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| SILK HOLIDAYS' ROAD TO INDONESIA |
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Silk Holidays Indonesia Road Show swings through Western Canada
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| Ary Aprianto, Vice Consul Indonesia; Aisha Yang and Michael Chu, EVA Air; Mavis Lau, Silk Holidays; Wibanarto, Consul, Indonesia; Achmad Sufyani, Panoram Destination; and Rebecca Lin, EVA Air. In front, dancer Frieta Wibanarto | | Silk Holidays brought their Indonesia Road Show to Vancouver on August 6, the second-to-last stop on a five-city swing through B.C. and Alberta. Stops included Red Deer, Edmonton, Abbotsford, North Vancouver and Parksville and featured Balinese dancing, and colourful presentations by officials from Indonesia, Silk Holidays and EVA Air. Indonesia offers the Ultimate in Diversity and Indonesian Consul Wibanarto backed that claim up in his presentation citing the country’s 17,000 islands, 230 million people and 300 ethnic groups as a base for an amazing array of vacation experiences. The island of Java is the country’s economic and political base with almost a third of the population and the capital city, Jakarta, whose attractions include museums, art and antique markets, shopping and plenty of cultural experiences.
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| ACV INCREASES WINTER OFFERINGS |
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Air Canada Vacations increases flights, adding Calgary to Los Cabos and Vancouver to Montego Bay
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| Los Cabos, Mexico | | Air Canada Vacations is expanding their presence this fall with Air Canada adding 14 new flights in Canada. The airline will redeploy capacity to meet increased demand, with up to 28,700 seats per week offered from gateways across Canada. Twenty-nine destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico are offered, an increase of 10 per cent compared to last year. “We continue to offer our customers the widest variety of travel package options. And with our unique access to Air Canada’s network, we offer more non-stop flights from across Canada and the most convenient departure times,” said Air Canada Vacations President & CEO, Zeina Gedeon. Early booking bonuses provide your clients savings while allowing them to reserve the most popular resorts for their winter getaways.
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| AIR TRANSAT HITS EUROPE |
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Air Transat offers new flights to Barcelona, Madrid and Paris, from Vancouver this 2009 season
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| Barcelona | | Starting August 19, Air Transat’s 2009 Season flights will be available in all reservation systems. Next year, the airline will be offering scheduled flights to Spain departing from Vancouver, as well as additional flights on existing routes. With the addition of these new flights to the ones on its current 2008 flight schedule, Air Transat will offer more than 130 flights every week between Canada and Europe. New flights in 2009, departing from Vancouver include: Vancouver to Barcelona: new direct flight starting June 4, 2009, every Thursday; Vancouver to Madrid: new flight starting June 4, 2009, every Thursday; Vancouver to Paris: new flight the schedule will start earlier in 2009, as of May 7, 2009.
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| JAMAICA CELEBRATES AT CRANKWORX |
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The Jamaica Tourist Board celebrates at the Crankworx Festival
The Jamaica Tourist Board promoted the destination and its mountain biking tourism possibilities at this year’s Kokanee Crankworx Festival which finished this past weekend in Whistler, BC, August 9 to 17. The Tourist Board was on-site at the Longhorn Saloon & Grill for the duration of festival. The JTB worked with Air Canada Vacations, Sandals, and Appleton to promote the destination at the festival.
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| ROCKY MOUNTAINEER WOOS EARLY BIRDS |
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| Banff, Alberta | | Rocky Mountaineer Vacations offers early bird specials for 2009 packages
The new 2009 Rocky Mountaineer Vacations’ brochure is now available along with a special travel offer. Travellers who book their vacation early can swoop in on travel deals if they book now until January 15. When booking a minimum six-night Rocky Mountaineer vacation package in GoldLeaf Service with Fairmont deluxe accommodation, guests receive a Fairmont Hotels & Resorts gift card worth up to $600 per couple. The gift card may be used for any purchases billed to the guest room or amenities such as dining, shopping or spa treatments. “We have created a new brochure which has refreshed and streamlined the look of each of our vacation packages,” says Randy Powell, President of Rocky Mountaineer Vacations.
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