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Travel Courier

TC July 12, 2012

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It\'s soon going to cost travellers a little more to visit Jamaica. Get the details in this week\'s Travel Courier.
Read all about Peru in this week\'s Cover Story, written by Western Editor Ted Davis.
Special sections in this edition include River Cruising and Europe.
Featured video links include Viking River Cruises, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, and Las Vegas Citywide

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What a coincidence: Transat is buying, Thomas Cook is selling. Find out about their agency swap in this week’s Travel Courier.
On the cover, we delight in talking Turkey. And we promise fewer clichÃ©s in the story (fingers crossed behind the back).
Sections include the Med, and Asia/Pacific.
Also, in this digital issue, you’ll find the first edition of “Agent Life” to be distributed in Canada. It is the bi-monthly publication of the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA), which has been the long-time voice of independent travel agents in the US and which has recently launched a host agency serving home-based agents across Canada (through WD World Travel). In this edition, learn about cruising in the waters off Canada’s east coast and New England and travelling in Spain and Dubai. On the cover is Rob Durant of WD World Travel.

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What could be better than a Fort Lauderdale getaway? How about one that’s free? One lucky travel agent will have a chance to win a trip for two to the south Florida city courtesy of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, along with partners like WesJet, the beachfront Atlantic Resort & Spa, Dollar, and Sawgrass Mills. For full details on how to answer, please see page 10 and 11.
Student protests have not only disrupted daily life in Montreal but put a damper on the summer tourist season. We examine the issue in Travel Courier this week.
Weekly features include Canada, Family Travel, and the Mediterranean.

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Indus Travels knows India and has once again been named the \"Best Tour Operator to India from North America\" by India Tourism for 2011. Read Western Editor Ted Davis\' report in this week\'s Travel Courier Cover Story.
Virgin Atlantic is back in Canada with new service from Vancouver to London. Get the scoop on Sir Richard Branson and his team in this week\'s Travel Courier.
Also, be sure to check out our Las Vegas video on Pg. 24. And don\'t forget to check out our other special sections, which include Discover America, India, and Mexico/Latin America, all in this week\'s TC.

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Tourism Australia and Air New Zealand have partnered on a major vacations campaign, promoting Downunder experiences to North American travellers. Read all about it in TC this week.
It\'s wedding and honeymoon season. Check out our special Weddings & Honeymoon section in this week\'s TC.
Don\'t forget to check out our other special sections, which include Discover America, River Cruising, Europe and Africa, all in this week\'s TC.

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Vacation.com held its annual members conference at sea last week. Check out our report in TC this week.
Trafaglar Tours is 65. They\'re so happy they want you to bake a cake (and you could win a prize by doing so!). Find out what\'s cooking with Trafalgar in the cover this week.
Don\'t forget to enter this month\'s Travel Courier contest with Universal Orlando Resort. For all the details on how to win a trip for two, please see page 13.

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WestJet, seemingly, is in the news every day: new flights, aircraft, record results, codeshares, etc… Meet WestJet Vacations\' VP Chris Avery, who talks about it all in an exclusive interview with TC this week.
Confused about Dominican Republic passports. Don\'t be. On page 3, we reveal all.
Don\'t forget to enter this month\'s Travel Courier contest with Universal Orlando Resort. For all the details on how to win a trip for two, please see page 27.

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There\'s a lot going on at Universal Orlando Resort these days and one lucky travel agent will get to see for themselves courtesy of this month\'s Travel Courier cover story. For all the details on how to win a trip for two, please see pages 10 and 11.
Pow Wow, the annual US travel industry trade show concluded last week in Los Angeles. Check out this issue for some of our coverage including a look at the future of LA.
It\'s a wrap: Agents\' Choice Awards voting has ended and the results are being tallied. Look for our standalone supplement in June to find out how all your favourites fared and who won the amazing grand prizes.

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Our Cover Story explores the wonders of Kyoto, Japan's spiritual capital. Western Editor Ted Davis takes a look at the city that boasts more than 1,600 Buddhist temples and 270 Shinto Buddhist shrines.
We also examine the recent agreement made between Sunquest and WestJet. Read all about it in the Courier this week.
And, the deadline is fast approaching for voting in the Agents' Choice Awards readership survey for 2012 (voting ends April 30). One lucky agent will win a European summer cruise courtesy of Azamara Club Cruises; another, a stateroom aboard a Royal Caribbean International vessel. And, of course, there's a Kenya safari courtesy of MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel. Find out more, and how to vote, on page 19. (Or vote at https://www.travelpress.com/aca2012)

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