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| CRUISE 2010 WITH ENCORE CRUISEESCAPES |
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Latest brochure, Cruise 2010 Edition, now available with Encore CruiseEscapes; Disney Wonder cruises from Vancouver to Alaska
Encore CruiseEscapes has introduced its latest brochure Cruises 2010 Edition. Featuring 51 pages of the best of Encore CruiseEscapes’ 13 cruise line partners – AMAWaterways, Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Hurtigruten, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Paul Gauguin Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Royal Caribbean International – this brochure guides you through what Encore offers in terms of air product, with over 70 airline partners to choose from with departures from 46 major Canadian gateways, as well as what’s new for the coming year and beyond. A few of the highlights include... [Full text and pictures]
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| FLIGHT CENTRE ANNOUNCES CONTEST WINNERS |
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Vancouvers' Sam Macmillan is co-winner of Flight Centre’s ‘Best Travel Job Ever’ contest; two participants end up being hired as agents
Flight Centre has announced that Sam Macmillan from Vancouver, B.C. and Mike Corey from New Maryland, New Brunswick are the grand prize winners of the company’s inaugural “Best Travel Job Ever” contest. They have each won a trip to Australia courtesy of Intrepid Travel and Air Canada as well as clothing from Roots Canada, camera gear from Henry’s Photo and $2,000 cash. Flight Centre ran the contest in search of people that are passionate about travel and who wanted to spend the summer video blogging their experience from an exotic destination. Over 100 video entries were submitted and over 12,000 people voted... [Full text and pictures]
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| DAYS INN OPENS NEW HOTEL IN REGINA |
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Days Inn opens new G2 prototype hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan
Realstar Hospitality has announced the opening of its first G2 prototype Days Inn in Regina, Saskatchewan. Along with its new design, the 99-room hotel offers a free Daybreak Café breakfast, an indoor pool with waterslide and is conveniently located close to Regina International Airport in Regina’s newest shopping district, The Grasslands Development. All spacious guest rooms in this 100 per cent smoke-free hotel are equipped with a microwave, mini-fridge and a 42” flat screen LCD TV. [Full text and pictures]
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| WHAT’S NEW IN HAWAII |
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The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau has announced new developments and special deals for your clients wanting to visit the Islands
From now until August 31, 2010, Pleasant Holidays is offering its best prices of the summer travel season with its ‘August Blowout Sale’ to O‘ahu and Maui. Packages start at $269 per person and include roundtrip airfare, three-day car rentals and three nights’ hotel stay. For more information, visit pleasantholidays.com. The first of EDITION Hotels’ international chain of boutique properties introduced by Ian Schrager and Marriott International will premier in Waikïkï, O‘ahu in October 2010. The Waikiki EDITION will open in a former wing of the Ilikai Hotel and will offer a restaurant by the world-renowned Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto, an exclusive nightclub Crazybox, and various... [Full text and pictures]
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| SANDALS HOSTS AGENT WORKHOPS |
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Sandals invites western Canadian agents to “Back to School” workshops; $1,500 cash incentive for attendees
Travel agents in Western Canada are invited to register for a series of Sandals workshops this fall. The comprehensive, half-day sessions are open to all agents seeking to become Certified Sandals Specialists and current CSS agents needing to maintain their status. “With the all-important fall/winter season just ahead, we want travel agents to have every advantage in selling our three resort brands – Sandals, Beaches and Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts by attending our workshops,” said Maureen Barnes-Smith... [Full text and pictures]
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