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| VIVA LAS VEGAS! |
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Vancouver industry lunch celebrates all the latest news from the Las Vegas Covention and Visitors Authority
By Hilary Genders
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| Tara Schaup, Pink Jeep Tours; Susan Webb, president, VoX International; Peter Nowicki, VoX International, account executive, LVCVA | | Vancouver-area tour operator, airline and agency representatives turned out in force to learn about all the latest news from Las Vegas at a lunch hosted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) hosted a lunch at the Century House Restaurant. VoX International’s president Susan Webb and Vancouver-based account executive Peter Nowicki filled guests in on all the latest developments on the Strip, while Tara Schaup, group sales coordinator for Pink Jeep Tours, showed off her company’s range of itineraries that will give your clients a taste of “natural Las Vegas”. Read on for a glimpse into the latest news from Las Vegas.
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| TWO MORE ALBERTANS “FIGHT THE FEBRUARY FUNK” WITH FUN SUN |
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| Darlene Cole from Sears Travel in Calgary, St. Albert’s Carolyn Patrick from Ensemble Farlie Worldwide Travel latest winners
Albertan travel agents are proving lucky in Fun Sun Vacation’s “Fight the February Funk” promotion. First Sylvia Gutsche from Carlson Wagonlit in Calgary, and now Darlene Cole from Sears Travel in Calgary, St. Albert’s Carolyn Patrick from Ensemble Farlie Worldwide Travel have been drawn to win some great prizes. Darlene Cole was selected as the second winner of $500 cash just for booking with Fun Sun Vacations. And Carolyn Patrick is the first of two winners of a trip to her choice of destination: Southern California, Florida, Hawaii or Las Vegas. No word yet on her decision! Read on to learn how you can win your own cash or travel prize.
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| FLYING AC TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE THIS SUMMER |
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Aircraft refurbishment program will be “substantially complete” in time for enhanced summer schedule
Air Canada announced Monday that passenger travelling this summer will experience more comfort and more selection, thanks to the substantial progress of its aircraft refurbishment program and its enhanced summer schedule. Changes to Western Canadian routes include a new daily non-stop between Saskatoon and Ottawa; the addition of adding a second daily frequency between Vancouver and Regina, a third daily flight between Vancouver and Prince Rupert, a third daily flight between Kamloops and Calgary, a fourth daily flight each between Calgary and the cities of Fort McMurray and Victoria, and a fifth daily flight between Edmonton and Fort McMurray and between Calgary and Montreal.
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| RIVER ROCK CASINO RESORT TO UNDERGO $118 MILLION EXPANSION |
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Five-storey, 191-room hotel planned to open at Richmond, B.C. resort before 2010 Olympics
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| River Rock Casino Resort | | Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has announced plans to develop a new five-storey, 191 room hotel at its River Rock Casino Resort. The planned expansion will also feature 360 additional parking spaces – in addition to a previously announced 1,200-space garage already under construction; 15,000 square feet of street level retail space, 6,000 square feet of professional and office space – including operations space for the R.C.M.P and Greater Vancouver Transit Authority Police; and a Canada Line mass transit station.
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| VIRGIN AMERICA ANNOUNCES SEATTLE SERVICE, LEAP YEAR SPECIALS |
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Seattle service to SFO, LAX, SAN, JFK, IAD debuts March 18; "Why Leap When You Can Fly" promotion offers flights from US $69
Virgin America, which launched service just last August, has announced it will begin service from Seattle starting in March 18 -- just in time for travellers in the region to take advantage of the airline's special "Why Leap When You Can Fly" fare promotion, with one-way flights starting as low as US $69, from Seattle to San Francisco. Seattle departures will also be available to Los Angeles, San Diego, New York and Washington, D.C. The promotion is valid on tickets purchased by February 22, 2008 for travel completed by May 21, 2008. Seven-day advance purchase is required. Changes or cancellations may be made for a US $40 fee. For full details, visit virginamerica.com.
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| LAST CHANCE FOR SILK'S TOKYO & BEIJING FAM |
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| Register now for Silk Holidays' 10-day Tokyo & Beijing Agency fam departing Vancouver April 13, 2008. The 10-day itinerary includes two full-day walking tours of Tokyo, a full-day tour to Beijing’s Tian An Man Square, Forbidden City and Summer Palace; and a full day tour to Bodaling Great Wall, Temple of Heaven and Hutong Tour. The fam price of $998 (plus air taxes, fuel surcharge, visa fee and gratuity) includes return economy class tickets from Vancouver with Japan Airlines; twin share hotel accommodation; daily breakfast and select meals; and more. Agents can travel free on this fam if they book a group of 15 or more to Japan or China by the end of 2008. For full details, visit silkholidays.com.
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