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| MEET MINISTER LOVELL |
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| Harold E. Lovell M.P., Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Culture & Environment, Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation for Antigua & Barbuda; Geri-Anne Seaforth, Sales & Marketing Officer, Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Office; Z. Sharon Peters Bsc, MBA, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Culture & The Environment for Antigua & Barbuda; Carol Hay, Director of Tourism UK and Europe, Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Office; Madeline Blackman, Director - Canada, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Office Consulate General of Antigua and Barbuda | | Luncheon to meet Honourable Harold Lovell, Minister of Tourism for Antigua and Barbuda
Lisa Raffaele
Yesterday afternoon the Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Office gave a luncheon at Toronto's Intercontinental Hotel to meet tour operators, airlines and media to discuss the future objectives of the Islands. The Minster of civil aviation, culture and environment, Honourable Harold Lovell, was on hand to talk about Antigua and Barbuda's three year goal of 20,000 Canadian tourists. Although there was an increase of 4.34 per cent from 2006, raising the number of Canadian tourists to Antigua and Barbuda from 10,053 people to 10,489, Lovell told TRAVELHotNews that there is a lot more potential in the Canadian travel market.
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| CARNIVAL'S NEW SENIOR VP |
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| Terry Thornton, Senior VP of Marketing Planning, Carnival Cruise Lines | | Carnival Cruise Lines announces the promotion of Terry L. Thornton to Senior VP of Marketing Planning
Terry L. Thornton has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing planning for Carnival Cruise Lines. In this capacity, Thornton will oversee the revenue management and strategic marketing departments for the brand. In addition, Thornton is responsible for overseeing ship deployment and itinerary planning for the cruise line's existing 22-ship fleet, in addition to vessels under construction, which currently includes three scheduled for delivery over the next three years. Thornton first joined Carnival in 1989 as a special projects manager in the marketing area and eventually rose to the position of vice president - marketing planning in 1992.
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| COSTA HAS A NEW PRESIDENT & CEO |
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| Maurice Zarmati, President and CEO, Costa Cruise Lines - North America | | Maurice Zarmati has been named president & CEO of Costa Cruise Lines, North America
Maurice Zarmati has been named president and CEO of Costa Cruise Lines - North America. Zarmati, who is currently vice president of sales for Carnival Cruise Lines, will assume his new role beginning March 31, 2008. Zarmati has been with Carnival Cruise Lines since 1972, leading one of the largest and most successful sales teams in North America. In his new role as president and CEO of Costa Cruise Lines - North America, Zarmati will report directly to Gianni Onorato, President of Costa Crociere, and will be responsible for all sales and marketing efforts for Costa's North and Central American regions. This includes sales development, marketing, revenue management, finance, human resources and passenger services.
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| ACTA ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS |
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The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies is accepting nominations for the upcoming 2008 TLAS Awards
The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies is presently accepting nominations until March 28, 2008 of individuals and organizations for its upcoming 2008 ATLAS Awards. Award categories include: travel professional of the year, allied member of the year, travel agency of the year, ches chard award and travel personality of the year. Recognitions will be awarded on a regional basis and finalists will be recognized at regional events held in mid April in each region.
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| AIR CANADA'S EXPANDS IN INDIA |
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Air Canada, in cooperation with Jet Airways, increases service to India from three to four destinations
With yesterday's launch of year-round daily codeshare service to Mumbai and Chennai in cooperation with Indian carrier Jet Airways, Air Canada has expanded its network to India from three to four destinations, and significantly increased access to India from across Canada. With the addition of Chennai, Air Canada now serves four destinations in India on a codeshare basis: Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
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| CLUB MED'S FAMILY ESCAPE |
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Club Med introduces Family Escape offer
Travel with family between May and October 2008 and use Club Med's Family Escape offer. Discounted prices per room at Sandpiper, Florida; Punta Cana, Dom. Republic; Ixtapa Pacific, Mexico and Cancun Yucatan, Mexico. Rooms start at $1999, and includes the whole family. In all the family resorts, the individual "Club Med Baby Welcome" program will provide infant equipment and tailored food service for babies included in the package. Parents can also leave children aged 4 to 23 months to the "Baby Club Med" team. Certain resorts offer babysitting services (with extra charge).
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| SELL GOWAY, EARN $100 IN POINTS |
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Agents that sell Motorcoach Tours with Goway will receive $100 in points
Travel Agents can now earn up to $100 in points on their Goway-Amex Persona Card when they book escorted tours to Australia and New Zealand by March 31, 2008. For a limited time, Goway will reward agent bookings with $100 in points credited to the agents Goway-Amex Persona Incentive card for selected tours. All bookings of escorted tours of 10 days or longer offered by the four coach companies listed will qualify when the deposit is received by March 31, 2008.
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Awards of merit 2007
Vote now for the Canadian Travel agent of the
Year 2007 and the Canadian Personality
of the Year 2007!
You have until March 9th, 2008
to vote
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