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| FLash | Uniglobe’s fall regional conference
Organized this year under the theme “Taking care of business”, Uniglobe’s fall regional conference will be held from November 5 to 7 at the Hilton, in Toronto. All franchised agencies and members, for a total of 250 people, will thus attend the event. Uniglobe’s privileged suppliers are also invited to the event. To participate, you have to be part of Uniglobe’s network. |
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| CSTAR opens a chapter in Quebec |
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Bruce Bishins, president of CSTAR | The CSTAR Board of Directors announced today that it has approved the creation of CSTAR Québec as a fully-accredited CSTAR chapter in Quebec to provide agencies with an alternative to ACTA and to pick up the void left by the now dormant APAV. CSTAR's board approved the new chapter and a new national individual membership category after having been requested by the APAV Reorganization Committee to provide such an alternative.
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| Erratum: Air Canada Vacations’ Price-Match Offer |
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Effective immediately, Air Canada Vacations automatic price-match offer of up to $80 per traveler, including taxes, now applies to the following product only: - Cuba: (Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Holguin, Varadero), - Costa Rica: (Liberia), - Dominican Rep.: (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, La Romana), - Jamaica: (Montego Bay; *Calgary & Winnipeg flights only), - Mexico: (Cancun, Cozumel, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo), - St. Martin/St. Maarten.
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| Signature Vacations: Appointment Announcements |
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Nick Longman, president of First Choice Canada Inc., announced earlier the promotion of Kathleen Manuel to the position
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| Nick Longman, president of First Choice Canada Inc. | of vice-president, distribution and marketing. In her new role, Kathleen Manuel will be responsible for all channels of distribution for Signature Vacations/Sunflight, national sales, group marketing services, new business development and e-business. Kathleen Manuel has been with the operator for seven years in a variety of management roles, most recently as general manager, Western Canada. She will be relocating to Toronto in January, and in the interim can be reached at (604) 609-6525 or kmanuel@signature.ca.
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| Tenth largest U.S. airline ATA files for bankruptcy protection, sells assets |
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ATA Airlines Inc., the 10th-largest airline in the United States, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday _ the latest U.S. carriers brought low by rising fuel costs and fare wars. ATA also said Tuesday it has sold airport slots and other assets to AirTran Airways Inc. for $87.6 million. ``We will recreate ATA as a formidable low-cost carrier,'' declared founder and chief executive George Mikelsons.
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| Air Taxis Fly into UK Cities |
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"Real Air Taxis will soon be on their way into major cities," says London-based AVCEN. Avcen is to bring its innovative Jetpod aircraft design off the drawing board and into proof-of-concept build and flight trials. The Jetpod is a unique, lightweight, Very Quiet Short Take-Off and Landing (VQSTOL), 6-seat, twin-jet powered aircraft. The Jetpod also comes in two Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) variants based on the same design.
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| FLash | Fairmont reports Q3 profit of $131.8M US, helped by hotel sales
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. hopes to take advantage of its recent deal to take over management of the London's legendary Savoy Hotel as a springboard to expand in Europe, the hotel and resort company said Wednesday. ``Not only will the Savoy provide us with the opportunity to extend out distinctive collection of properties in a critically strategic market – London – it will also provide us with an ideal platform for further expansion in Europe,'' said Tom Storey, Fairmont's executive vice-president of development. ``It positions the Fairmont brand for further international growth.'' Fairmont signed a deal in September to manage the 263-room Savoy beginning in January – the company's first hotel in Europe. Currently, Fairmont's only hotel outside its core North American market is in the United Arab Emirates. Storey said the Savoy Hotel's owners have allocated $48 million to restore the hotel that first opened its doors in 1889. |
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| FLash | IATA: World air travel continues steady recovery from 2003 dip
Global air passenger traffic continued a steady rise in the first nine months of this year, rising 17.7 per cent from the same period in 2003, the International Air Transport Association said Wednesday. Cargo traffic was up 14.1 percent, the Geneva-based federation said. ``People are travelling again,'' said IATA chief Giovanni Bisignani. ``Every region is reporting double-digit growth. Traffic clearly is rebounding from 2003, which was an exceptionally bad year.'' The airline industry was hit hard last year by a sluggish economy, rising fuel prices and travel fears related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and the conflict in Iraq. But high oil prices mean that increased traffic is failing to boost airline profits, warned IATA, which groups more than 270 airlines, covering 95 per cent of global air travel. ``The sad story is that, despite these improvements, the bottom line is worsening with the extraordinary price of fuel,'' Bisignani said. ``If current fuel price levels persist, losses may well exceed the $3 billion to $4 billion previously forecast for 2004.'' |
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