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| OPERATIONS RETURN TO NORMAL AT AIR CANADA |
| Air Canada flights on time after many pilots book off sick on weekend |
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Air Canada's operations appeared to be back to normal early Monday after a weekend that saw an unusually high number of pilots call in sick, causing some flights to be cancelled or delayed. The airline's online departures schedule for Pearson International Airport in Toronto showed just a few flight delays. Airline spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said while weather, a fire at Pearson and...
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| LEBLANC APPOINTED LEAD DIRECTOR OF TRANSAT A.T. INC. |
| Transat A.T. Inc. appoints Jean-Yves Leblanc as lead director following Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders |
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Jean-Marc Eustache, chair of the Board, president and CEO of Transat A.T. Inc., announced the appointment of Jean-Yves Leblanc as lead director of the company on Friday. Following the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of Transat held on Mar. 15, 2012, Leblanc was elected amongst the company's independent directors. The appointment follows the adoption of a policy amending the governance structure of the Transat Board of Directors, announced on Feb. 23, 2012, and which now provides for the appointment of a single lead director. Leblanc is an engineer and holds an MBA. He...
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| SCENIC TOURS UNVEILS EARLY-BIRD 2013 BROCHURE |
| Early-bird bookings of 2013 departures come with 2012 prices on many Scenic Tours itineraries |
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Scenic Tours has unveiled its 36-page Early-Bird Pre-Release 2013 Europe River Cruise Brochure. Early-bird bookings of 2013 departures by May 31, 2012 come with 2012 prices on many of Scenic Tour's most popular itineraries, some with free air to Europe and Russia and savings of $520 to $1,200 per couple. Scenic Tours is guaranteeing the Early Bird Offers and if the cruise line changes the offer upon release of its regular brochure, guests who booked during the early-bird period will be given the offer with the highest value. Other benefits...
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| TRANSAT HOLIDAYS & NOLITOURS LAUNCH GROUP MANIA |
| All group bookings for Summer 2012 with Transat Holidays and Nolitours will be exempt from fuel surcharge |
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Transat Holidays and Nolitours have launched the Groups Mania promotion. All group bookings for Summer 2012 will be exempt from the fuel surcharge. The offer applies to new bookings made between Mar. 15 and Apr. 5, 2012 for travel between June 28 and Oct. 31, 2012. It is applicable to select Transat Holidays and Nolitours hotels in Cancun and Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), Punta...
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| WESTJET VACATIONS INTRODUCES PRICE GUARANTEE |
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WestJet Vacations has launched a price guarantee on vacation packages booked until May 31, 2012, for travel between Apr. 16 and Oct. 31, 2012. The new price guarantee states that guests who book a vacation package with WestJet Vacations and then see a lower price offered by WestJet Vacations anytime up to 21...
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| DIRECT AIR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY |
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Direct Air, based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Massachusetts Division. A Washington, D.C- based investor group purchased a majority interest of Direct Air in September...
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| NAZIMUDDIN KAZI CHARGED: TICO |
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Nazimuddin Kazi has been charged with two counts of operating as a travel agent without registration contrary to section 4(1)(a) of the Ontario Travel Industry Act, 2002. Kazi operated in the Toronto Region. Kazi was previously charged in March 2011 for operating without registration and that charge is still...
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| TRAVELHOTNEWS.COM PROFILE: TRISH MCTAVISH |
| This industry veteran talks about working with her high school sweetheart & how she's seen travel evolve |
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| Trish McTavish |
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She’s half of the McTavish in McTavish Travel – the mom, so she says, of the agency. But Trish McTavish didn’t always know she’d spend most of her life working in the travel industry or with her high school sweetheart, at that. Trish was born in Windsor, ON, then moving to Oakville with her family when she was 13-years-old. She went to high school there, which is where she met Ross, the man who would soon become her husband. “We were high school sweethearts,” she smiles. “He was my best friend and we used to double date all the time. Then, one day he said...
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