Meander over to Munster (Germany) with this week\'s cover story, courtesy of Travel Courier western editor Ted Davis, who visited recently.
News bites include new funding for Quebec tourism, a photographic report from Ensemble\'s recent regional event in Toronto, and weekly features on Cruising, Europe and Mexico/Latin America.
Tourcan is celebrating 25 years is in business and we\'ve a got a special supplement in this week\'s Courier looking back, and forward, on the Toronto-based exotic tour wholesaler.
Ongoing is the 13th annual Agents\' Choice Awards. See the ballot on page 18 (or go to www.travelpress.com/aca2012/ ) for voting instructions and details on three great grand prize incentives: a Kenya safari from MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel; and cruises courtesy of Royal Caribbean and Azamara Club Cruises. Voting ends April 30.
The 13th annual Agents' Choice Awards is in full swing and this week we examine one of the amazing grand prizes — a Kenya safari courtesy of MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel. Check out the cover photograph and imagine yourself there, then turn to page 10 and 11 for all the details before casting your votes at www.travelpress.com/aca2012/. Please note: voting ends April 30.
And if a safari grand prize isn't enough to get the blood bubbling, turn to page 3 to read all about our latest grand prize, a cruise with Royal Caribbean. Along with an Azamara cruise, that makes three grand prizes in total as incentives for Agents' Choice.
Sections this week in Travel Courier include Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and Cruising, along with our weekly departments — air, hotels, tours, West, fams, events, and incentives.
An amazing Azamara cruise has been added as a second grand prize for this year\'s Agents\' Choice Awards readership survey, conducted by Travel Courier, Canadian Travel Press and travelpress.com. One lucky agent will win a luxury trip to Europe to sail with Azamara Club Cruises aboard the Azamara Journey or Azamara Quest. The Azamara cruise joins a sensational safari to Kenya, courtesy of MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the latter with return air between London, UK, and Nairobi courtesy of Kenya Airways. See the full details on page 3 of this issue and the ballot on page 21. Voting online is easy at www.travelpress.com/aca2012/.
If you can get beyond the prospects of winning a cruise or safari after voting in the readership survey, be sure find out how to win yet another trip, this one to the Calgary Stampede, courtesy of Anderson Vacations and its tourism partners in Calgary and Alberta, on page19.
Oh, yes, the news! See our guide to Palm Beach, Fla., and special features on the Caribbean and cruising, plus all the regular features in Travel Courier.
Thailand is terrific, but there\'s more to the destination than Bangkok. Travel Courier western editor Ted Davis visited recently and offers some suggestions of where to visit outside the metropolis.
More and more Canadians are travelling across the border to begin their travelling, and that costs the Canadian travel industry. Find out who the Hotel Association of Canada blames in this week\'s Courier
And don\'t forget to enter the Agents\' Choice Awards for a chance to win a sensational safari in Kenya for two! Sponsored by MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the trip will be awarded to one participant in the annual readership survey, which is back for its 13th year. Details can be found on page 26.
The Calgary Stampede is as iconic a Canadian institution as there is. Anderson Vacations, with partners the Stampede, Tourism Calgary and Travel Alberta, will take one lucky travel agent to the experience via the March Travel Courier cover contest. For full details of how to enter, see page 11.
BC\'s government has dropped its tax on jet fuel. We look at the reaction in this week\'s Courier. Sections included USA and the Caribbean.
Don’t forget to enter the Agents\' Choice Awards for a chance to win a sensational safari in Kenya for two! Sponsored by MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the trip will be awarded to one participant in the annual readership survey, which is back for its 13th year. Details can be found on page 24.