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ROYAL JORDANIAN JOINS ONEWORLD ALLIANCE
Royal Jordanian Airlines is to join the oneworld global airline alliance. It is the first airline from the Levant, Middle East and Gulf region to be elected to any of the global airline groupings and the first airline accepted to join oneworld in more than five years. Royal Jordanian should start offering oneworld services and benefits as a full-fledged member around the turn of 2006-07. Visit www.rja.com.jo. |
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NEW AEROPLAN PARTNERS
Aeroplan today announced new partners, rewards and technology in its portfolio of non-flight related rewards, which include merchandise, specialty and experiential rewards, as
well as reward redemptions with Aeroplan's hotel and car rental partners. www.aeroplan.com. |
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| SIGNATURE SAYS VIVA K-W GATEWAY |
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| Viva Wyndham Azteca | Agents who book their clients out of Signature's newest gateway, Kitchener/Waterloo, can earn a free stay at the Viva Wyndham Azteca in the Mayan Riviera. By booking a minimum of 15 rooms for travel completed between January 1 and March 17 next year, agents will earn a weeklong stay at the 4-star property (airfare not included), which is a Signature Club resort. The incentive applies to new bookings made between October 10 and 31 this year.
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| ZOOM INTRODUCES WESTERN CANADA-PARIS DIRECT |
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Zoom Airlines has announced that it will offer Western Canada's only
direct flight to continental Europe with the inauguration of its Vancouver-Calgary-Paris service. Flights to Paris begin June 10, 2006 and will be available every Saturday up to October 29, 2006. Cost will be as little as $299 each way. The new service provides Westerners with easy access to a highly popular destination for Canadian travellers and compliments Zoom's year-round UK program.
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| SAVE $160 PER COUPLE IN SUNQUEST WINTER SUN SALE |
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Sunquest has put a number of its properties in the Caribbean and Mexico on sale as part of its Winter Sun Sale. Book by October 31 and save $160 per couple, per stay, for travel from December 22 to April 30, 2006. Open to new bookings only and not combinable with any other offer, the sale is applicable to groups but not on children rates, air only or long stays.
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| Holiday Celebration Package at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess |
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Clients can enjoy warm days, cool nights and special values in the desert Southwest this holiday season as AAA Five Diamond Award winning The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess offers its Holiday Celebration Package from November 18, 2005 to January 11, 2006. The package includes one night accommodation in a luxurious Deluxe Room and a $100 food and beverage credit daily.
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| BOOK FUN SUN VACATIONS ONLINE |
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Fun Sun Vacations' FIT product is now available online through www.funsunagent.com. Agents can log on using their Runway7.com user name and password and shop for; air, hotels and car rentals in Hawaii; air, hotels, car rentals and attractions passes in the USA; air, hotels and car rentals in Mexico; air, hotels and car rentals in Costa Rica; and car rentals in Europe, South America, and Latin America; air and hotels in the Caribbean.
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| ULTIMATE TRAVEL LAUNCHES 2005/06 SKI BROCHURE |
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Ultimate Travel Group's new 2005/06 Ultimate Ski Vacations brochure is now available with 36 pages of quality ski and snowboard vacations across Canada and the United States. The brochure has a fresh new look for this season, with features such as highlighted mountain stats, resort descriptions, special offers and the top 5 reasons to go. News for this season includes a seven-week extension of the popular Excite Flight direct 1-hour flight program from Toronto to Mount Tremblant, added destinations and more hotel options such as the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler.
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| SUNWING VACATIONS REDUCES CALL WAIT TIMES |
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Sunwing Vacationsis making customer service their top priority. Along with new services and programs they have recently made efforts to reduce reservations wait times to an unprecedented 30 seconds. "At Sunwing we understand that time is money," said Stephen Hunter, COO of Sunwing Vacations. "Our valued travel agent partners don't want to spend hours waiting on the phone; they want to be serviced quickly and effectively. At Sunwing we make sure this happens."
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| AIR NEW ZEALAND GETS NEW LOOK, NEW ROUTES, NEW LOUNGE |
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An $800 million upgrade on Air New Zealand promises a sleek flying experience to New Zealand starting this fall. Highlights include new Boeing 777-200 aircraft, refitted 747s, and revised class configuration. Business Premier seats convert into six-foot beds, the longest available in business class today for a true lie-flat experience; Pacific Premium Economy is located exclusively on the upper deck with the largest pitch in its class at 38 to 40 inches; Pacific Economy features Recaro slim-line seats and memory foam cushions for optimum comfort.
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| THE GHAN DOUBLES SERVICE |
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| Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Rides The Ghan | Australia's Great Southern Railway has announced that The Legendary Ghan will be doubling its service to Darwin next year from 17 March 2006. The Ghan will operate twice weekly return services from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs. The transcontinental journey covers 2,979 kilometres, and guests have two nights aboard the train. Tickets for The Ghan's additional service, which will depart Adelaide via Alice Springs every Friday and will return from Darwin every Monday are now on sale.
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CALGARY TO HOST 2006 TMAC CONFERENCE
The Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) will hold its annual general meeting and conference in Calgary, Alberta from February 17-20, 2006 at the historic Fairmont Palliser hotel. The TMAC AGM and Conference provides professional development and networking opportunities with the approximately 100 travel journalists who will be in attendance. Don Bell, co-founder of WestJet, will deliver the keynote presentation. Contact Danielle Tomarelli at tmac@innovolve.com or 416-364-0050 ex. 302 or visit www.travelmedia.ca. |
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ALITALIA CANCELLATIONS
Italian state airline Alitalia scrapped 102 flights and other carriers operating in Italy were expected to make cancellations ahead of a four-hour strike Wednesday by air traffic controllers. |
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WILLMA THREATENS
Tropical storm Wilma is expected to become an intense hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean according to the National Hurricane Center. Storm warnings are in effect for the Cayman Islands, Honduras and Cuba, while the Yucatan and Florida have been warned to monitor her progress. Wilma will likely produce heavy rainfall in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti and south-eastern Cuba. |
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