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Travel Courier

TC February 21, 2013

Hard to believe, but the first “tourist” set foot in Florida 500 years ago. Find out who it was and what the state is doing to celebrate in 2013 on page 10.
Virgin Atlantic Airways is getting set to start service from Vancouver. Read about the airline’s interesting recent promotional activities in the city in our lead story.
Don’t forget to enter our February contest to win a trip for two to SeaWorld Orlando to see this year’s major new attraction, Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins. The ballot in on page 13.
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Don’t forget to enter our February contest to win a trip for two to SeaWorld Orlando to see this year’s major new attraction, Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins. The ballot in on page 23.
Meet the Masai of Tanzania in this week’s Travel Courier cover story.
Special sections this week include Britain & Europe and Africa.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, Fams, and Events.

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Another year another mega attraction added at SeaWorld Orlando. And not only can you get all the poop on Antartica: Empire of the Penguins in this week’s Courier, you could win a trip for two to see it. Turn to page 10 and 11 for details.
Vancouver’s new tourism master plan is finally in the works. Find out how it will unfold in our lead story.
Special sections this week include River Cruising, Caribbean, Hawaii, and the Mediterranean.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, Fams, and Events.

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The Year of the Snake. Sounds ominous, or perhaps like a Hollywood film. Not to worry, it’s only the Chinese zodiac symbol for 2013. Get the latest on the upcoming Chinese New Year’s celebrations in this week’s Courier.
Russia is hoping to make tourism inroads in Canada with the appointment of a new rep in this country. Find out who it is and what they’ll be doing in our lead story.
Special sections this week include Asia/Pacific and Latin America/Mexico.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, and Events.

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It may be a long flight, but a Tahiti vacation isn’t as pricey as many believe as examined in this week’s Travel Courier Cover Story.
Our lead news story takes a look at Air Canada Vacations’ newly launched 2013 Europe program.
Special sections this week include Cruise, Weddings/Honeymoons and Europe.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, and Events.

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There’s always a lot going on in Orlando and who better than Travel Courier to make sense of it all. From the new Disney Fantasyland to Universal’s forthcoming Transformers ride and SeaWorld’s Antarctica, we put it all down in print this week.
On the other side of the world, Guangzhou, China, is boosting its profile, and is looking to China Southern’s YVR service to add to the mix.
Special sections this week include Cruise and the USA
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, and Events.

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The noliZone allows travellers with a conscience — or at least those who would like to exercise it — to get out into the communities they are visiting to meet and help the local people. Our cover story this week explores the program.
rouge is a reality and we check out agent opinion on Air Canada’s new carrier.
Special sections travel to Cuba & the Caribbean and Africa.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, Fams, and Events.

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Ever wonder about those items hanging on the walls at Hard Rock’s hotels or cafÃ©s? Or how they choose their music? We go “behind the music” at Hard Rock in this week’s cover story.
Royal Irish/Scottish Tours has some happy news to start the new year: the Toronto-area tour op will pay more commission in 2013.
Our annual global trade show calendar lists all the world’s top travel shows, from the American Bus Association gathering in North Carolina this week to next December’s International Luxury Travel Market in France.
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The Fantasy continues at Walt Disney World with the unveiling of the fist stages of the new Fantasyland. We were there and offer a report in this week’s Cover Story.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, Fam, Events, and Trade Incentives.
Please note that we’re on holiday next week (i.e there will be no Dec. 27 issue of TC), but we’ll be back on Jan. 3, 2013.
Don’t forget to check out the Canadian edition of Agent Life, the official publication of NACTA, in this issue (see left hand page preceding the cover).

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Kids and Christmas are synonymous, so for many years now we at Travel Courier have found a cute one in our midst to grace our annual holiday cover. This year we say hello to 13-month-old Abigail, daughter of production team member Michael Mouatt. Check her out on this week’s cover.
IATA forecasts that that airline industry will grow in 2013 with — no surprise — China leading the way. We report on the report on Page 3.
Sections this week include: Hawaii and Cruising.
Regular features include West, On Tour, Check-in, Fam, Events, and Trade Incentives.

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