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| ST. LUCIA CELEBRATES WITH MINISTER |
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St. Lucia’s Minister of Tourism celebrates island’s new offerings
Lisa Raffaele
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| St. Lucia tourism officials | | Yesterday evening St. Lucia and her Tourism Minister, Senator the Honourable Allen Chastanet, held an intimate celebration for St. Lucia at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel. The evening was designed to showcase all the new things St. Lucia is offering, including increased retail space, seven new properties, golf courses and improved attractions.
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| ANGUILLA CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE |
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Anguilla is “one of the world’s premier vacation dealers”, says Vanterpool-Kubisch
Leyla Emory
Anguilla’s Minister of Finance, Economic Development, Investments and Tourism, The Honorable Victor Banks and the Anguilla Tourist Board brought a little piece of their world to Toronto’s Park Hyatt Hotel yesterday afternoon. For an all-too-brief two hours, guests of the Anguilla 40 Luncheon were treated to the sights, sounds and tastes of the islands in the British West Indies, now celebrating their 40th year of independence. Approximately 50 members of the media and travel industry were on hand to celebrate Anguilla’s history and burgeoning tourism industry. Greeted by the live music of one of Anguilla’s foremost musicians, guests sipped on cocktails and acquainted themselves with the islands through various displays in the room.
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| EMIRATES ON THE ROAD IN CALGARY |
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Emirates Roadshow Draws Alberta Agents and Government Officials
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| Emirates officials with the grand prize winner of a roundtrip flight to Dubai | | Alberta's travel and cargo agents, and corporate accounts and local government officials got a first hand look at what they can expect from Emirates Airline when it begins flying out of Canada next month. Emirates hosted its roadshow event Monday at Calgary’s Roundup Centre to introduce its award-winning products and services to attendees.
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| TRANSAT HOLIDAYS’ BRITAIN & EUROPE WINTER 2007-2008 |
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New brochure now available; save up to $200 per person if booking before Oct. 15, 2007
Transat Holidays has announced the launch of its new Britain & Europe brochure with the tour operator’s range of winter products now on sale. This year, Transat Holidays has added new winter flights to Paris and Manchester from Toronto, and travellers to Britain can also opt for a 2-night Glasgow Getaway and a 1-day tour of the Loch Ness and the Scottish Highlands. Sunny Spain is available all year round with direct flights to Barcelona and Malaga via WestJet connector flights to Montreal. The brochure’s Britain line up features a range of Package Plus in London, the London and Historic England package (flight, accommodation, transfers and sightseeing tours), and à la carte accommodation in Manchester.
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| CANADIAN VISITS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE SOAR |
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| New Hampshire's famous fall foliage | | As the dollar rises, more Canadians visit NH; record-breaking figures are up by 9.5%
As the Canadian dollar reached parity last week for the first time in 31 years it wasn’t just the loonie that was soaring to new heights. Canadians visited New Hampshire in record numbers with 359,800 visiting the Granite state in 2006 – a 9.5% increase over the previous year when 328,800 visited. (Figures are for visits of one or more nights). The state not only fared well in overall visitation figures but also showed significant increases in other key areas such as visitor spending and visit nights. The state’s “no sales tax policy” paired with the rising value of the Canadian dollar this past year has provided the momentum for increased growth in these categories.
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| UNIQUE VACATIONS ADDS TWO |
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Unique Vacations Canada adds Dominic Brela and Joanne Fillion to sales team
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| Joanne Fillion, Business Development Manager, Manitoba and Saskatchewan | |
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| Dominic Brela, Business Development Manager, Ottawa/Central Ontario | | Gary C. Sadler, Vice President, Unique Vacations has announced the recent appointment of two new members to his Canadian sales team for Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts and Royal Plantation. Effective immediately, Dominic Brela joins as Business Development Manager for Ottawa and Central Ontario and Joanne Fillion is the new Business Development Manager for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. “We take great pride in being the only Caribbean resort company with a dedicated sales team right across Canada, working day in and day out helping travel agents grow their businesses,” continues Sadler. “Our two newest appointments in these important markets serve as yet another example to Sandals’ commitment to Canadian agents.”
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| NEW U.S.-CHINA ROUTES FOR DELTA, UNITED |
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U.S. transportation secretary awards new routes to China
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| Shanghai | | Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Airlines have won two coveted new air routes to China's financial and manufacturing capitals and four other new routes have been proposed for 2009, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said Tuesday. The announcement was part of an agreement signed in July with China to double the number of daily flights between the U.S. and China over the next five years. The agreement also allows for new cargo flights operating to and from the two countries. Atlanta-based Delta will fly a route from Atlanta to Shanghai available in April, said Peters. Delta's flight to China's financial hotspot is the first to China by a U.S. airline from the Southeast.
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