LET US GET YOU OUT OF TOWN
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Sunspots Holidays says
short US getaways have
“never been so
affordable” and the
company has a variety of
destinations for its
clients “to have an
enjoyable trip and not
spend a fortune.”
Sunspots says its “great
rates” from major cities
with American Airlines
and US Airways can take
people throughout the
United States.
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Those who book a hotel
with the company will
get a discount of up to
30 per cent. Hotel
brands available include
Sheraton, Four Points,
Comfort Inn, Luxury
Collection, Clarion, Le
Meridien, Comfort
Suites, Westin, Quality
and Sleep Inn.
There has
never been a better time
for a romantic retreat.
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WestJet
takes off for St. Lucia
beginning Dec. 16
WestJet will launch new
seasonal non-stop
service from Toronto to
St. Lucia beginning Dec.
16. The airline’s
enhanced winter schedule
also includes new
non-stop flights from
Hamilton to Nassau, Fort
Lauderdale, Orlando and
Tampa. “St. Lucia ... |
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Hola Sun
is making it easier for
Ontario residents to
reach Cuba this winter.
The tour operator will
begin Toronto-Varadero
Sunday service Dec. 23,
with the service
continuing until April
30, 2008. The current
Saturday service will
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The Canadian Air Transport
security Authority is renewing an appeal to
air travellers a year after Canada adopted
restrictions on liquids, gels and aerosols.
In spite of the year-old regulations,
numerous air travellers continue to arrive
at the pre-board screening checkpoint with
over-sized quantities of bottled water,
perfume, shampoo, hair gel, and other
toiletries.
ONLINE CUSTOMERS UNHAPPY
As per the findings of survey, commissioned
by Tealeaf, a US specialist in customer
experience management software solutions,
about 87 percent of consumers conducting
transactions online have experienced
problems. This year's survey highlights
online consumer intolerance, as 42 percent
of those who have experienced problems when
conducting online transactions have switched
to a competitor or abandoned the transaction
entirely, and another 52 percent who have
experienced bad customer service from a
company's contact center, following an
online issue, have completely stopped doing
business with the company.
Obesity costing airlines and
passengers By Geoffrey Thomas-
IN 2000 it was estimated by the American
Journal of Preventative Medicine that the
increasing "weight of passengers was costing
the US airline industry $US275 million ($313
million) for the additional 300 million
gallons (1135 litres) of fuel required to
lift the extra pounds". Seven years on, with
fuel up 145 per cent, that cost has
ballooned to $673 million, but so has the
weight of passengers - and not just in the
US. The World Heath Organization states that
today more people (1.7 billion) are obese
than malnourished, and the rate is
increasing at an alarming rate. So are
complaints from passengers forced to sit
next to obese passengers. Through the 1990s,
the average weight of Americans jumped by
4.5kg, according to the US Centre for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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SAIL AWAY
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ENCORE
CRUISES
OFFERS POINTS PROGRAM
- We Canadians love to
collect points, and why
not, it doesn’t cost us
anything extra to do it
and the rewards can be
so beneficial especially
if you're collecting
points towards the cost
of a cruise.
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With
Encore’s exclusive
Cruise Loyalty Programme,
SeaPoints, you’ll
collect points every
time your travel agent
books your cruise with
us on any of the 12
cruise lines we
represent. And you’ll be
collecting at the rate
of one SeaPoint for
every $2 you spend. As
one example, if $10,000
is the value of your
cruise booking, your
reward is 5000 SeaPoints! |
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INN THE NEWS
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Of the 20
largest hotels in the
world, 15 are located
within a two-mile radius
of Las Vegas, according
to ehotelier.com. The
No. 1 hotel was the
First World with more
than 6,000 rooms in
Malaysia. But following
right behind was the
5690-room MGM Grand. In
the past, the Grand was
the largest in the
world. |
PLANE TALK
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Air Canada
has introduced paperless boarding passes for its
customers who check in using their PDA (personal
digital assistant such as Blackberry or Treo) or
cell phone. Air Canada's mobile check-in service,
available at
www.mobile.aircanada.com, has been enhanced to
now offer customers the option of receiving an
electronic boarding pass in the form of SMS text
messages that the customer simply shows to airport
security screening personnel and Air Canada gate
agents, in lieu of a paper boarding pass.
Delta
customers whose domestic flights originate at the
airline's Kennedy
hub will have to check their bags at least 45
minutes prior to the flight's
scheduled departure, beginning Oct. 15th
JetBlue
will stop accepting cash payments for in-flight
purchases as of Nov. 1, switching to a system in
which it accepts payments only by credit or debit
cards. |
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WestJet
Cares for Kids, WestJet’s community investment
program, has donated more flights than ever before
to Hope Air, one of its longest standing charitable
partners. A total of 800 gifts of flight will be
given to Hope Air this year, surpassing last year’s
gift of 627 flights. |
*Some restrictions may apply.
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