WORLD TRAVEL MARKET REPORT Laurie Carter Big Day For Canada WTM Global Award Winners World Travel Market 2005, the largest in the show's history, ran an action-packed opening day in London, England, yesterday with highlights including the WTM Global Award presentations at the opening ceremony, at which Yukon Tourism was honoured; the Captains of industry lunch; the Canadian Tourism Commission's new Canada brand launch and worldwide industry leaders unveiling details about the new top level internet domain, .travel (dot travel). [Full text]

FUN SUN WINS BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD AT ENSEMBLE CONFERENCE Meg Murgatroyd, Elvis, Bruce Lidberg Fun Sun Vacations' own Sonny and Cher - Bruce Lidberg, Director of Sales and Meg Murgatroyd, Business Development Manager for Eastern Canada - posed with an Elvis impersonator at the Ensemble Conference in Anaheim on October 19-23, 2005. This particular event was the Halloween Costume Dinner on October 21 sponsored by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Fun Sun Vacations was presented with the 2005 Best Customer Service Award from Ensemble Travel at the conference.

SKAL VANCOUVER WECOMES NEW MEMBERS Gord Rees, Marilyn Stecko, Linda Hagen, Robin Harvey, Rex Armstead, Andrew Clark At the November Vancouver Skål meeting, President Linda Hagen welcomed special guests - the members of the Executive Travel Network (ETN) - and three new Skål members including Gord Rees, Owner - Westcoast Mountain Campers Ltd.; Rex Armstead, President/Publisher of ACT Communications Inc., and a new member transferring in from the Skål club in Banff, Andrew Clark, the new V.P. Sales for the Canadian Tourism Commission. Next meeting December 14. See Events_Calendar.

AIR CANADA ENHANCES PASSENGER AMENITIES Air Canada has introduced all-new seating across its entire fleet, featuring an industry-leading lie flat seat for its international Executive First customers. In addition, Air Canada is outfitting its Executive Class cabins on North American routes with new premium seats, and all of its Hospitality cabins fleet-wide will be reconfigured with new seats offering personal seat back entertainment systems with an increased choice of audio and video programming. [Full text]

GENESIS ADDS THREE AIRLINES TO FARESPIDER Next Webinar November 17 Genesis has added three more airlines to its low fare search product, FareSpider - U.S. low cost carrier AirTran, Mexico-based Aeromexico, and the newest low cost carrier in Mexico, Click Mexicana. The integration of these additional carrier services brings to 40 web-based airlines and consumer travel web sites included in Genesis' flagship low fare search and booking engine, FareSpider www.farespider.com/preview. [Full text]

HIGH OIL PRICES YET TO IMPACT TOURISM SAYS WTO Higher oil prices have so far had limited effect on international tourism growth according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (WTO). A recently concluded WTO report demonstrates that up to the moment, the impact of high oil prices in international tourism has been little. Experts note that only a small percentage of the increase in oil prices as been passed on to consumers in terms of final purchase price... [Full text]

CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION UNVEILS BRAND CANADA AT WTM One of CTC's New Brand Ads Yesterday the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) unveiled the first phase of its creative campaign, entitled Brand Canada, at the World Travel Market in London, England. Brand Canada, with its new tag line, Canada. Keep Exploring, was designed to refresh the country's image as a top-of- mind tourist destination by promoting it as a destination to be experienced as a whole rather than simply for its picturesque scenery. [Full text]

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