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| ALMOND APPRECIATION |
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Almond Resorts hosts appreciation night for top producers, tour operators, media
Charmaine Pang
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| Alison Theodore, St. Lucia Tourist Board; Ralph Taylor, Chairman/MD, Almond Resorts; Marge Folkes, Marville Travel; Cheryl Carter, Barbados Tourism Authority; Wendy Cole, VP Sales & Marketing, Almond Resorts | | Yesterday evening at North 44 restaurant in midtown Toronto, Almond Resorts hosted an appreciation dinner for top producers, tour operators, Barbados and St. Lucia tourist board representatives and the media. Some of the operators in attendance were Air Canada Vacations, Thomas Cook Canada and WestJet Vacations. The popular all-inclusive group of resorts operates five resorts on two Caribbean islands, Barbados and St. Lucia.
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| MAGICAL KENYA: RIFT VALLEY LAKES |
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The second of a four-part series on Magical Kenya and its mix of landscapes, cultures and wildlife
Hilary Genders
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| Great Rift Valley, Kenya | | This week, TRAVELHotNews.com in conjunction with Canadian Traveller Magazine brings you a four-part series of articles featuring the magical country of Kenya. Inspiring landscapes, exotic wildlife and breathtaking national parks and game reserves allow visitors to truly experience the wonder of Africa. Today, we focus on the Rift Valley Lakes. Kenya straddles the centre of the Great Rift Valley, the vast prehistoric fissure that stretches from Jordan to Mozambique. From the north to the south of the country, the valley is lined with a series of freshwater and soda-based volcanic lakes that are another popular destination of international travellers seeking a combination of cultural and wildlife safaris.
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| ENCORE CRUISE ESCAPES' EGYPT |
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| Nile River | | Explore the Nile River with Egyptian cruise packages from YYZ, YUL
Highlighting the best of Egypt and Nile cruising, Encore CruiseEscapes offers a new 'destination-oriented' cruise package to this ancient country. The tour features four departures on May 3, June 7, Sept. 13 and Oct. 11, 2008 and starts from $2,689. This includes international airfare from Toronto or Montreal to Cairo, five-star hotel accommodation, domestic flights from Cairo to Luxor and from Aswan to Cairo, and all transfers. Agents will earn Double Holiday Points on all Encore CruiseEscapes' Egypt bookings and a base commission of 15%. Read on for more information.
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| ACE AVIATION $1.5B BUYBACK |
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ACE Aviation Holdings to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of its shares
Canadian Press
ACE Aviation Holdings announced a plan yesterday to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of its shares in a modified Dutch auction. The Montreal-based corporate parent of Air Canada said it will buy roughly 54.2 million shares under that offer that will see shareholders receive up to $30 per share. The price paid will be based on the number of shares tendered and the prices specified by shareholders. It will be the lowest price that will enable ACE to purchase up to $1.5 billion of shares. The offer was set expire at 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 10, 2008. In addition to Air Canada, ACE is a holding company with stakes in Aeroplan Income Fund, Jazz Air Income Fund and ACTS. The share buyback comes as ACE, which was created as part of the airline's restructuring under creditor protection, works to unwind its business.
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| TRANSAT "TURKEY ON THE RUN" CONTEST |
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Holiday contest on until Jan. 5, 2008; Canadian consumers can win one of three sun getaways with Transat Holidays
Transat Holidays has announced the launch of its "Turkey on the Run!" promotion. In keeping with the concept of its new advertising campaign, the tour operator will be launching a contest just in time for the holiday season. Until January 5, 2008, Canadian consumers will be able to enter the draw and have the chance to win one of three all-inclusive sun getaways for six people. To enter and obtain prize details as well as contest rules, participants are invited to visit the contest website, turkeyontherun.com. Read on to learn about the prizes.
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| ATOURZ APPOINTS LOBO |
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| Tres Lobo, manager of product/business development, ATOURZ | | Tres Lobo becomes manager of product and business development; specializes in spa and wellness programs
ATOURZ, a division of Airliners, is reinforcing its presence in spa and wellness vacation market by appointing Tres Lobo as manager of product and business development. An industry veteran for over 25 years, Lobo will be responsible for exploring and developing spa and wellness programs. Lobo was previously at Spa & Wellness Holidays. The spa and wellness product will eventually be available on a global basis with an initial focus on Europe and North America. In addition to the spa product market, he will be responsible for USA and Specialty Vacation division at ATOURZ. He can be reached at 416-485-6375 or 1-877-727-6387 and tres@airliners.ca.
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