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| FLash | November 2004 Traffic For Air France-KLM
In November, first month of the winter schedule, the Air France-KLM group posted a satisfactory performance. Activity remained strong although, due to calendar effects, the increase in traffic (up 4.2%) was slightly lower than the increase in capacity (up 4.8%). Load factor stood at 75.7% (down 0.4 points). The Group carried over 5 million passengers in November (up 3.2%). |
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| Signature Vacations offers seven escorted tours |
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When most Canadians think of Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, they think of beaches and daiquiris. However for a small but growing group, the buzzwords are: culture, history and nature. That's because they're interested in getting off the beach and into the countryside to learn a little more about their host country. Now Canada's Signature Vacations is offering a total of seven escorted tours where travelers will acquire more than a tan.
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| Serge Savard launches the 4th edition of his Tropical Hockey Tournament |
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It is with enthusiasm that Mr. Serge Savard confirmed today that the 4th edition of his ever popular Tropical Hockey Tournament will take place at the magnificent El Senador resort in Cayo Coco, Cuba, from January 8th to the 22nd, 2005.
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| N.S. government to spend another $15 million on tourism promotion |
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Nova Scotia will spend an additional $15 million over the next three years on tourism marketing and product development, Tourism Minister Rodney MacDonald announced Monday. ``We are investing with confidence in an industry that will continue to help the province's economy grow,'' said MacDonald.
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| New all season resort planned for existing Revelstoke ski hill |
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The B.C. government has approved a massive expansion to a Revelstoke ski hill to create an all-season resort with one of the steepest vertical drops of any resort in the world. The government said in a news release Tuesday it has approved the plan for a resort with more than 16,000 beds, guest service facilities, an 18-hole golf course, a multi-use trail system, 25 lifts and 100 ski and snowboard trails.
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| Qatar Airways Expands Uk Services With New Gatwick Route |
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Award-winning Qatar Airways, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has celebrated the launch of daily non-stop scheduled services between Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, and London Gatwick.  The new route marks an expansion of the airline’s operations in the UK where it already serves London Heathrow twice-daily from Doha. The Gatwick service is operated by the state-of-the-art long-range Airbus A330-200 in a two-class configuration of Business and Economy, featuring the latest in-flight entertainment system, Audio Video On Demand.
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| Galileo Deploys Galileo CruiseSM: First GDS to Market Industry’s Leading Cruise Booking Tool |
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Galileo International, a leading global distribution system (GDS) and subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE:CD), today announced the deployment in the U.S. and Canada of Galileo Cruise, a Web-based cruise booking tool that provides all functionality and technology necessary for agents to seamlessly manage the cruise shopping and booking process from their agency desktop. Galileo is the first to market and currently the only GDS to offer this state-of-the-art solution to its customers.
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| T shirt company helps Americans relax on vacation by posing as Canadians |
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An American T-shirt company has a solution for fellow citizens who want to vacation in Europe without having to answer questions about U.S. politics: pose as Canadians. For $24.95 US (about $30 Cdn), T-shirtKing.com offers the ``Go Canadian'' package, full of just the kind of things an American traveller needs to leave home and its politics behind.
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| FLash | Signature Expands Groups Department
Janine Chapman, director of group sales and incentives at Signature Vacations, is pleased to announce the ongoing expansion of that department. Payam Saadi, formerly with Conquest Vacations, and Daniella Tersigni, formerly with several organisations including Transat Holidays, have both joined the Toronto groups team at sales coordinators. In their new roles, Saadi and Tersigni will be assisting agents will all aspects of group travel planning. The Toronto groups department handles groups departing from Ontario and Atlantic Canada and can be reached at (800) 268 7074 ext 5225 or by email at groups@signature.ca. |
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| FLash | Air Canada reports best ever November load factor: 74.6% of seats filled
A downsized Air Canada has reported its best-ever November load factor, with 74.6 per cent of its seats filled during the month. Overall capacity was 3.6 per cent less than a year earlier, while the mainline carrier flew 3.9 per cent more revenue passenger miles. The 74.6 per cent load factor was up from 69.2 per cent in November 2003. On flights within Canada, capacity was cut by 8.5 per cent while traffic rose 2.6 per cent, resulting in a domestic load factor of 76.7 per cent, up 8.3 percentage points from a year earlier. |
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| FLash | Paris police compared to Insp. Clouseau after suitcase with explosives lost
Somewhere in the world, there's a navy blue suitcase with a small pack of explosives tucked in its side pocket. Four days after police at Charles de Gaulle Airport slipped some plastic explosives into a random passenger's bag as part of an exercise for sniffer dogs, it is still missing _ and authorities are stumped and embarrassed. Police have sought to minimize public concern by insisting there's nothing to worry about: the explosives had no detonator and are unlikely to pose a danger. But that does little to diminish the fact that French airport security has been planting explosives in the suitcases of unsuspecting passengers _ all in the name of safety. |
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