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| AIR CANADA LAUNCHES YVR-MBJ |
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| Air Canada Vacations captain Tony Peters and Edmund Bartlett | | Air Canada celebrates launch of Vancouver - Montego Bay route on Dec. 19, 2008
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett welcomed Air Canada Vacations pilot Captain Tony Peters to Jamaica after the landing of the inaugural flight from Vancouver to Montego Bay on December 19, 2008. The flight is the destination’s first ever non-stop service from British Columbia and will be departing every Friday this winter season.
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| TRANSAT’S HOLIDAY WINNERS |
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Transat Holidays announces winners of its Royal Caribbean Shopping Spree promotion and “Celebrity Cruises Shopping Spree and Win a Free Cruise Promotion”
Transat Holidays has announced the winners of its Royal Caribbean Shopping Spree promotion, as well as its “Celebrity Cruises Shopping Spree and Win a Free Cruise Promotion”. The Western winner for the Royal Caribbean Shopping Spree promotion was Belinda Bennett of Marlin Travel in Edmonton, Alberta, and the Western winner of the Celebrity Cruise shopping promotion was Pamela Montgomery of White Rock Travel in Vancouver, British Columbia. Montegomery was the big winner, with a cruise for two in Alaska onboard the Celebrity Mercury plus a $250US onboard credit.
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| WESTJET GROWS THIS SUMMER |
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WestJet adds service between Edmonton and Yellowknife, as well as Calgary and San Diego and San Francisco
WestJet today announced the addition of four new seasonal destinations and new seasonal non-stop service to several Canadian and U.S. cities as part of its 2009 enhanced summer schedule. The four new destinations expand WestJet's network to 55 cities across Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. New seasonal non-stop service between Edmonton and Yellowknife will begin on May 4 and 5, 2009, respectively. WestJet will also launch new seasonal non-stop service between Calgary and San Diego on June 1, 2009, and between Calgary and San Francisco on June 2, 2009. The announcement of these new destinations is part of WestJet's enhanced summer schedule, which also includes new seasonal non-stop service between Vancouver and Saskatoon and Regina, Vancouver and Fort McMurray, Toronto and Fort McMurray and Vancouver and London, Ont.
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| THNWEST.COM AWARDS OF MERIT 2008 |
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Awards of Merit 2008 from THNWest.com nominations continue; Jan. 4 deadline to nominate your pick!
Continue nominating your colleagues for the THNWest.com Awards of Merit 2008 here at THNWest.com. The THNWest.com Awards of Merit are open for all travel professionals throughout Western Canada from December 1st, 2008 to January 4, 2009. Don't miss out, cast your vote and get involved today! You are all invited. Click here for the rules. Click here to nominate someone. Click here to see who has been nominated. Categories include: Travel Industry Personality of the Year, THNWest.com; Travel Agent of the Year, THNWest.com; Reservation Agent of the Year, THNWest.com (Wholesaler and Consolidator); and Representative of the Year, THNWest.com (Wholesaler, cruises, insurances, hotel chains, airlines, others).
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| AC REJECTS FLIGHT ATTENDANT INCENTIVES IN MANITOBA |
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Manitoba government tries to convince Air canada to reopen its Winnipeg flight attendant base
Canadian Press
The Manitoba government is now trying to use both a carrot and a stick to convince Air Canada to reopen its flight attendant base in Winnipeg. Two months after it announced plans to sue the airline for cutting the flight attendant jobs in the city, the province is now trying to sweet talk the airline into rethinking its decision. It's offering incentives such as a cut in the aviation fuel tax, although the initial reaction has been less than encouraging. "We've offered Air Canada some ideas of how they can reduce costs, including some issues of movement with our government on aviation fuel for passenger flights,'' Premier Gary Doer said Tuesday.
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FLIGHT CENTRE VOTED TOPS
For the eighth straight year, Flight Centre has been rated among the top 50 employers to work for in Canada, according to Report on Business Magazine’s annual rankings. The retail travel company ranked 11th this year, a four spot improvement over last year. One hundred and forty-five Canadian organizations registered to participate in the study. The results from this year’s study were based on survey responses from more than 115,000 Canadian employees, with additional input from over 1,200 leaders and human resources professionals. Individuals were asked how likely they were to speak positively about the company, have an intense desire to be part of the organization, and whether they exerted extra effort in their job to contribute to the company’s overall success. |
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