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01 MAR 2012: The last time I picked up a rental car on arrival at Heathrow, it took me no more than a couple of minutes to find myself in serious (head-on) trouble.
01 MAR 2012: Kentucky Tourism was less than happy with a British marketing firm that put up a website that promoted the state to British tourists as a place to play ``roadkill bingo'' while visiting horse farms and bourbon distilleries.
01 MAR 2012: China’s Hainan Airlines may swap its orders for Boeing 787 Dreamliners for Boeing’s new 747-8 Intercontinentals. Hainan has ordered 10 of Boeing’s Dreamliners with a capacity of approximately 250 passengers. The 747-8I carries about 465 passengers in a normal configuration.
01 MAR 2012: ASTA has created the Joining Forces Travel Industry Coalition, a group of high profile travel companies committed to providing jobs to military veterans and their spouses.
01 MAR 2012: Here’s something for travellers planning a March vacation. For a limited time, Sunwing is offering an amazing 50 percent off brochure rates on a selection of southern vacation packages.
01 MAR 2012: You’ve heard it a thousand times before. “I want something new, somewhere where I don’t have long wait times between connecting flights, basically I want to be on the beach in five hours.”
01 MAR 2012: Does the amount of money you ask for determine your value? When supermodel Linda Evangelista said years ago, “we don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day” she set the bar for her profession at the time. So, when cash strapped Discover America Canada went to the US Travel Association looking for funding and got turned down – was it because they simply undermined their own position by asking for way too little.
05 MAR 2012: The Godmother-to-be is travelling. She'll be back next week.
05 MAR 2012: Their Royal Highnesses, Prince and Princess Edward, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, recently visited the island of Saint Lucia, a former British colony and member of the British Commonwealth, whose 33rd independence anniversary coincided with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration.
05 MAR 2012: SellOffVacations.com has announced the appointment of industry veteran Mark McKague to the position of district sales manager, Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
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