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| IGTO BIDS FAREWELL TO GROFMAN AT BREAKFAST EVENT |
| After five years as Canadian consul for tourism, IGTO, Oded Grofman will be replaced by Ami Alon |
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| Oded Grofman, Ami Alon, Jerry Adler, Ellen Melman & Haim Gutin |
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Yesterday morning, in one of the Park Hyatt Toronto's conference rooms, more than 100 industry professionals and friends came out to bid farewell to Oded Grofman, who is leaving the position...
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| CONTIKI LAUNCHES 2013-2014 USA & CANADA BROCHURE |
| Brochure launch kicks off with $150 savings on Contiki Holidays trips of 10 days or more |
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Contiki Holidays has launched its 2013-2014 USA & Canada brochure, with 14 full itineraries plus more stopovers and extensions for festivals and New Year’s celebrations. To kick off the launch of the new brochure, Contiki is offering $150 off the cost of any North American trip 10 days or more when booked by July 13, 2012. 2013 marks the first year that 18 to 35s can book a trip to Coachella with Contiki. Clients fly into L.A. for a night before heading off to Palm Springs for the festival, with the three-day festival pass included in the cost of the trip. Covering two...
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| ENCORE CRUISES OFFERS ONE-DAY PROMO |
| Canada Celebration Sale available on new bookings today only |
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Encore Cruises is offering customers prepaid gratuities on select cruises as part of the exclusive, one day only, Canada Celebration Sale. Valid on new bookings today only, Wednesday July 4, the prepaid gratuities offer applies to minimum seven-night sailings with Celebrity Cruises or Royal Caribbean International, for travel in 2012 and 2013. This exclusive offer is applicable...
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| CRUISE STRATEGIES ESCORTS AGENTS ON WINDSTAR FAM |
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Shirley Lew, director of sales, Eastern Canada, Cruise Strategies escorted a Windstar Cruises FAM on board the newly refurbished Wind Surf, sailing on June 16 from Athens to Venice, and visiting Monemvasia, Corfu, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Split and Pula on its eight-night Gems of the Adriatic itinerary. Agents and their companions participated in on board training sessions, hosted dinners and cocktail...
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| CARNIVAL INTRODUCES BASEBALL-THEMED SALES TIPS SERIES |
| Agents can earn up to 5,000 Carnival Travel Agent Rewards Program points with |
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Carnival is encouraging travel agents to “pitch” to cruise rookies with a new summer series of baseball-themed videos, quizzes and scavenger hunts with sales tips from Carnival and a variety of travel agents. Available on GoCCL.com, the series will span “nine innings” over nine weeks and provide agents with an opportunity to earn up...
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| IATA SEES DOWNWARD TREND IN GLOBAL TRAFFIC RESULTS |
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global traffic results for May showing a general downward trend in line with deteriorating global economic conditions. While passenger demand was 4.5 per cent ahead of levels in May 2011, growth was virtually flat compared to April. Capacity increased...
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