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| ARTA CANADA LAUNCHES FORUM |
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ARTA Canada launches Travel Agent Forum for online travel agent discussions
ARTA Canada announced today that it has acquired the rights to manage and operate Canada's online travel agent discussion tool, the Travel Agent Forum. Begun five years ago as an independent vehicle for Canadian agents to post questions, seek guidance, offer recommendations or simply vent about the retail travel industry, the Travel Agent Forum became a mainstay of much-needed communication among agencies. The Forum is divided into three discussion areas: The industry, the agent and the client. For instance: questions and comments about IATA, BSP Canada, provincial regulators, airlines, cruise lines, hotels, car rental firms, wholesalers, tour operators, and travel industry suppliers and more. Keep reading for more details.
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| CARIBBEAN AIR ADDS ONE |
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Caribbean Airlines appoints new director of marketing and corporate communications, Laura Asbjornsen
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| Laura Asbjornsen | | Caribbean Airlines has announced the appointment of Laura Asbjornsen as Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications. Asbjornsen joins Caribbean Airlines with extensive experience in communications, journalism and public affairs. A national of Trinidad and Tobago, Asbjornsen returns to the country having spent the last eight years in Brussels as an industrial lobbyist and policy advisor. Her most recent position was at the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT) as working group manager where she developed industrial advocacy strategies, and advised senior industry executives of major European companies on issues in the areas of Business Competitiveness, Energy and Climate Change, Competition Policy and Societal Changes. At Caribbean Airlines, Asbjornsen will be responsible for the company’s advertising, marketing, corporate communications, customer relations and loyalty programs. She will begin her role at Caribbean Airlines effective January 5, 2009.
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| SILVERSEA’S NEW SILVER SPIRIT |
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Itinerary announced for inaugural 91-day cruise of Silver Spirit on Jan. 21, 2010
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| The all-suite Silver Spirit | | Silversea has announced that its newest ultra-luxury ship, Silver Spirit, is set to debut with a Grand Inaugural Voyage on January 21, 2010. On this 91-day journey, named "The Spirit of South America," Silver Spirit will sail from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles and twist back to New York on an itinerary highlighted by a visit to Rio de Janeiro in time for Carnival, a journey around the end of the earth at Cape Horn, an in-depth exploration of the Mexican Riviera, a crossing of the Panama Canal and a Statue of Liberty event in New York Harbor. Silversea will begin accepting reservations on January 12, 2009. On their "Spirit of South America" odyssey, your clients will visit more than 45 ports in over 20 different countries and island destinations across two continents.
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| CARIBBEAN SUPPORTS AGENTS WITH WEB ENHANCEMENTS |
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The Caribbean Tourism Organization to launch online programs, add more resources for North American agents
The Caribbean Tourism Organization will be launching various online programs in 2009 to assist North American travel agents who sell holidays to the Caribbean. A new social networking community and the creation of an electronic library and resource centre are among several exciting features which will be launching as of Jan. 1, 2009. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is to launch a series on online programs, aimed at improving its North American Chapter system and the way travel agents do business. Keep reading to learn more.
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| CRYSTAL CRUISES’ TOP 10 SAVINGS |
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Crystal Cruises offers top 10 savings incentives for your luxury cruise clients
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| Crystal Symphony | | Crystal Cruises is enhancing the cruise savings for your clients in 2009 and beyond. Crystal’s significant ‘Top 10’ savings promotions range from upgraded and complimentary air travel to family incentives, extended land programs and dollars off. The top 10 ways to save in 2009 include:
1. Save Now, Save Later: Guests booking and sailing on any 2009 Europe, transatlantic or Crystal Symphony Asia cruise can realize significant savings on these sailings, and also save 20 per cent on virtually any 2010 voyage, excluding the World Cruise and its segments. In addition, Crystal Cruises provides many included services on board, including complimentary enrichment classes, complimentary non-alcoholic beverages, complimentary specialty restaurants and more. Keep reading to learn more about the Top 10 savings.
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| ISRAEL GOES HIGHER |
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More Canadian visitors to Israel than ever before – 65,000 visited from Jan. to Nov. 2008, a 21% increase
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| Eilat, Israel | | Israel has achieved another set of record-breaking visitation numbers for 2008, with 65,000 Canadians recorded visiting from January to November that year. That represented an increase of 21 per cent compared to the same period the previous year. Overall, more than 3 million international visitors came to Israel in 2008 – the highest number of any year since the independent State of Israel was founded in 1948. "This is the first time ever [that] more than 3 million tourists came to Israel in a single year," said Oded Grofman, Consul for Tourism, Director Israel Government Tourist Office - Canada, "and this underscores Israel's attractiveness to travelers of all nationalities, faiths, ethnic backgrounds and interests. Close to three-quarters of a million North Americans visited Israel in 2008 - also a record," added Grofman.
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| CLUB MED’S 6 RESOLUTIONS |
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Club Med offers 6 New Year’s ‘resolutions’ that entice your clients to visit; will introduce Canadian loyalty program by year’s end
This year, Club Med offers your clients six ‘resolutions’ that will entice them to visit the newest additions, renovations and changes to their group of resorts. Among them, Club Med aims to satisfy your clients’ family holiday requirements, offers spa programs, made-to-measure activities, a redesigned Club Med 2 ship, various cultural enhancements to existing properties in Asia, and Club Med will unveil a new loyalty program in Canada by the end of 2009. Keep reading for all of Club Med’s New Year’s resolutions for your clients.
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