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| LUCKY SUITCASE CONTEST UPDATE |
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TRAVELHotNews.com and Sunquest partner to offer one lucky reader a trip for two to Jamaica
Since Monday, November 5th agents have been getting excited for a chance to win a one-week stay for two at the all-inclusive Holiday Inn Sunspree in Jamaica with Sunquest Vacations. Over three hundred agents entered the TRAVELHotNews.com and Sunquest Lucky Suitcase Contest on the first day. Are you feeling lucky? If so, today might be your day. It’s easy to play! Simply choose a suitcase and click to ‘open’ it. The number shown inside the suitcase (ranging from 2 to 300) will represent the number of times your name could be entered in the draw. If you answer the skill-testing question correctly, your name will be entered in the draw anywhere from 2 to 300 times. If you answer the question incorrectly, your name will be entered in the draw one (1) time only. You can only enter the contest one time. Multiple attempts to enter the contest will be removed. For more details, read the rules online. Click to play the Lucky Suitcase Contest today!
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| CALGARY TAKES OFF |
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| Calgary, Alberta | | Lufthansa to begin non-stop Calgary-Frankfurt flights in April
Lufthansa will begin daily nonstop Calgary-Frankfurt flights in April. Travellers will find connections to more than 135 cities across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The carrier recently announced expansion of its Toronto service, with three-cabin services to Dusseldorf starting in May. The Calgary service will use a three-cabin A330-300 and feature Lufthansa’s new in-flight personal entertainment screens in economy, its two-metre-long private bed in business class and first class that includes access to the airline’s first class terminal and lounges in Frankfurt and Munich. The Calgary-Frankfurt service will add to year-round daily nonstop service offered by Lufthansa Star Alliance partner Air Canada.
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| TRANSAT/NOLITOURS FLORIDA SAVINGS |
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| Walt Disney Resort | | Transat and Nolitours offering Walt Disney Resort savings from Canadian gateways
Transat is offering savings to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida from Atlantic Canada. Valid for bookings made between November 11 through to December 15, 2007 for travel between January 06 and March 15, 2008. Prices are available for 7 nights at a Disney value resort for Halifax departures from $869 per person and departures from Moncton for $969. Prices start at $969 for 7 nights at a Disney moderate resort departing from Halifax and $1299 departing from Moncton. Departure taxes are additional. Package price includes 7-nights accommodation, transfers, 7-day Magic Your Way Base Ticket and roundtrip airfare departing from either Halifax or Moncton.
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| CARNIVAL & PLC FUEL INCREASE |
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| Carnival Freedom | | Carnival Corporation & PLC to implement fuel supplement
As a result of the continued increase of fuel prices, the North American brands of Carnival Corporation & plc have announced they will implement a fuel supplement of $5 per person per day. The fuel supplement, which only applies to the first and second guests in a stateroom and will not exceed $70 per person per voyage, is effective on all bookings for voyages departing on or after Feb. 1, 2008 on the following Carnival Corporation & plc brands – Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and The Yachts of Seabourn.
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| OASIS WINS AWARDS |
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| Oasis Hong Kong | | Oasis Hong Kong wins new airline of the year and Asia’s leading budget airline
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines was awarded with the ‘New Airline of the Year’ title at the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) awards and Asia’s Leading Budget Airline at the 14th Annual World Travel Awards. In an announcement released by CAPA, the award acknowledged Oasis for its contribution to the low fare, long-haul model, and in particular to the rapidly evolving aviation scene in the Hong Kong special administrative region. CAPA’s executive chairman, Peter Harbison, said Oasis is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with: soon extending to a third long-haul destination, with a growing fleet of aircraft, and new investors on board.
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| PROFITS CLIMB FOR AIRLINES |
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WestJet Q3 profit climbs 44 per cent to $76.1 million and Emirates doubles profit in fiscal first half despite fuel costs
WestJet Airlines Ltd. has reported it’s best-ever summer quarter. Net earnings increased 44 per cent from a year earlier to $76.1 million, or 58 cents per share, compared with $52.8 million, or 41 cents per share, a year prior, the airline said Wednesday. Revenue increased 22 per cent to $614.1 million from $502.3 million. Operating profit climbed 61 per cent to $144.2 million... Emirates reached a record performance in the first fiscal semester which ended Sept. 30, 2007. The airline reported net profits of AED2.36 billion ($642.6 million), double the AED1.18 billion earned in the year-ago period. Passenger numbers climbed 23% to 10.3 million. Costs grew 19.3%. Capacity measured in ASKs lifted 17% and load factor "improved" to 79.7%, the airline announced.
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| NCL & BERMUDA ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT |
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| Jobson's Cove, Bermuda | | NCL and Bermuda government announce ten-year agreement starting 2009
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and the Bermuda Government announced yesterday that they have reached a comprehensive, long-term agreement that calls for two of NCL’s newest and largest ships to be deployed to Bermuda for the next 10 years, commencing 2009 and running through 2018. These ships will predominantly depart from New York and Boston and will each sail at least 22 cruises per season, making extended calls in Bermuda.
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| SOUTHWEST’S ADDS FARES |
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Southwest airlines creates new “business select” fares and may cut growth again
Southwest Airlines Co. said Wednesday it would offer elite business travellers the chance to pay higher fares to board sooner and get frequent-flyer bonuses and a cocktail. The airline hopes the new “business select” fares will raise more than US$100 million next year, but Southwest might curtail growth again as it grapples with rising fuel prices. Chief executive Gary
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