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| Atrium Group Achieves Growth Target |
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 Atrium Group, now Quebec’s second largest travel agency consortium, has exceeded the target it set last September. The objective was to have 100 members for its 10th anniversary convention, which will take place from September 9th to11th. The Atrium Group started in Laval and grew slowly to include 30 franchisees in its first 6 years.
In the last year, it has added 32 new agencies, and now has 107 members operating 3 provinces; 97 in Quebec, 8 in Ontario and 2 in New-Brunswick. This includes 47 Vasco Travel agencies and 60 members of Gama Travel Group.
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ACTA press release concerning Northwest surcharge
ACTA Takes Northwest Airlines to Task - Over Disguised Fare Increase |
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Last week, Northwest Airlines announced that it would impose a surcharge to travel agencies booking their fares for U.S. domestic flights over the Global Distribution System (GDS). ACTA strongly believes that the market will see this tactic for what it is: a badly camouflaged effort by the carrier to pass on the cost of its expensive business model to travel agencies and ultimately to consumers rather than a strategy to become more competitive.
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RBC-Training for Success
How Ongoing Learning Can Ensure Client Satisfaction and Increased Sales |
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Lorraine Payne knows the value of ongoing training. She has been in the travel business for sixteen years and has always felt that ongoing training is essential - particularly in an industry where change is constant.
“I like that RBC Insurance training is in-house in a one-on-one or small group situation, so you’re not pressed for time and can get all your questions answered,” said Lorraine, who works with North Star Travel in Waterloo, Ontario. “The training helps us to learn about the product and the claims process, and helps us offer travel insurance with confidence.
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| Vacation.com, Celebrity Cruises Offer Two-For-One Staterooms |
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Travel agents earn $400 bonus commission - September is Celebrity Polar XpeditionsSM Month and until September 23, 2004, clients of Vacation.com member agencies will save a bundle with two-for-one fares on the following 2004 Polar Xpeditions voyage now priced at US$3,500 per person (originally US$6,750) for an outside stateroom and US$4,625 per person (originally US$9,000) for a deluxe stateroom:
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| FLash | Dollar and Thrifty U.K. Franchisee to Open In-Terminal in Gatwick
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, today announced that Flightform Ltd., the company's master franchisee for the Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental brands in the U.K., will open in-terminal locations in Gatwick Airport for the first time. Flightform Ltd., partly owned by Andrew and Robert Burton who have been franchisees with the company since 1991, will open Dollar and Thrifty locations in both the North and South terminals at Gatwick effective immediately. |
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| FLash | | Via Rail employees have ratified a new three-year labour contract that gives them a cumulative wage increase of more than 10 per cent, a union spokesman said Tuesday. The 2,500 members of the Canadian Auto Workers, representing 90 per cent of the Crown corporation's employees, voted 81 per cent in favour of the deal, while the participation rate of voters was 80 per cent. The contract, retroactive to last Jan. 1, provides for a wage increase of three per cent the first year, four per cent the second year and another three per cent in the final year, said spokesman Abe Rosner. Workers will get a long-term disability plan, which will cost them nothing. There will also be more staff on trains. |
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