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Gorilla power
- One of life’s great experiences is meeting gorillas in the wild. Travel Courier reporter Ann Ruppenstein did just that earlier this year and offers her account in this week’s cover story.
- Intrepid is restarting tours to Nepal after devastating earthquakes earlier in the year. But is it business as usual in the Himalayan nation? Our lead story examines…
- Weekly sections include Cruise; Europe; Insurance; and Asia-Pacific.
- As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.
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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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Celebrating The Sound of Music
- As The Sound of Music celebrates its 50th anniversary, officials from Salzburg Tourism and the Austrian Tourist Office predict tourism to the home-base of the von Trapp family will soar this year. Our Cover Story tells all.
- Hold the bus! Our top news story looks at freestyle travel brand Busabout which recently added Asia to its repertoire.
- Weekly sections include Africa, Hawaii, Canada and Winter Long-Stays.
- As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much 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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Hope for wild life in Nova Scotia
- The travel industry can help a Nova Scotia sanctuary with its mission to rehabilitate local wildlife and return the animals to nature; our cover story this week discusses how…
- Toronto’s Pan Am Games are now officially in the books and, beyond some new sporting venues and a airport rail link, we wondered if the event would have a tourism legacy. Some key travel industry figures weigh in with their opinions in this week’s lead story…
- Weekly sections include Cruising; Caribbean; Mediterranean; and Australia, NZ and the South Pacific.
- As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.
- Plus, check out Jamaica Island Vibrations special digital newsletter.
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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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Loving the new New York
- New York state tourism execs are eager to ensure that travel agents, and prospective visitors, remember that there is more to the state than New York City. We discuss in this week’s cover story.
- What’s happening in Aruba? No less an authority than the island’s prime minister himself dropped in to the offices of Travel Courier to provide an update.
- Weekly sections include Cruising, Mexico & Latin America, Britain & Europe, and US.
- As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.
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Dare to share
- Our cover story this week looks at I Like Local, a booking service based on the growing trend of sharing or peer-to-peer travel.
- Unused vacation time is being called an “epidemic” – and not just by the travel industry. It’s bad for the economy and people’s health, says the US Travel Association, which is working to reverse the trend. Find out how in our lead story this week.
- Weekly sections include Family Travel and Sun Destinations.
- As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, and much more.
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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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You’ll flip over Club Med-Cirque partnership
- Club Med meets Cirque du Soleil at a unique resort in Punta Cana. TC’s Anne Ruppenstein flipped out over her visit.
- Soft Voyage will launch a cruise booking engine this fall; get the preview in our lead story.
- Weekly sections include Caribbean and the Med.
- As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.
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