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| CAYMAN ISLANDS’ INTIMATE EVENING |
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Getting up close and personal with Cayman Islands’ Minister of Tourism and the new Toronto team
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| The new Cayman Islands Toronto team | | Yesterday evening on the third floor of the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts in Toronto, the Cayman Islands got travel agents and the media acquainted with their three islands, Gran Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. At the “Intimate Evening with the Cayman Islands” event, guests were introduced to the Honourable Charles E. Clifford, LL.B., Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce, Cayman Islands Government.
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| CARIBBEAN WEEK KICKS OFF! |
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First ever Caribbean Week in Toronto begins tomorrow with festivities at Yonge-Dundas Square
Summer isn’t over yet, and Caribbean Week seems to have extended the warm weather in late September. Tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, the Caribbean Fair will take place. Top chefs cooking island specialties, entertainers, dancing, arts & crafts displays, tourism officials and other activities will tempt your tastebuds and your travel appetites. You'll see the Royal Turks & Caicos 9-piece Police Force Combo, other bands, and over 30 exhibitors from the Caribbean including airlines, hotels and tour operators.
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| WESTJET RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR ST. LUCIA FLIGHTS |
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Airline designated by federal government to provide St. Lucia service
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| St. Lucia | | WestJet yesterday welcomed the federal government's decision to grant designation for WestJet to provide scheduled service to St. Lucia. "We are pleased with the government's decision and thank Minister Cannon for his vision," said Bob Cummings, Executive Vice-President, Guest Experience and Marketing. "This represents a tremendous opportunity for WestJet to bring our fun and friendly service to St. Lucia on a scheduled basis. This news ensures that our strategic plan of deploying aircraft to warmer climates over the winter months continues, allowing us to expand to these destinations while bringing low fares and high value to our guests.
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| PORTER INCREASES HALIFAX SERVICE |
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Porter Airlines to increase Halifax frequency during peak holiday travel season
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| Halifax harbour | | Porter Airlines has announced its 2007 holiday schedule, featuring additional frequency for flights between Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA)-Ottawa-Halifax. The holiday schedule takes effect December 17, 2007, and runs until January 6, 2008. The schedule features three daily round-trip TCCA-Ottawa-Halifax flights. Porter will offer seven weekday round-trip TCCA-Ottawa flights, six weekday round-trip TCCA-Montreal flights and a reduced weekend schedule on both routes. Flights will not operate on Christmas Day and New Years Day. On January 7, 2008, Porter’s regular schedule will resume with 10 daily weekday round-trips between TCCA and Ottawa. TCCA-Montreal returns to nine flights daily. Halifax flights return to a weekend schedule.
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| AZAMARA CRUISES POWER BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE |
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Fly & Float Booking Bonuses also available for FIT and groups
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| Azamara Journey | | Encore CruiseEscapes has now launched its brand new Azamara Cruises power brochure online. Available today, the brochure features 2007-2009 departures aboard Azamara Cruises’ two ships – the Azamara Quest and the Azamara Journey. Expressly designed for travel enthusiasts who long to reach out of the ordinary destinations on a more intimate yet luxurious ship, an Azamara Cruises experience includes butler service and concierge class amenities in all staterooms and public areas, open-seating dining, one-night complimentary dining in Aqualina or Price C alternative restaurants, and onboard enrichment programs.
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| RIVIERA MAYA SEMINARS THIS FALL |
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“Come to Know Riviera Maya” with tour operators, airlines and hotel partners
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| Riviera Maya | | Travel professionals in fifteen key U.S. and Canadian markets (Toronto and Vancouver) are being invited to attend an educational seminar series called “Come to Know Riviera Maya”. These events unite Mexico’s most important tour operators, airlines and hotels serving the Riviera Maya region of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The evening or breakfast seminars are being coordinated and taught by Oregon-based Destination Ventures, Ltd. Experts in Mexico marketing, Destination Ventures is best known as the organizers of the popular “Magic of Mexico” seminar series (sponsored by the Mexico Tourism Board) and Cancun Tourism Institute (sponsored by the Cancun CVB).
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| AC INTRODUCES MOBILE CHECK-IN |
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Air Canada introduces paperless boarding pass for mobile check-in users
Air Canada has introduced paperless boarding passes for its customers who check in using their PDA (personal digital assistant such as Blackberry or Treo) or cell phone. Air Canada's mobile check-in service, available at www.mobile.aircanada.com, has been enhanced to now offer customers the option of receiving an electronic boarding pass in the form of SMS text messages that the customer simply shows to airport security screening personnel and Air Canada gate agents, in lieu of a paper boarding pass. Passengers with baggage to check proceed as usual to baggage drop off points prior to security screening. Air Canada's new mobile service is currently available for boarding domestic Canada flights and departures to international (non-U.S.) destinations, including connecting flights, from 60 airports across Canada served by Air Canada and Jazz.
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| ACTA UPDATE |
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ACTA cooperating with ATAC to lobby for elimination/reduction of the Air Travellers Security Charge
Last week, ACTA announced their collaboration with the Air Transport Association of Canada to discuss possible ways to cooperate on common issues like the Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC). The two associations have agreed to develop a common strategy in urging the federal government to eliminate or reduce the Air Travellers Security Charge and other surtaxes that penalize travelers and discourage travel and tourism.
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| U.S. VISITORS SPENDING LESS |
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U.S. visitors to Canada spent less during summer, study finds
With the rising Canadian dollar losing its longstanding discount appeal, spending by visitors from United States during the summer dropped dramatically as Canadian merchants posted fewer U.S. credit card transactions, Moneris Solutions Corp. says. The totals for credit cards and banking machines show a decline in U.S. card cash withdrawals during July and August, compared with last year, Moneris said Monday. Moneris is Canada's largest provider of credit, debit and gift card payment services for merchants in virtually every industry segment, processing close to three billion transactions annually. ``Every major Canadian city was hit and just about every industry was hit by this decline,'' said Brian Green, senior vice-president at Moneris Solutions.
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