| |
|
Travel Hot News.com
is a member
of the principal international
press agencies
(CP, AFP, etc.) |
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| FLash | Alitalia cancelling 136 flights for Tuesday because of general strike
Alitalia said Friday that it would cancel 136 flights on Nov. 30 because of a four-hour-long general strike. Besides scratching 70 domestic flights and 66 international flights, Alitalia will alter the schedule of 47 national and 54 international flights, the Italian flagship airline said. Last month, Italy's three large labour confederations called for the strike to protest government economic policy and budget plans. |
|
|
|
| World Tourism Organization Studies Cities as Tourism Destinations |
| Raymon J. Kaduck |
A report jointly produced by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and European Travel Commission (ETC) recommends increasing tourism to European cities by marketing them as cultural tourism destinations. ‘City Tourism & Culture: The European Experience' views marketing and product development of city tourism as an evolution of cultural tourism in Europe from 'traditional' to 'innovative'. The study classifies destinations as 'heritage', 'cultural' or 'creative' cities, according to their predominant cultural product and analyses their growth opportunities.
[Full text]
|
|
| Absolutely essential that Aéroports de Montréal maintain property reserve at Montréal-Mirabel to provide for future develpoment |
|
When Aéroports de Montréal decided in 2002 to concentrate passenger flight activity at Montréal-Trudeau, it was clearly understood that the facilities would be able to meet all the passenger requirements for a period of at least thirty years, following which there was a possibility that passenger flights may possibly be transferred back to Montréal-Mirabel. Aéroports de Montréal has therefore formally committed to maintaining the Montréal-Mirabel platform in proper working order.
[Full text]
|
|
| Signature Woos Singles to a Week in the Sun |
|
It's going to be a cross-Canada party in the sun as Signature gears up to host its first every Super Singles Week at the adults only all-inclusive Beezes Jibacoa resort near Varadero in Cuba. Offered with departures from Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, the week is geared to unattached travellers who are looking to meet and mingle and keep busy! From a sand hockey game to the pyjama party and singles-only cocktail parties, the week promises to be full of fun, music and friendly sports tournaments.
[Full text]
|
|
| Travel deficit improves; visitors spend more and touring Canadians spend less |
| CP |
The country's international travel deficit, the difference between what visitors spend here and what Canadians spend abroad, improved for the third straight quarter between July and September. Statistics Canada reported that the deficit fell to $930 million, down $261 million from the previous quarter. This was the largest decrease in the deficit in six years.
[Full text]
|
|
| McGuinty government invests in Northern tourism projects |
|
 The Ontario government is supporting tourism in Northern Ontario by investing in the production of the Outdoor Adventure Guide, a French language tourism guide and, a series of training seminars to help tourism operators take advantage of new marketing opportunities, Minister of Tourism and Recreation Jim Bradley, announced today. "Northern Ontario, as one of the most beautiful areas of our province, has the natural assets to develop a bigger, more prosperous tourism sector," said Bradley. "The Ontario government is pleased to invest in the initiatives our Northern partners are undertaking to build the tourist trade in the North."
[Full text]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| FLash | Air Canada Vacations Montreal Reservation Office to Close Early on December 3, 2004
Due to special circumstances, please be advised that, Air Canada Vacations Reservation Office in Montréal will close early at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, December 3, 2004. Regular hours of operation will resume the following day, Saturday, December 4, 2004. Business hours at Air Canada Vacations Reservations Office in Toronto remain unaffected. Please note, requests to add seat selection, Aeroplan numbers, special meals or apply final payment to an existing Air Canada Vacations booking, can be made by e-mail at apfax@vacv.com. |
|
|
| FLash | US Coast Guard suspends search for passenger who disappeared from cruise ship
A 54-year-old passenger vanished as a ship returned from a five-day cruise to the Bahamas, and a daylong ocean search turned up no sign of him. The hunt was called off Friday. Glen Sherridan was reported missing by his wife a day earlier, after the Carnival Cruise Line ship Celebration docked in Jacksonville. The ship's electronic exit-and-entry program showed he had not disembarked after the arrival, and a crew search of the vessel came up empty, Carnival said. Gloria Sherridan said she had last seen her husband about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. |
|
|
| FLash | Chinese Airbus makes emergency landing after cabin pressure fails
A China Eastern Airlines jetliner with 300 passengers aboard made an emergency landing in southern China after its cabin pressurization system failed, a newspaper reported Thursday. No one was hurt Wednesday when the China Eastern Airbus A300, flying from Shanghai to the southern Chinese island Hainan, was diverted to the southern city Guangzhou, the Yangcheng Evening News reported. Passengers felt nausea and discomfort in their ears before the captain announced problems with the cabin pressure and diverted the flight, the newspaper said in its Thursday editions. China Eastern's publicity office referred questions to a spokesman who it said wasn't immediately available. The incident came just days after a China Eastern Bombardier CRJ-200 crashed Sunday in northern China. |
|
|
|
|
