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| INDIA TOURISM INTRODUCES ODISHA TO CANADA |
| Swosti Premium Limited discusses travel options to Odisha, including wildlife, yoga and religious tours |
| Lindsay Kyte |
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| Bipasa Mohanty & Jitendra K. Mohanty |
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If you are not exactly sure where Odisha is, you are not alone. “We have promoted in Europe and South Asia. But we are new to Canada,” said Jitendra K. Mohanty, managing director, Swosti Premium Limited. “That’s why I’m here.” On Friday, 35 travel partners and operators gathered at Toronto’s Novotel Hotel to hear Mohanty speak about...
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| THOMAS COOK RESTRUCTURES, ELIMINATES POSITIONS |
| “A small percentage of positions have been eliminated,” Thomas Cook Canada says in a statement |
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| Dean Moore |
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Thomas Cook Canada has said that a “reorganization of its business structure” has led to the elimination of some positions within the company. According to a statement issued the company last week, “a small percentage of positions have been eliminated.” The tour operator says the purpose of the restructuring is to create a stronger operating model through closer relationships with its service department and its commercial units and to streamline the Sunquest business to allow for greater flexibility. Earlier this month, Thomas Cook Canada announced that it was exiting its five-year agreement with Jazz Aviation three-years early in the interest of more “flexible” arrangements. Less than a week later it...
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| ACTA REACTS TO WESTJET VACATIONS’ COMMISSION CUTS |
| Effective June 1, WestJet Vacations will reduce its base commissions |
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| David McCaig |
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WestJet Vacations has announced that effective June 1, 2012, it will be reducing its base commissions. In reaction to these commission cuts, David McCaig, president and COO, ACTA said: "WestJet Vacations has gained significant market share largely in part because the travel agency community has responded favourably to their commission structure.” In October 2010, WestJet Vacations supported ACTA and paid higher commissions to travel agents by not placing any part of its package price in the non-commissionable tax and service charge field. "WestJet Vacations had a competitive advantage and the travel agency community responded well to WestJet Vacations paying higher commissions to travel...
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| AIR CANADA TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNIONS |
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Air Canada could be on the runway to finally securing labour peace as the carrier awaits the federal appointment of arbitrators to resume negotiations with two of its largest employee groups. The Montreal-based airline said Friday that 10 days of scheduled talks will begin with the union that represents its 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and...
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| ADVENTURE TRAVEL GENERAL MANAGER JOINS NEW ADVISORY BOARD |
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| Cox & Kings, The Americas advisory board |
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The Adventure Travel Company has announced that Kristina Boyce, general manager, The Adventure Company has been appointed to a new travel agent advisory board by luxury tour operator Cox & Kings, The Americas. Boyce will actively contribute towards the advisory board’s objective of continuing to provide an elevated level of product, operations...
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