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.
Xi’an is renowned for its terra cotta warriors, but there are other aspects to the ancient Chinese city than simply that UNESCO World Heritage Site. We tell you what in this week’s Travel Courier cover story.
Also this week, we look at the upcoming Rendez-vous en France trade shows and focus on the Middle East, along with all our regular features.
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 13.
A sensational safari in Kenya -- for two, no less! -- is the grand prize in this year\'s Agents\' Choice Awards. 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. All the details can be found in this week\'s edition of Travel Courier.
Also this week we gauge the reaction to the announcement that all of Canada\'s major scheduled airlines will offer \"all-in\" pricing in their advertising.
And, our sections include Canada, Europe and Cruise.