AIR CANADA REKINDLES BOEING ORDER Air Canada 787 and 777 Air Canada's parent has concluded an agreement to buy dozens of new Boeing jets to revitalize its aging fleet with more fuel-efficient planes capable of supporting the airline's expansion plans, the company said yesterday. ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. said the current agreement includes firm orders for 18 Boeing 777s and firm orders for 14 Boeing 787 Dreamliners plus options to purchase dozens more of each plane. [Full text]

FUN SUN VACATIONS' AGENT REWARD PROGRAM NOW ONLINE Fun Sun Vacations' Reach for the Sun Travel Agent Reward program is now available online at www.mysundollars.com. "It's a new automated system for us and it's going to be great for agents to be able to see their Sun Dollar totals online," said Joseline Leroux, Fun Sun's Marketing Communications Coordinator. "The way our program works is that agents receive one Sun Dollar for every $100 worth of travel booked between July 1 and June 30 of the year. Then at the end of the season they can redeem their Sun Dollars for fabulous merchandise and even travel rewards."  Leroux added that "instead of Sun Dollars being printed and sent out with vouchers and documents - they're now available online." [Full text]

CARNIVAL: BEST IN CARIBBEAN, BEST MEXICAN RIVIERA - PORTHOLE Carnival Fun Ship Fantasy Carnival Cruise Lines has taken top honors in 11 different categories in Porthole Magazine's Readers Choice Awards. Of particular interest to travel agents are awards for Best Caribbean Itineraries, Best Mexican Riviera Itineraries and Best Children's Program. Carnival's 2005 Readers Choice Awards include: [Full text]

FLIGHT CENTRE TOPS 50 STORES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Flight Centre has recently opened its 50th and 51st stores in British Columbia. Number 50, located at Kensington Square in Burnaby, went on stream October 28 and is managed by Jolene Johnson. Number 51 opened on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, November 1, with Kelly Parkinson at the helm. The new locations join more than 130 Flight Centre shops and businesses with more than 600 staff across North America in Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Los Angeles and Chicago. Photo: Cheryl Northrop, Kelly Parkinson (Manager) and Mike Rochfort.

FUN SUN VACATIONS HAWAII FAM Fun Sun Vacations' Southern Alberta Area Sales Manager Farole Kikkert has just returned from a fam to Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. On this day at the Iao Valley the group was hosted by the Maui Visitors Bureau. "The Iao Valley was beautiful, very lush and green. We had a fantastic time with the Maui Visitors Bureau," said Farole. [Full text]

AFGHANISTAN: HOT NEW DESTINATION? - THE AGA KHAN THINKS SO Insurgent violence wracks the countryside, but a building boom fuelled by international aid, profits from the opium trade and foreign investment is remaking Afghanistan's dusty capital. Kabul even got its first five-star hotel Tuesday - the Kabul Serena. [Full text]

TRUFFLE DOG PROMOTES ITALY'S PIEMONTE REGION Bruce Kemp Casetta and Bobo Bobo, a champion truffle-digging poodle, showed his stuff Tuesday in a demonstration aimed at drawing attention to the nine provinces of Italy's Piemonte region. Working with professional truffle hunter Stelvio Casetta, Bobo spent forty-five minutes uncovering the aromatic fungi in St. James Cathedral Park in Toronto as part of an event sponsored by the Italian Tourist Board and the regional chamber of commerce for the Piemonte province of Cuneo. [Full text]

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