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| GNTO GETS CREATIVE |
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The GNTO hosts press dinner in Vancouver; releases updated tourism guide and 2010 “Creative Germany” theme
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| Vanessa Gromer and Anne Dollendorf | | Last Tuesday, HelloWestTravel.com attended the German National Tourist Office’s (GNTO) “Germany – A Winter Fairytale” press dinner at the Olympic German House in Vancouver, B.C. Preparing for 2010 with a new country theme, the GNTO has decided to focus their marketing efforts on promoting the region’s winter sports and heritage sites. Sampling a fragment of the featured destinations being offered throughout Germany for 2010 and beyond, HelloWestTravel.com had the opportunity to preview the GNTO’s updated tourism guide specifically designed for North American travellers.
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| MANITOBA TRAVEL INDUSTRY RALLIES FOR HAITI |
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| Manitoba’s travel industry raised $9,800 to assist Haiti relief efforts
Manitoba's travel industry showed its support for the people of Haiti during a fundraising event on Feb. 12 in Winnipeg. The event, billed as the “Travel Social of the Century”, had an attendance of over 300 people and raised $9,800 to assist the Mennonite Central Committee in Haiti relief efforts.
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| INSIGHT VACATIONS OFFERS AGENT TOUR DISCOUNTS |
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Insight Vacations offers European holidays for agents from $100 per person, per day
Insight Vacations is offering agents, and a guest, a holiday on any of its 2010 escorted tours at $100 per person, per day. You can select any tour from one of Insight’s 2010 programs throughout Europe, Egypt and the Mediterranean, Canada, the USA or Mexico. Please note that you will be provided with two to four days of touring. Single supplements, where available, are an added $35 per day. This offer is subject to availability. Seventy-five per cent of 2010 programs are already allocated as definite departures. Agents looking for more information can contact their local Insight Vacations sales manager.
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| TPI'S CLUB VELOCITY TRIP |
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| Travel Professionals International takes travel consultants on a Mediterranean journey
Travel Professionals International (TPI), announces the details of its 2010 Club Velocity Trip, a yearly reward given to its top travel consultants and their invited guests as a thank you for their continued sales success and commitment to TPI through its exclusive Velocity travel consultant rewards program.
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| GOWAY’S TEA TIME |
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Goway Travel hosts Afternoon Tea Road Show for western travel agents
Goway Travel will be hosting four Western-Canadian Afternoon Tea Road Show events from March 1 to March 4, 2010. The tour operator is inviting local agents to meet with their business development managers and destination experts. The informal events will take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will update agents on products to a variety of desitnations. Keep reading for more information.
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| SILK HOLIDAYS' SPRING BREAK |
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Silk Holidays is offering a tour through Beijing and Shanghai for $1,799 plus taxes
Silk Holidays offers an 11-day and nine-night stay in Beijing and Shanghai for $1,799, plus taxes, per person twin-sharing departing from Vancouver with a minimum of four people travelling. The tour allows your clients to experience many of China’s popular and historic landmarks. Your clients depart from Vancouver aboard Japan Airlines to Beijing (via Tokyo) to stay at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel for four nights. While in Beijing, they will visit sites such as Tian’anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven and the Imperial Tomb. Keep reading for complete itinerary details, as well as connection information from other Canadian cities.
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| WHISTLER CHATEAU DONATES TO THE BEARS |
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The Fairmont Chateau Whistler donates $5,000 to Whistler’s Get Bear Smart Society
For the second consecutive year, The Fairmont Chateau Whistler made a donation of $5,000 to Whistler’s Get Bear Smart Society as part of the chateau’s Eco-Innovation Signature Project. These funds have been designated for educational materials like the Bear Smart Visitors and Resident’s guides. Keep reading for more.
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