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| A ‘G’DAY’ IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA |
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Indigenous Australia showcases 15 suppliers, providing unique opportunities to expand your Australia business by offering more
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| Daryl Hudson, Aboriginal dancer from Riverlife Mirrabooka and Aden Ridgeway | | A delegation of 15 suppliers from Indigenous Australia made their way to Toronto’s Renaissance Hotel yesterday afternoon for a roadshow featuring tourism products that showcase Australia’s Aboriginal heritage. A series of ten-minute appointments were set up between buyers and suppliers; several members of the media were also invited to participate. TRAVELHotNews.com had the chance to speak with Chairman of Indigenous Australia, Aden Ridgeway. Keep reading for more.
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| JACOBY PROMOTED AT CARNIVAL |
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| Roberta Jacoby | | Carnival Cruise Lines promotes Roberta Jacoby to Senior VP, Hotel Operations
Roberta Jacoby, a 32-year cruise industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of hotel operations for Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines. In this capacity, Jacoby oversees all hotel services aboard the line’s 22-vessel fleet, including food and beverage, casino, spa, accommodations, entertainment, shore excursions, youth programming, corporate training, crew personnel, weddings/bon voyage, and gift shops, as well as all related shore side departments. Approximately 20,000 employees, both shipboard and shore side, are under her direction. Jacoby reports to Carnival president and CEO Gerry Cahill.
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| ALIO’S SUPER SUN PROMO |
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ALIO launches Super Sun promo; agents automatically receive 25 ALIO dollars
ALIO has recently launched their Super Sun promo. Agents can book a seven-night hotel stay through ALIO in any of the following destinations and your clients will automatically receive a $100 VISA gift card, at the same time as you automatically receive 25 ALIO dollars. Applicable destinations include: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and St Lucia. $100 VISA gift cards for client and 25 ALIO dollars for agents are automatically earned upon booking. Booking dates are from Jan. 26, 2009 to Feb. 13, 2009. Travel dates are from Feb. 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009.
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| KUMUKA ADDS CHOICE |
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Kumuka Worldwide announces addition of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali and Burkina Faso to product line; offers price guarantee
Kumuka Worldwide has announced the introduction of 13 small group tours in West Africa. The new tours which have been added to Kumuka range from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali and Burkina Faso. The new 14-day Markets, Coasts & Voodoos tour priced at $2,530 per person visits Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti people. Travellers can walk through the treetops surrounded by monkeys and birds on the Canopy Walk in the rainforests of Kakum National Park, beat drums with the drum masters of the Ga region of Ghana and dance on the beach to some West African beats. Continue reading for more tours and new festival and camping tours.
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| ICELANDAIR ADDS GREENLAND SKED |
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Icelandair announces Greenland summer schedule from Keflavik International Airport
Air Iceland has announced their Greenland summer schedule for 2009. It is now loaded into GDS. In addition to Nuuk (GOH), there will also be flights to Ilulissat (JAV). Keep reading for full schedules. Agents, please note that you can ticket these Air Iceland segments on the same ticket as your Icelandair segments, but Icelandair does not load through pricing on the routes. Tickets will autoprice as end-on-end.
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| RIVIERA NAYARIT MAKES CHOOSING HARD |
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Riviera Nayarit announces “Keep the Cash” promo; winner can keep the prize or sell it to a client and keep 100% of the commission
The Riviera Nayarit CVB is kicking off their third contest especially for travel professionals. This promotion makes it difficult for travel professionals to choose between utilizing their prize, or opting to "Keep the Cash!" The prize is four-night stay at the new Villa La Estancia Beach Resort & Spa. Submissions will be accepted from Jan. 15 until June 30, 2009 and the winner will be selected and notified on July 15, 2009. For the "Keep the Cash" contest, travel agents only need to register their agency contact information to have the chance to win the grand prize stay Villa La Estancia.
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| SOFTVOYAGE INCLUDES GOOGLE MAP |
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Softvoyage announces Google map feature now available on Sirev platform
Softvoyage Inc. has recently announced that Google maps are now available in the Sirev platform. After selecting your destination, you can click the Google map option and the pop up of each hotel will have the price information based on your query date and much more. Steve Ringuet, CEO of Softvoyage explains, “We speak to our customers daily and what they want is very simple. They want to have the fastest and most efficient shopping and reservation tool available anywhere.” The new functionalities have been added to all private label versions of Sirev such as Amadeus Tours, Galileo Vacations, Sabre Vacations as well as chains and consortiums using the private label of Sirev. For more information, visit softvoyage.com or sirev.com.
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| CANADIAN TOURISM SPENDING TO DOUBLE? |
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Canadian government announces tourism spending expected to double
As part of an initiative to protect jobs in tough economic times, the Conservative government is expected to double its tourism spending to keep domestic travellers at home, as well as try to attract foreign visitors seeking outdoor adventure to Canada, the Toronto Sun reported. Included spending in today’s budget talks integrated $150 million for national parks, $100 million for cultural festivals, $40 million to the Canadian Tourism Commission and $25 million to create new hiking trails across the country. All this spending is. This is on top of the average $400 million the federal government has already spent annually on the sector.
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| NCL TO REVEAL F3 DETAILS |
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Norwegian Cruise Lines to announce extended Freestyle Resolution promo at next executive webinar – January 27
New details on F3 and the extended Freestyle Resolution promotion will be announced during NCL’s fourth executive webinar titled, "What's Next With Freestyle Resolution and NCLU?" The Webinar features Andy Stuart, NCL’s executive vice president, global sales and passenger services; Scott Rogers, NCL’s senior vice president, marketing; and Amy Hiles-Maynard, NCL’s vice president, marketing. It will be held on Jan. 27, 2009 at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST. To join the webinar, travel partners must be registered NCLU students at ncluniversity.com.
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