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| SUN DESTINATIONS 2007/2008 |
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What’s hot and new with the tour operators this season
Charmaine Pang
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| Trinidad de Cuba | | Here comes the sun! As the weather gets cooler, it’s time to look ahead to fall and winter. As with each season, the tour operators have unveiled an impressive selection of product. Brand-new destinations, additional gateways, more hotels, more exclusives and higher-quality products give you and your clients more flexibility and choice. Here’s a helpful overview of what some suppliers are offering this winter. Read on to find out what the following tour operators have in store this winter. Our overview features Air Canada Vacations, Club Med, Conquest Vacations, Fun Sun Vacations, Hola Sun Holidays, Nolitours, Tours Mont-Royal, Transat Holidays, Signature Vacations, Sunquest and Sunwing Vacations.
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| CUBA CELEBRATES VARADERO |
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“Varadero is an ideal destination,” says Carlos Zambrano
Charmaine Pang
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| Tessandra Galluzzo, Marketing Manager, Hola Sun; Laureano Cardoso, Consul General of Cuba; Carlos Zambrano, Director, Cuba Tourist Board | | A delightful late-summer boat cruise, hosted yesterday by the Cuba Tourist Board in Toronto, marked the end of summer and a look ahead to the winter travel season. Yesterday’s event focused on Varadero, one of Canadians’ favourite places in Cuba. In addition to Carlos Zambrano, Director of the Cuba Tourist Board, Toronto and his staff, the Consul General of Cuba, Laureano Cardoso, and Varadero’s Deputy Tourism Minister, Jose Antonio Zerquera, were present. Both travel agents and the media were invited to learn more about Varadero, mingle and enjoy live music while cruising Lake Ontario.
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| HENRIETTE, FELIX CAUSE TROUBLE |
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Henriette threatens Mexican mainland; flood fears from Felix in Central America
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| Hurricane Henriette; picture courtesy of NOAA | | Hurricane Henriette threatened Mexico's mainland Wednesday after punishing the Los Cabos resorts, while far to the south, the weakening remnants of hurricane Felix dumped heavy rain over Central America, forcing thousands to flee. Henriette apparently caused no deaths at it struck Los Cabos at the tip of the Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, but it remained dangerous. The hurricane's top winds were about 120 kilometres an hour, and little change in strength was expected before it hits the mainland coast south of Arizona. Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises changed itineraries for six cruises to avoid ports in affect areas.
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| NEW TRAFALGAR RELEASE |
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Trafalgar releases the new ‘08 USA & Canada collection of escorted tours
Trafalgar has announced new tours and early booking deals for 2008. Save $200 per couple on tours 10 days or longer or save with Trafalgar’s early payment discount. When travellers book and pay in full they can save: 10 per cent off when booking 12 months prior to departure, 7.5 per cent for booking 10 months prior to departure, 5 per cent for booking 7 months prior to departure and 2.5 per cent for booking 4 months prior to departure. New tours offered by Trafalgar for USA and Canada in 2008 include: Pioneer Adventures of the Old West; Western Canada by Land, Rail & Sea; Grand Tour of Canada.
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| bmi HEATHROW EXPANSION |
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bmi will be adding 17 new destinations and new in-flight products to the fall line-up
bmi announced the largest-ever expansion of its route network yesterday. Seventeen new destinations are now on sale from Heathrow airport. New destinations include: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Aleppo, Syria; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Amman, Jordan; Ankara, Turkey; Baku, Azerbaijan; Beirut, Lebanon; Bishkek, Kyrgystan; Cairo, Egypt (November 4); Dakar, Senegal; Damascus, Syria; Ekaterinburg, Russia; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Khartoum, Sudan; Tbilisi, Georgia; Tehran, Iran; Yerevan, Armenia. bmi will also be providing new daily direct services to Cairo, Amman and Beirut. The new routes, starting October 28, 2007, will operate from Heathrow’s Terminal 1 with an improved timetable for business travellers.
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| KUMUKA APPOINTS NAT’L SALES MANAGER |
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Lionel Rozario named to expand UK-based brand to North America
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| Lionel Rozario, National Sales Manager, Canada, Kumuka Worldwide | | Kumuka Worldwide, the international adventure travel company based in the UK, has named Lionel Rozario to the position of National Sales Manager for Canada. The company is looking to expand the brand to the North American traveller. He will be responsible for all sales, marketing and business initiatives, and will be working closely with Skylink Holidays, who are the official GSA’S for the company. Rozario brings with him a wealth of experience in the travel industry, having worked in various markets across the globe. Most recently as Sales and Marketing Manager for Tourcan Vacations, he also owned and operated his own company in Toronto offering Canada as a four-season tourist destination. Kumuka Worldwide is a household name in Europe and the South Pacific with over two decades of experience in the Adventure Travel business, offering tours covering 62 countries and spanning 6 continents. Rozario can be reached at 416-722-4140 or by email at lionel@kumuka.com. He will be conducting training and visiting all travel agents who are interested in this unique and fast-growing travel segment. For further information on all Kumuka products and booking engine, visit www.kumuka.com or go to skylinkholidays.com. Also contact 416-923-2003 or 1-800-262-6818 for more information.
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| NEW CEOS FOR RCI |
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| Adam Goldstein, President & CEO, RCI Ltd. | | Royal Caribbean Cruises promotes Adam Goldstein and Dan Hanrahan
Yesterday, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced the promotion of Adam Goldstein to president and CEO and Dan Hanrahan, President of Celebrity Cruises will be adding CEO to his title. Both officers will continue to report to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Chairman and CEO Richard D. Fain, and both changes are effective immediately. “As our company continues to grow and diversify, it is reassuring to know we have such extraordinarily effective individuals who have assumed the leadership of their respective brands,” said Fain. “They have built their brands into powerful and commanding market leaders, and have fully earned the broader designation as ‘president and CEO’ of those brands.”
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