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| FLash | Private spaceship designers given $10 million US Ansari X Prize
The designers of the first privately manned rocket to burst into space were handed a $10-million US cheque Saturday, a prize designed to encourage technology that will open the heavens to tourists. SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan accepted the Ansari X Prize money, as a chase plane flew over the ceremony in a field adjacent to the St. Louis Science Center. The rocket plane, financed with more than $20 million from Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, qualified for the prize by blasting into space twice in five days last month. |
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| FLash | Delta Air Lines releases new details on up to 6,900 job cuts
Delta Air Lines releases new details on up to 6,900 job cuts Delta Air Lines Inc. released new details on the up to 6,900 jobs it plans to eliminate starting Jan. 1. The airline will cut between 1,500 to 1,800 administrative employees; 1,600 to 2,000 technical operations employees and 2,900 to 3,100 customer service employees, according to spokesman Anthony Black. |
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| Skyservice Airline Celebrates 10 Years: an interview with Russ Payson |
| Raymon J. Kaduck |
 On October 26th, Skyservice Airline celebrated a decade of service to the travel/tourism industry. President and CEO L. Russell Payson took some time out to celebrate with his team: “We took some of the people who had been with the airline since the first day down to Cuba for three days. People’s lives have been intertwined with the airline. We felt that it was only fitting.”
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| Air Canada suit adds WestJet CEO Clive Beddoe, others as defendants in suit |
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 Air Canada claimed for the first time Friday that WestJet CEO Clive Beddoe knew his airline had gained access to sensitive competitive information about  Air Canada's operations through a confidential website. Beddoe and four others were added to the list of defendants in an ongoing lawsuit that claims WestJet gained access to a confidential website for current and former Air Canada employees.
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| Chris Kelly | CANJET AIRLINES MOVES TO MODERN AIRCRAFT FLEET
CanJet, Canada's Low-Fare Airline, announced today it will replace four of its 737-200 aircraft with four modern 737-500 aircraft, bringing the airline's 737-500 fleet to nine. The new aircraft will start arriving later this month.
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| Vision 2000 Travel Group expands in Southwestern Ontario |
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Travel Group Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of three new travel agency locations in southwestern Ontario. Vision 2000 Travel Group - Ontario, has acquired new travel agency locations in St. Catharines and Fonthill, Ontario. These locations have been operated for many years as Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associate offices. Gordon Vaughan becomes a Vice President with Vision 2000 Travel Group with responsibilities for operations and business development in southwestern Ontario.
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| Seven new members under the Gama Travel Group consortium |
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The Atrium Group announces that 7 new members in Ontario are added under the Gama Travel Group consortium. “Counting now 20 agencies after only 5 months, we truly believe that we offer a totally different way of networking than the others,” said Benoit Pichette, National Development Director for the Atrium Group.
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| Richard Jodoin | AIR CANADA VACATIONS PRESENTS NEW VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING
Air Canada Vacations is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Richard Jodoin as Vice President, Marketing. Mr. Jodoin will support the company’s sustained effort to increase growth and establish a strong brand as a best-in-class vacation provider within the Canadian travel industry.
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| Global travel on the rebound as travellers discount security fears |
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Global tourism is on the rebound as world travellers gain confidence from a long-awaited economic recovery and downgrade their fears over international terrorism and health scares, according to a report released Monday.
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| Royal Caribbean International Survey Explores Girlfriends Getaway Trends |
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Girlfriends getaways are gaining ground, according to a recent independent study conducted by Royal Caribbean International of more than 1,500 women nationwide. Close to half of the women surveyed (48 percent) have taken a girlfriends-only trip in the past three years, and nearly nine out of 10 said they either have plans for a trip in the near future (33 percent) or would like to take one (56 percent).
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| FLash | CTO Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Chapter to be held on November 25th
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Caribbean’s tourism and development agency, is having the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Chapter. The meeting will be held on November 25th at The Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Highway 7 East, Thornhill at 7.00pm. Any individual or company that markets to the Caribbean needs to be a part of this organization. Come on out and find out what the CTO is all about. Paid members will be eligible to vote. To attend, please RSVP to ZASHTON@Caymanislands.ky. |
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| FLash | Air Canada Reports Seventh Consecutive Month of Record Load Factor in October
Air Canada reported a system load factor of 77.7 per cent in October 2004, the highest ever for October. The mainline carrier flew 7.7 per cent more revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in October 2004 than in October 2003, according to preliminary traffic figures. Overall, capacity increased by 1.5 per cent, resulting in a load factor of 77.7 per cent, compared to 73.2 per cent in October 2003; an increase of 4.5 percentage points. In the domestic market, capacity decreased by 8.3 per cent while traffic increased 1.7 per cent resulting in a domestic load factor of 80.1 percent - a 7.8 percentage point increase year over year. |
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| FLash | South Carolina beaches in worst shape since Hugo
South Carolina's beaches, battered by five tropical systems this year, are in their worst shape in years heading into the winter storm season, an oceanographer says. ``We're as bad as we have been at any time since Hurricane Hugo,'' said Bill Eiser, an oceanographer with the state's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. That's not good news, considering forecasters now predict a colder and stormier winter season than normal in the Southeast. Hugo smashed ashore with 217 km/h winds in 1989. This summer, for the first time since 1893, the centres of four tropical systems crossed into South Carolina in the same year. |
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| FLash | Flight attendants union assails United Airlines plan for additional cuts
United Airlines' plan to impose an additional $725 million in labor cuts and eliminate traditional pension plans was assailed as “disastrous” Friday by its flight attendants union, which pledged to fight the company “over every dime.” The union's objections signaled that the second-biggest American airline is in for a tough fight as it seeks another round of harsh cutbacks involving employees who already have made $2.5 billion in annual labour concessions. CEO Glenn Tilton told employees the significant new wage and benefit concessions and changes in work rules are part of $2 billion in annual savings the ailing carrier needs to secure financing and emerge successfully from bankruptcy. But the Association of Flight Attendants said the demands are ``not fair, equitable, nor necessary for a successful reorganization.'' ``The company's demands are disastrous,'' said Greg Davidowitch, president of the United branch of the AFA. ``If management stands by these stipulations, they will destroy United Airlines. We're not going to let that happen. We will fight them at the bargaining table and we will fight them in court.'' |
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