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She’s back and ready for a challenge

  • CTP goes one on one with Zeina Gedeon
  • ACTA taking its time in search for new president
  • Developing nations get tourism boost
  • Asia on show in Vancouver
  • Doing luxury differently
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Time for a life changing experience

  • New air entrants need more oversight
  • Canadian hotel rates are rising
  • Air Canada’s cooking with a new partnership
  • Vegas museum lights it up
  • Trinidad & Tobago is special for agents
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Tracking the trends – here, there and everywhere

  • Cruise Concierge sets sail on the St. Lawrence
  • ACI reports that business is booming
  • PATA steps out of the crowd
  • TraveLaw looks at what agents must disclose
  • Tottori is Japan's hidden secret
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Getting you to the church on time

  • G, Merit start a new adventure
  • Lufthansa DCC fee in Canada
  • Occidental acquisition boosts Barcelo brand
  • St. Kitts welcomes Canadians
  • Check out the special weddings & honeymoons feature
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You will love Laguardia

  • Do you love LaGuardia? Okay, let’s be honest: it could use a bit of a makeover – which is exactly what’s going to happen. See page 3 for details.
  • Boomerang Tours continues to innovate on the tech side, most recently “adding muscle” to its South Pacific booking capabilities.
  • Today's Glasgow isn’t your parents’ Glasgow… Correpsondent Beatrice Ang reports on a recent visit.
  • Other features this week include Australia/NZ, Hawaii and Europe.
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Finding the right niche

  • Just what the doctors ordered
  • Slumping dollar leads to Sunwing surcharge
  • Loonie fares well against euro
  • Groups are big business
  • Plus features on the Caribbean, Technology and more
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Loonie Tunes

  • Our limping loonie has turned the tables of tourism in Canada. We examine how in this week’s front page stories.
  • Club Med is the latest to acknowledge the trend towards luxury all-inclusives. Xavier Mufraggi, the company’s North American CEO, discusses the development with Ann Ruppenstein.
  • It’s Marquee time! This week Cruising gets the royal treatment.
  • Other features this week include Canada, Mexico & Latin America, and Five Questions features Maurita Baker of Travelport
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The Elephant In The Room

  • A Canadian tour operator hopes to bring awareness about the unethical treatment of elephants in many elephant riding tour activities in Thailand.
  • Barbados is booming out of Canada, including having had a record month in January.
  • Crystal Cruises is getting into the river cruising business.
  • Other features this week include Five Questions with Tom Civitano of the Jumeirah Group and Travel Law, which looks back at the first year of Canadian ant-spam legislation.
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Join the fight now

  • Transat wants agents to join the fight
  • Greek bookings slow, but no reason not to go
  • Air Canada has come a long way and it’s ready for anything
  • Margaritaville heads for Hollywood Beach
  • Adventure meets luxury with PONANT
  • And don’t miss the special RTTF Showcase supplement featured in this week’s issue of Canadian Travel Press
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HOW TO SELL WELLNESS TRAVEL

  • The recent Well-Being Symposium in Toronto explored many aspects of the $494-billion industry, including offering tips on how agents can get their share.
  • Saint Lucia honoured some of its top agents on island recently and CTP’s Ian Stalker was there to report on the Piton Awards.
  • Skiing in Mexico and the Caribbean? Hit the slopes with Hard Rock.
  • Other features this week include Five Questions with Intrepid’s Christian Wolters and Travel Law, which answers the question: “My employee left: what’s next?”
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