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JAZZ INCOME TRUST GROUNDED
Air Canada parent ACE Aviation has put plans to spin out the airline's discount-fare subsidiary Jazz Air into an income trust on hold, citing "prevailing market conditions." ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. said today it has completed preparations and still intends to turn Air Canada Jazz into a trust, but will wait until the time is right. "Given current conditions in the income trust market, ACE management feels it appropriate to refrain from making this filing at this time," the company said in a release. "As prevailing market conditions warrant, ACE will proceed with a Jazz offering." Finance Minister Ralph Goodale cast a chill over the income trust market, particularly new spinoffs, in mid-September when he moved to halt advance tax rulings on income trust offerings - a measure taken to signal that it is seriously considering reducing tax advantages of the vehicle. |
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| LUKE JONES TALKS PRIORITIES FOR NEW AUSTRALIA OFFICE |
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Retail agents vital to strategy
Luke Jones, who will be heading Tourism Australia's Canadian office as Manager Canada, shared some thoughts with CTHotNews on his new role. Beginning on October 1, although not actually setting up shop in Toronto until October 11, Luke will offer travel professionals serious insider knowledge about the Australian market gathered through his experience in the tourism industry, including a number of positions with Tourism Australia in both Sydney and Los Angeles. Jones is very enthusiastic about his new posting and says that he is "particularly looking forward to growing our partnership with retail agents through our Aussie Specialist Program in Canada."
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| YOKOSO! - WELCOME - FROM JAPAN |
| Laurie Carter |
Visit Japan Campaign targets Canadian travellers - fosters agent partnership
Visit Japan drew a huge crowd last night at Toronto's Metro Convention Centre. Elegant Japanese dancers, pulse-pumping Taiko drummers and big-screen videos kept industry professionals in the buffet lines entertained
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| Yoshiro Tagaguchi | until Yoshiro Tagaguchi, Japan's Deputy Director Travel, Promotion Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, took the podium to spell out details of the Visit Japan strategy. Tagaguchi said that the Visit Japan Campaign (VJC) was specifically designed to increase inbound travel to a targeted 10 million visitors per year by 2010. Canada was selected as one of 12 focused markets because the number of Canadian visitors is already significant (Canada ranks 9th out of all countries); Canadians are keen foreign travellers; Canadians have a positive perception of Japan; air-lift capacity is already extensive; and in a sample survey, 7.9 per cent of Canadian adults (2 million people) expressed an interest in visiting Japan. Currently the bulk of Canadian visitors come from Ontario, B.C. and Quebec and research indictes that the best prospects are among younger travellers - below age 54.
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| FLEETWIDE ONLINE CHECK-IN - ROYAL CARIBBEAN, CELEBRITY |
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The online check-in program piloted by Royal Caribbean and Celebrity on two ships in July, is now available fleet wide reducing check-in times to mere seconds at the pier. The program, called "Xpress Pass" for Celebrity Cruises and "SetSail" for Royal Caribbean, allows guests to fill out all pertinent cruise documents before arriving at the pier. Boarding documents, immigration forms, onboard accounts and ticket contracts can be completed with just a click of the mouse. "We are thrilled to be the first to offer this option to cruise vacationers," said Senior Vice President, Land Operations, Craig Milan. "We're equally pleased about the positive reaction and high level of participation among guests who have taken advantage of this time-saving option." The pierside process is consistently less than one minute per guest, according to Milan.
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SUNQUEST MILLION DOLLAR BINGO BONANZA
Starting on Monday Oct. 3rd, Sunquest is launching a Million Dollar Bingo Bonanza' incentive and inviting agents to join in a nationwide bingo game, complete with cash rewards and a grand prize of $5,000. The game will run from Oct. 3 to Nov. 30, 2005, when completed forms should be sent toSunquest. Bookings for departures from Dec. 15 onwards qualify and group bookings are also eligible. This game is nationwide with versions for Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba/ Saskatchewan and Alberta/BC.
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CATHAY PACIFIC ADDS ASIA MILES PARTNERS
Cathay Pacific has added Air China, Golf BC and American Express Canada to its Asia Miles program. From Oct. 28, 2005, clients booked on Air China will be able to earn Asia Miles and from Oct. 28 to Dec. 15, those flying on select Air China routes will earn double the points. GolfBC awards 200 - 400 Asia Miles with the purchase of regular daily green fees at participating golf courses with double the points on select courses to Dec. 31, 2005. Eligible American Express cardholders in Canada enrolled in the Membership Reward Program now have the opportunity to convert their points to Asia Miles. Each conversion must be a minimum of 1,000 Membership Reward points, which converts to 750 Asia Miles. Look for details on www.asiamiles.com. |
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