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| LAST WEEK TO NOMINATE! |
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Only days left for Awards of Merit; nominations close on Sun Jan. 4, 2009 – nominate someone today!
A reminder to all TRAVELHotNews.com readers – the Awards of Merit 2008 nominations will be closing this Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. After that date, we will no longer be accepting new names for the Awards of Merit. Make sure you nominate that colleague who’s done a great job in 2008; your favourite airline, cruise ship company, consolidator, reservation agent, representative, personality of the year and more. The first round of voting begins on Mon Jan. 5, 2009. Click here for the rules. Click here to nominate someone. Click here to see who has been nominated.
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| NORTH CAROLINA TRAVEL GUIDE OUT |
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North Carolina releases 2009 Travel Guide
The North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development has unveiled its Official 2009 North Carolina Travel Guide. Editorial features in the 2009 guide celebrate the state’s diversity and range of activities including spas and resorts; the growing culinary, wine and micro-brewery scenes; Native American culture; rich African American heritage; golf; home-grown arts and crafts and more. The guide includes a foldout road map to assist your clients in planning and on the highway. To highlight the growing momentum of sustainability and the vibrant cities of North Carolina’s Piedmont region, the cover of the guide features Greensboro’s Proximity Hotel, the nation’s highest rated “green” hotel and restaurant. Keep reading to learn more and how to order.
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THN.COM |
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Happy New Year from TRAVELHotNews.com - magazine will resume on Mon Jan. 5, 2009
The TRAVELHotNews.com team and ACT Communications would like to wish you a Happy New Year and best wishes for a prosperous 2009. Please note, TRAVELHotNews.com will not be publishing the magazine on Jan. 1, 2009 or Jan. 2, 2009, but will resume to its regular daily schedule as of Monday Jan. 5, 2009.
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| ADVANTAGE TRAVEL’S ROAD SHOW |
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Advantage Travel completes road show to YEG, YVR, YOW, YYZ
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| Affiliates at the Ottawa road show | | Advantage Travel recently completed their semi-annual “Road Show” forums and their December meetings also took on the flavour of the holiday season to include Supplier Receptions and Toy Drives. Advantage also took the opportunity to also launch several new initiatives with their marketing programs and travel insurance. Despite snow and cold weather, Advantage had a good turnout to their forums for affiliates in Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto. The Montreal forum will be held in February. At left, photos of the Advantage and Algonquin Affiliates at the Ottawa Forum, held on Dec. 10, 2008.
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| AGENT RATES IN DAYTONA BEACH |
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Agent rates at The Shores Resort & Spa start from $79 per night
The Shores Resort & Spa, the Daytona Beach area's only AAA, Four-Diamond resort, announces its 2009 Travel Agent Rates - only $109 plus resort fee ($15), in-Season, and rates from $79, June 1 - December 31, 2009. You can enjoy fine cuisine at Azure, the area's only AAA, Four-Diamond restaurant, and pampering treatments at Indulge, the resort's onsite full-service spa, only at The Shores, Central Florida's premier oceanfront resort. Visit shoresresort.com for more details.
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| SKYSERVICE PLANE GROUNDED |
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Toronto bound Skyservice flight diverted to Dominican Republic
Canadian Press
A Canadian passenger jet bound for Toronto was diverted to the Dominican Republic today after ``a disruptive passenger'' tried to tamper with a cabin door. The Boeing B-757 operated by carrier Skyservice landed safely and nobody was hurt, the company said. Skyservice Airlines flight No. 828 originated in Grenada with a scheduled stop in Barbados, when ``a disruptive passenger attempted to tamper with an aircraft cabin door,'' said Skyservice spokesman Sabah Mirza. A man, whose name and nationality were not immediately available, was detained by Dominican authorities for questioning. The 201 passengers are staying overnight in Punta Cana and are scheduled to return to Toronto on Wednesday, the airline says.
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| NYC WELCOMED 47M IN 2008 |
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Canadian Press
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City attracted a record number of visitors this year but the growth in the city's tourism industry has slowed amid a worldwide economic downturn. Bloomberg said today an estimated 47 million people visited the city in 2008 - a record high - beating last year by one million visitors. And those tourists generated $30 billion in spending, setting another record over last year's $28.9 billion.
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| GOLFING GOES UPSCALE IN P.R. |
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Golf resorts going upscale in Puerto Rico, hoping for affluent visitors Canadian Press
The 700-villa Trump International Golf Club and Residences is among several golf resorts on this Caribbean island that are either under construction or going upscale. Some have famous course designers like Robert Trent Jones, and many are attached to luxury resorts with well-known hotel brand names like St. Regis and Mandarin Oriental. Golf is one of three tourism niches being targeted for promotion here, along with water sports and food, said Mari Jo Laborde, deputy executive director of marketing and promotions of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. Golf is a big part of the island's ``Explore Beyond the Shore'' campaign highlighting activities outside beaches, she said. Keep reading for all the resort and golf updates.
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