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| FLash | Hotel franchiser Cendant to buy travel company Orbitz for US$1.25 billion
Hotel franchiser Cendant Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy online travel company Orbitz Inc. for $27.50 a share in cash, or about $1.25 billion US. The deal represents a premium of 32 per cent to Orbitz's Tuesday closing price of $20.77. |
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| FLash | UN downplays fear of human spread of deadly avian flu despite latest Thai death
The World Health Organization downplayed fears Tuesday over the spread of avian flu from one human to another, suggesting an apparent case in Thailand was likely a ``dead-end'' transmission that scientists have seen before. The assessment by who officials followed reports from Thailand that officials had confirmed that a woman who died of the virus probably got it from her daughter. |
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| CanJet introduces Smart Web Check-In |
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 Julie Gossen, Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, announced that CanJet, Canada's Low-Fare Airline, has introduced "Smart Web Check-In" service for all Canadian domestic flights.
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| Air Canada confirms deal to buy 45 aircraft from Brazil's Embraer |
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Scheduled to fly out of bankruptcy-court shelter on Thursday, Air Canada has signed a firm deal to buy 45 Brazilian Embraer 190 aircraft, each configured to seat 93 passengers.  Embraer said the order is valued at $1.35 billion US, with the potential value surpassing $2.7 billion if all options are exercised.
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| The Atrium Group online shop: “LA BOUTIQUE” |
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Since September 28th 2004, the Atrium Group sites have made a new step towards the evolution of technology. All the Atrium Group sites have a new tool, unique in Canada; which allows the client to buy articles on “La Boutique’’, containing a wide variety of travel related accessories available on line. This change is a part of the new face of the sites Vasco and Gama. More visual, clearer, but mostly it contains more information compared to the previous versions.
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| Norfolk agrees to explore Dover-Erie ferry |
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Norfolk County has taken the next step in exploring the development of a passenger ferry service between Port Dover,  Ontario, and Erie, Pennsylvania. On September 28, Norfolk County Council agreed unanimously to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority which will further develop the business case and the agreements necessary for the eventual operation of the proposed fast ferry service between the two Lake Erie ports.
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| Statement from Visit Florida – Florida post hurricane Jeanne |
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Visit Florida attempts to update this information daily, however please be aware that information could change hourly. Please visit the web sites below for up-to-date destination information.
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| World travel in 2003 was safest on record |
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Global aviation enjoyed its safest year on record in 2003, just two years after terrorism shook passenger confidence, says the international agency that governs civil aviation. "The number of accidents involving fatalities on the world's scheduled operations was the lowest since 1945," Assad Kotaite, president of the International Civil Aviation Organization, said. "Even with the quantum leap in the number of flights and passengers over six decades, aviation safety in 2003 was safer than when ICAO was created."
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| Delta announces details of benefit and wage cuts; pilots OK retirement pact |
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Delta Air Lines Inc. is cutting the pay of executives, administrative staff and ticket and gate agents by 10 per cent, increasing the shared cost of health care coverage and making changes to retirement benefits as part of its turnaround plan. The details were announced Tuesday by chief executive Gerald Grinstein in a memo to employees. They include a major concession from Grinstein, himself.
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| FLash | Air Canada Confirms No Federal Assistance Sought for Bombardier Regional Jet Order
Air Canada confirmed that it has at no time approached the federal government for financial assistance for its acquisition of Bombardier Regional Jets, contrary to information attributed to government sources contained in an article that appears in today's Globe & Mail. |
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| FLash | Tropical storm Meari drenches southern Japan, disrupting travel
A powerful tropical storm soaked southern Japan, disrupting train and plane services, knocking out power to homes and prompting authorities to warn of heavy rain, high waves and strong gusts. The storm, which had been downgraded from typhoon status, had sustained winds of up to 108 kilometres an hour when it struck Kyushu, the southernmost main island. |
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| FLash | Best Western Names David Kong New President and CEO
The Board of Directors of Best Western International has appointed David Kong as the hotel chain's new president and chief executive officer. Kong previously held the position of executive vice-president of International Operations and has been serving as acting president and CEO since mid-August. Kong, who joined Best Western in 2001, is a hospitality veteran with more than 35 years of experience and has held senior management positions at Hyatt, KPMG Consulting, and Omni International. |
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| FLash | Swedish airport workers say they'll go on strike in October over salaries
Sweden's transport workers union said that as many as 2,500 of its members will go on strike Oct. 11 in response to proposed changes in salaries and working hours at SAS AB. The union and the travel conglomerate, which operates Scandinavian Airlines, have disagreed about a new deal that would tighten the number of hours for ground staff, including mechanics, technicians, ramp workers and luggage handlers. "I'm surprised, to put it mildly. We have offered exactly what the union asked for, that is a 7.3 per cent raise over three years," employers' spokesman Jonas Bernunger said. |
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