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| DISCOVER AMERICA’S ‘STORM’ |
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Storm Cunningham, author of ‘ReWealth!’, addresses how U.S. destinations can revitalize tourism and their economy with growth strategies
Charmaine Pang
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| Charmaine Singh, President, Discover America Committee - Canada; author Storm Cunningham | | This morning, the Discover America - Canada committee hosted their last meeting for the year at the Albany Club in downtown Toronto. The Committee invited author Storm Cunningham to conduct a presentation about how U.S. destinations can revitalize their economies and ‘regrow’ their tourism offerings, even in times of economic downturn. Charmaine Singh and Chris Robinson from the Discover America -Canada committee introduced Cunningham. The presentation, titled from ‘Doom and Gloom to Zoom and Boom’, allowed Cunningham to showcase some of his ideas about how U.S. destinations (and, indeed, all tourism destinations) can create tourism-based wealth by restoring, renovating, renewing and regrowing communities.
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| 2-FOR-1 WITH GOWAY |
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Goway extends Downunder two-for-one sale for two more days
Goway Travel has announced that the Great Downunder Sale where you can book two-for-one air deals to Australia or New Zealand has been extended for two more days. This promotion is available in all cabins: Economy, Premium Economy (where available), Business and First Class. This two-for-one offer applies to departures from Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York to Australia and New Zealand from February 1 to April 30, 2009. Each passenger must pay all applicable taxes and fuel surcharges. The two-for-one offer is available for Premium Economy (where available) and Business Class airfares at an additional cost. Outbound travel departing February 1 to 15, 2009 is also available for an additional cost. All prices are in U.S. dollars. Sale ends Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Terms and conditions apply. For more details, visit goway.com.
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| ENCORE'S 3-DAY SALE |
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Encore Cruise Escapes launches exclusive three-day sale until Nov.21
Starting tomorrow, Nov. 19, 2008, and running for three days only, until Nov. 21, Encore CruiseEscapes is having an exclusive 3-Day Sale. The three-day sale features special offers from NCL, Disney Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Holland America and AMA Waterways. Sale offer includes: NCL - $100 shipboard credit per stateroom on seven-day or longer cruises; Disney Cruise Line - $25, $50, $75 and $100 shipboard credit per stateroom; MSC Cruises - Exclusive prices on MSC Lirica, from $849 per person for a 10-day cruise; Royal Caribbean - $50, $75 and $100 commission bonus on select ships and dates...Continue reading for more savings.
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| SIGNATURE EXTENDS GROUP PROMO |
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Book your groups with Signature until Nov. 21 and get a $100 pre-paid MasterCard gift card
Signature Vacations is extending their group promotion until the 21st of November. Booking groups of 10 or more will earn agents a $100 pre-paid MasterCard gift card. The minimum group size has been reduced to 10 passengers for this extended promotion. Offer is now applicable to all new groups of 10 or more passengers booked for travel until Apr. 30, 2009. Agents can also enjoy sale pricing in a wide variety of Signature’s most popular products. With the holiday season on its way, a pre-paid MasterCard is a great gift for you or your loved ones. For more information, contact Signature’s Groups Department at groups@signature.ca or call 1-800-563-4378.
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| CRYSTAL CRUISES ADJUSTS FUEL POLICIES |
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Crystal Cruises revises fuel surcharge policies quarterly; will reimburse guests if price drops below $65US/barrel
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| Crystal Symphony | | Crystal Cruises has revised its 2009 fuel surcharge policy, in light of recent drops in crude oil prices. If crude oil is below $65 a barrel on a specific quarterly date, the line will reimburse its fuel surcharge to guests sailing in the following quarter. Given the volatility of oil prices, Crystal Cruises will continue to apply a $12 per guest per day fuel surcharge for Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity voyages departing in 2009. If the closing price is below $65 per barrel two weeks prior to the beginning of the upcoming calendar quarter, then Crystal will automatically refund the charged supplement, in the form of a Shipboard Credit, for cruises departing within that quarter. Keep reading for full details.
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| MSC ENDS FUEL SURCHARGE |
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MSC Cruises announces the end to fuel surcharges beginning with April 2009 sailings
MSC Cruises has eliminated the fuel surcharge for all its cruises departing on or after April 1, 2009. The surcharge will not be levied on any new bookings for cruises sailing from that date on, and the accounts of guests already booked on these cruises will be adjusted to remove the surcharge from their balances. The line also has announced that it plans to drop the fuel surcharge for new bookings on sailings departing from January 1 through March 31, 2009, if fuel prices remain stable going into the new year. Guests booked on these cruises will receive a refund of the fuel surcharge in the form of an onboard credit if the price of West Texas Intermediate fuel is at or below $65 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on December 18, 2008.
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| CUBA SURPASSES 2 MILLION |
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Cuba breaks record, achieving 2 million visitors ahead of schedule; sees total tourist numbers increase by 10.7 per cent, despite 3 hurricanes
Charmaine Pang
Cuba has reason to celebrate this November. This month, the country welcomed the arrival of 2 million visitors to the island, the fifth year in a row the country has surpassed the 2 million mark ahead of previous years’ records. So far, over 2.34 million visitors have arrived this year. The speed at which Cuba welcomed its 2 millionth visitor is also remarkable, considering that the country was hit by three major hurricanes this season, and has managed to recover “in record time” to reopen resorts, airports and clean up tourist infrastructure. At the same time, tourist arrivals in 2008 have shown an increase of 10.7 per cent compared with the same period of time last year. The Tourist Board asserted that “everything is ready to have a successful winter season” this year.
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