SANDALS
Agent workshops
August – September
Sandals Resorts continues its cross-Canada tour of informative travel agent workshops July through September. “The Closer You Look, The Better We Look” workshops will teach agents what sets the Sandals Luxury Included Vacation experience... › › Page 104
SANDALS
Agent workshops
August – September
Sandals Resorts continues its cross-Canada tour of informative travel agent workshops July through September. “The Closer You Look, The Better We Look” workshops will teach agents what sets the Sandals Luxury Included Vacation experience... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Events
JORDAN
Goway ‘Ultimate Fam’
Nov. 17-25
Goway has announced the destination for its fifth annual “Ultimate Fam” trip for 2015. Ten lucky agents will win a place on a seven-day trip to Jordan. Goway has partnered with the Jordan Tourism Board to put together this prestigious trip.... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Fams
Shared charters consolidator AirStMaarten is offering an early-bird discounts to travel agents looking to book private charters and shared charters to St. Barths for clients planning to travel to the island for the winter season of 2015-16. Agents looking to book private charters and shared... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Incentives
For a limited time, Sunquest is offering travellers booking a trip to Antigua an air credit of $100 per person.
Bookings must be made by Sept. 2 for departures prior to Dec. 15.
In addition, all Sunquest bookings taken in August, including those to Antigua, receive free SPF price... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Touring
WestJet pilots have rejected a bid to form a union by a vote of 55%.
WestJet president Gregg Saretsky made the following statement regarding the outcome of the unionization vote among its Boeing 737 pilots.
“We are pleased that the majority of our pilots who voted have voted against... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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News
On July 28, TICO’s board of directors approved payment of $11,716.08 to assist 16 consumers who did not receive the travel services for which they had paid. The payment was due to the failure of Mexicana Airlines in Mexico.
The board also ratified a decision by the Statutory Director for... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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In what has been a super summer season for tourism in Niagara Falls this year, Hornblower Niagara Cruises welcomed its one-millionth customer of the season Friday (Aug. 7), a full nine days earlier that it reached the milestone last year.
At 10 a.m. on Friday, Barrie, Ont. resident Rachael... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Canada
Heritage Toronto reports it has a guided tour in English and Spanish suitable for both citizens and tourists alike.
Creating Toronto: The Story of the City in Seven Stops is available
Aug. 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. In seven brief stops at some of the city’s most celebrated sites, this tour... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Canada
For the month of July, Air Canada reported a system-wide capacity increase of 9.7% and a record system load factor of 87.3%, versus 86.7% in July 2014.
On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for July increased 10.5%. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis,... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Air
The International Air Transport Association reports global passenger traffic results (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) for June showing a 5.7% increase in demand compared to June 2014.
This was a slowdown compared to the 6.9% year-over-year growth recorded in May, in part owing to the... Travel Courier Issue Date: Aug 13, 2015
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Air
