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| VISITBRITAIN LOOKS TO 2012 |
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VisitBritain hosts Christmas party; says goodbye to Valerie Schroeder, and invites Olympians in preparation for 2012
Lisa Raffaele
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| The VisitBritain team and Olympian athletes | | Everyone was in a party mood at Panorama Lounge in Toronto yesterday evening. VisitBritain held their annual holiday reception, welcoming tour operator partners, the media, and other travel industry professionals. Although the party was in full swing, with special guest Olympians Oscar Johanasson, Bernard Luttmer and Martha Henderson, along with international committee member Paul Henderson, the evening took on a sober note as the entire room bid farewell to Valerie Schroeder. Schroeder, will be retiring at the end if this week, after working 37 years marketing Britain to the Canadian market. She will definitely be missed in the industry.
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| NCL'S 2010-2011 SUMMER LINEUP |
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NCL adds new programs in Europe, Alaska; extends Pride of America's Hawai'i schedule through Jan. 2012
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| Norwegian Spirit | | Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has announced its 2010-2011 summer deployment and itineraries with new choices in Europe and Alaska, along with a long-term commitment to its profitable Hawai`i deployment on Pride of America. These cruises go on sale on December 11, 2008. In Europe, the cruise line will continue its largest ever deployment with three of its newest Freestyle Cruising ships positioned there. For the first time ever, NCL will homeport a ship, Norwegian Gem, in Venice, Italy sailing two different seven-day Adriatic, Greek Isles and Turkey cruises. Norwegian Jade will homeport in Barcelona and Norwegian Jewel will sail a 12-day Baltic Capitals cruise round-trip from London (Dover), England.
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| COLLETTE'S CASH BACK |
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Collette Vacations offers $25 or $50 cash back for your new bookings until Dec. 31, 2008
Collette Vacations is offering Canadian agents two chances to earn cash back. For new bookings made until December 31, 2008 for travel in 2009 on any Collette tour, agents will receive $25 cash back and $50 cash back for new Explorations by Collette bookings. This offer is also available on bookings that were made beginning December 1. In Collette's regular tour division, agents have over 150 worldwide vacations to choose from in order to be eligible for the $25 cash back incentive. Collette's exclusive Smithsonian Journeys Travel Adventures learning tours are also eligible.
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| AWARDS OF MERIT 2008 |
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Awards of Merit 2008 nominations continue; nominate your travel industry colleagues today!
Keep on nominating your colleagues for the Awards of Merit 2008 here at TRAVELHotNews.com. The TRAVELHotNews.com Awards of Merit are open for all travel professionals throughout Canada. More than 10 winners will be honoured in various categories, including the Travel Agent of the Year Canada to Tourism Bureau of the Year Canada. Get involved today! All travel industry professionals across Canada and travel companies (tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, etc.) are invited to nominate and cast their vote. Candidates may submit their own names or those of other individuals or companies by filling out the nomination form. Click here for the rules. Click here to nominate someone. Click here to see who has been nominated. From December 1st, 2008 to January 4, 2009, anyone will be permitted to submit the names of candidates.
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| DISCOVER THE NEW NAYARIT: PART 2 |
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Riviera Nayarit offers more than luxury; explore its options for your all-inclusive, independent and niche clients
Charmaine Pang
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| Sayulita | | From Nov. 19-25, 2008, TRAVELHotNews.com and other North American journalists were invited to discover Mexico's Riviera Nayarit region, a series of 19 towns north of Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific Coast, overlooking the Bay of Banderas. Mexico's newest vacation spot has been heavily marketed to Canadian travel agents and the media as a luxury destination with many natural and cultural treasures for Canadians to explore. While the Nayarit region certainly offers those high-end, a la carte luxury hotels, and will welcome more of those in the years to come, agents need to know about the many diverse types of accommodation available. When sending your clients to the Riviera Nayarit, it's helpful to remember that there is a wide choice of destinations and styles of accommodation in each city and town. It's not just luxury travellers who can enjoy the area; agents looking to send their all-inclusive clients, budget clients or FIT clients to the destination will find plenty of choice.
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| TEXAS INVITES TRADE TO THE WEB |
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Texas Tourism launches Canadian travel trade website; texastraveltrade.ca
Texas Tourism has launched its first Canadian Travel Trade website. The website will serve as an information tool for the travel industry to help plan vacations to the Lone Star State. The new website features up to date information from Texas destinations, links to cities, tour operator partners and airline services from Canada. Visitors can visit the website at texastraveltrade.ca. Travel industry members can also put their knowledge about Texas to the test with Texas U. Texas U is an interactive game filled with a series of questions about the Lone Star State. Upon completion, with an 80 per cent or higher score, travel industry members will receive an official Texas Travel Professional Certificate.
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| AGENTS OFFERED TRAVEL DATA CHOICE |
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Comtec Ltd. Announces 100% acquisition of Comnet Canada Ltd.
UK based Comtec Group Ltd. announced that it has concluded the acquisition of 100 per cent of Comnet Canada Ltd. as part of their ongoing global expansion plans. Comnet will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Comtec. Rick Cannon, Comnet's President comments, "Canadian travel agents are in desperate need for an alternative tour operator content booking system both in their offices and online." Comnet will begin incorporating all tour operator data into the Comtec platform immediately and expects to be in the market by the first quarter of 2009.
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| HYATT ADDS KIDS CONCIERGE |
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Hyatt Resorts announces Kids Concierge and pre-ordered baby supplies
Hyatt resorts has introduced an on-site Kids Concierge and a recently launched program with online baby product retailer Babies Travel Lite at participating Hyatt Resorts. Beginning today, a Kids Concierge at each participating Hyatt resort in North America will be dedicated to enhancing the travel experience for parents with small children and babies. The Kids Concierge will provide last-minute advice; and arrange for cribs, strollers, high chairs, babysitters, and other baby needs. They will also share information about family-friendly services and activities available at each resort and its surrounding destination.
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