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QANTAS OFFERS GREAT BARRIER REEF AIRPASS
Qantas Vacations has extended the deadline to purchase its Great Barrier Reef Airpass to October 31. Priced at $1,199, the Pass includes roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles, San Francisco or Honolulu to Australia on Qantas Airways, a stop in Brisbane and three flights within Australia: 1 flight to Cairns or Townsville, and two additional flights to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart or Launceston. Taxes and fuel surcharges are extra. |
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| REVELSTOKE LODGE GETS NEW GM |
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Peter Nielson named new general manager of Nelson Lodge, Revelstoke, BC
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| Peter Nielsen | | Boutique Hotels & Resorts of British Columbia has announced the appointment of Peter Nielsen as General Manager of the Nelsen Lodge in Revelstoke, British Columbia. Peter will assume his position on October 1, 2008. A veteran of the industry, Nielsen has worked in various capacities in numerous hotels throughout B.C. including the Poet’s Cove Resort and Spa on Pender Island and The Fairmont Chateau Whistler in Whistler and the Cedarwood Inn and Suites in Sidney. Most recently, Nielsen was the opening general manager of Boutique Hotel & Resorts of British Columbia’s Oswego Hotel in Victoria. “We are thrilled that Peter has decided to join in the opening of The Nelsen Lodge,” said Mike Duggan, President of Boutique Hotels & Resorts of British Columbia.
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| WESTERN WINNERS WITH SILK HOLIDAYS |
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Silk Holidays Awards Grand Prizes In Western Canada
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| Ricky Poon, Sue Chisholm, Glen Brooks | | Japan Airlines and Silk Holidays travelled through Western Canada with Japan Month Silk Holidays agent winners in June and July. All travel agents who attended were eligible to win one return economy class ticket from Vancouver to Tokyo on Japan Airlines and one seven-day Ordinary Japan Rail Pass. Leonie Alston of Uniglobe Geo Travel in Kamloops and Sue Chisholm of BCAA Travel in Delta were the lucky winners. A month later, the Indonesia Consulate Vancouver, EVA Airways, Panorama Tours and Silk Holidays hosted Visit Indonesia 2008 events throughout Western Canada August 4 to 7. Continue reading for complete details.
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| MEXICO UNVEILS NEW SINALOA BEACH PROJECT |
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Mexico’s Escuinapa Resort will be the new Cancun on the Pacific
Mexican president Felipe Calderón Hinojosa unveiled plans for the creation of a new beach resort in the state of Sinaloa, on the Pacific coast. The new resort project in Escuinapa Sinaloa will initially benefit from a public funding of $500 million, with the goal of attracting around $6.6 billion in private investment. “This is the most important project put forth by the public sector in Mexico. It is the most important project in 25 years, and it will also be the foremost project of the first two decades of the 21st century.
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| ROCKY MOUNTAINEER’S VIP 2010 TRAIN RIDE |
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Rocky Mountaineer Vacations to operate special Alberta train in 2010
Rocky Mountaineer Vacations has announced an agreement with brand.LIVE, an international event management company, to operate a VIP corporate hospitality train during February of 2010 on behalf of the Province of Alberta and its clients. The Rocky Mountaineer train will run daily between North Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. using a special consist comprised of the legendary GoldLeaf Service dome cars and lounge cars. The agreement with brand.LIVE also includes use of the Rocky Mountaineer Station for special events in February of 2010.
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| BOOK WHISTLER EARLY AND SAVE |
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| Photo provided by Tourism BC/Tom Ryan | | Early (Snow)birds snap up great deals on Whistler ski vacation packages
Whistler is offering Book Early and Save packages that will save your clients up to 35 per cent on accommodations and lift tickets, and let kids 12 and under ski and rent free if they book before November 15. Five-night lodging and four-day lift packages start from $448 per person and seven-night lodging and six-day lift packages start from $640 per person. New at Whistler Blackcomb this year is the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola, opening December 12. It will move skiers and snowboarders between Whistler Blackcomb's two peaks in 11 minutes. It will be the longest unsupported lift span in the world. For more information, visit whistler.com.
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