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| AIR TRANSAT KICKS OFF YYZ-BARCELONA NON-STOP |
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Air Transat celebrates inaugural nonstop service to Barcelona
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| Jaqueline Merino, Nadia N'Andrea and Tamar Kelly, Air Transat | | Lisa Raffaele
Yesterday evening, Air Transat sent out their first flight direct from Toronto to Barcelona. The inaugural flight and celebration left Lester B. Pearson airport without any delays. As travelers waited to board at gate C30 they listened to the music of Fiesta Gitana, a four-piece flamenco group that included two dancers, one guitarist and one percussionist. Bongo drums thumped as the guitarist's Spanish melodies set the mood for the flight’s final destination.
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| UNIVERSAL MAKES CANADIAN APPOINTMENT |
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| Beth Fleeton, new Canadian Sales Manager, Universal Resort Orlando | | Beth Fleeton is new Canadian Sales Manager, Universal Resort Orlando
Universal Resort Orlando has appointed their first Canadian representative ever, making Beth Fleeton their Canadian Sales Manager. Fleeton has been in the travel business for 18 years, starting as a destination representative, then moving into the role of Area Sales Manager and finally to Sales National Training Manager for Sunquest/Holiday House where she spent the last 15 years prior to joining Universal. Her primary role will be to grow and strengthen the partnerships that Universal Resorts Orlando has with key industry partners. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to: strategic marketing, agent incentives, training, and running national ‘webinars’.
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| Encore Cruises and CruiseEscapes: new guide |
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Cruise Groups Guide is available in English and French
Encore Cruises and CruiseEscapes have just unveiled a new agent tool, a Cruise Groups Guide that is designed to complement the current Travel Agent Guide to Cruising. Full of great tips and tools, valuable quick facts, insider comments, comparison charts and practical ‘how to’ sections, the new Cruise Groups Guide will be an invaluable tool in helping agents increase their knowledge about selling cruises to groups.
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| GRAY LINE WEST APPOINTS NEW MD |
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| David Wainman, new MD for Gray Line West | | David Wainman becomes Managing Director in B.C. and Alberta markets
Armstrong Group, owners and operators of Gray Line West, have announced the appointment of David Wainman as Managing Director. In his new role, Wainman will oversee the operations and drive the sales in the markets Gray Line West operates in Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler in B.C. and Banff, AB. He is part of the senior management team at Armstrong Group and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Wainman has spent over 30 years in the hospitality and service industries, the most recent being the Managing Director of International Management Consulting Ltd, based in B.C. There, he provided consulting services to Lufthansa Airlines' catering arm, LSG and its joint venture companies in the Asia Pacific region.
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| SIGNATURE: FREE HOTEL WITH YYZ DEPARTURES |
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Book a flight with Signature Vacations from Toronto, and choose a free hotel
Signature Vacations is inviting clients to book a flight departing from Toronto between September 1st and 30th, 2007 and choose from an assortment of hotels for free. Some of Signature’s most popular resorts including the Holiday Village Golden Beach in Puerto Plata, Villa Cojimar in Cayo Coco Cuba and Sandos Caracol in the Mayan Riviera are included in this offer. The free hotel promotion is valid on bookings made between June 28th and July 10th, 2007 and there are only a limited number of rooms available. One week durations, children and adult bookings based on double occupancy only qualify for this offer. Group bookings, singles or the Portugal program cannot be used for this promotion. All reservations must be booked as a package and the system rate will reflect the applicable savings. For complete details please refer to our industry website at http://just4you.signaturevacations.com (username: signature / password: sos)
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| ATRIUM GROUP ADDS AGENCIES |
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Five new agencies have joined the Atrium consortium
The Atrium Group has announced that five new agencies have joined the consortium. The five are formerly Blessing Travel from Newcastle, Drum Travel from Toronto, Healey Travel & Tours from Smith Falls, Panda Vacations from Ottawa and Sandalwood Travel & Tours from Mississauga.
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