airlines and Kingfisher Airlines, is hosting a series of presentations for agents in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. The events will include a delicious meal and door prizes, and new brochures will be available. Agents are invited to attend one of the following sessions:
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