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Porter Adds Summer Flights to Quebec City, Halifax, Thunder Bay

May 27, 2009 Porter Airlines is adding seasonal summer flights to a number of Canadian cities, offering up to five daily flights between Halifax, Ottawa and Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA). Quebec City returns as a more frequent destination, with six weekly flights to TCCA. Porter will also offer up to three daily roundtrips to Thunder Bay, Ont. Service begins June 26 to both cities. For full … Read More about Porter Adds Summer Flights to Quebec City, Halifax, Thunder Bay

Earn Up to 60,000 Points with Holiday Inn’s Priority Club Meeting Rewards Program

May 26, 2009 Planners who enroll in Holiday Inn's Priority Club Meeting Rewards Program can start earning points with every qualified meeting held at the hotel chain's 900-plus properties in North America. As a member of Priority Club Meeting Rewards, planners will: • Receive 3 points on every $1 US spent on qualified meetings; • Reach Elite status after holding just one qualified meeting; • Have … Read More about Earn Up to 60,000 Points with Holiday Inn’s Priority Club Meeting Rewards Program

Conference Center at Turtle Bay Offers Complete Incentive Plan

May 26, 2009 The Pacific Rim Conference Center at Turtle Bay Resort, in O'ahu, Hawaii, is offering a Complete Incentive Plan tailored for incentive meetings. Valid through Dec. 21, 2009 and costing of $1,450 per person, for five nights, double occupancy, the Complete Incentive Package includes: • Run of oceanfront accommodations - five nights; • One-and-a-half-hour opening reception with heavy … Read More about Conference Center at Turtle Bay Offers Complete Incentive Plan

Marco Island Marriott’s ‘Passage to Paradise’ Offer

May 12, 2009 Through its Passage to Paradise offer, Marco Island Marriott will provide complimentary roundtrip transfers from Fort Myers or Naples, Fla., airports for groups who book 100 or more peak rooms with a three-night minimum stay for meetings held on any dates in 2009. Southwest Florida International Airport, in Fort Myers, is about 50 miles from the resort, while the regional Naples … Read More about Marco Island Marriott’s ‘Passage to Paradise’ Offer

Hilton Barbados Rewards Groups for Minimum 10 Rooms/Night

May 12, 2009 The 350-room beachfront Hilton Barbados is extending a special offer for planners who book at least 10 rooms per night. The offer includes: $80-per-person food-and-beverage resort credit; Complimentary 30-minute, drinks-only cocktail reception; 50-per-cent discount on meeting-room rental; Hilton Honors Event Planner bonus points for participating planner. The property features … Read More about Hilton Barbados Rewards Groups for Minimum 10 Rooms/Night

Fort Lauderdale Launches ‘Sunsational’ Summer Savings Plan

May 19, 2009 Greater Fort Lauderdale has launched the Sunsational Summer Savings Plan for summer meetings now through 2011. The plan offers complimentary space rental at the Broward County Convention Center and a one-hour welcome reception, including displayed and passed hors d'oeuvres and open bar, for registered attendees. It also provides meeting professionals with a 10-per-cent discount on … Read More about Fort Lauderdale Launches ‘Sunsational’ Summer Savings Plan

Starwood Resorts in Los Cabos Offer Meetings Packages

May 19, 2009 Groups booking at The Westin Resort & Spa Los Cabos, through May 31, 2009, will receive a 3-per-cent credit to the master account for guestroom revenue, a 10-per-cent discount on food and beverage rates, 20-per-cent discount on A/V rates and up to 100,000 Starpoints as a signing bonus. To follow those incentives, meeting and events guests will receive a 3-per-cent discount on the … Read More about Starwood Resorts in Los Cabos Offer Meetings Packages

Air Canada, Spanair Expand Canada-Spain Service

May 19, 2009 Air Canada and Star Alliance partner Spanair have signed a codeshare agreement that expands their networks between popular business and leisure destinations in Canada and Spain. This follows Air Canada's re-introduction, on May 1, of non-stop flights between Toronto and Madrid. Under the agreement, Air Canada's network has expanded to serve six destinations in Spain on codeshare … Read More about Air Canada, Spanair Expand Canada-Spain Service

CDC Suspends Mexico Travel Warning

May 19, 2009 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has suspended its warning against all non-essential travel to Mexico, first issued April 27 in response to widespread outbreaks of H1N1 "swine" flu. The agency "downgraded" its advice to what it calls a Travel Health Precaution for travel to Mexico. For the full story, click here … Read More about CDC Suspends Mexico Travel Warning

European Incentive Travel, Meetings Sharply Down

By Don Douloff, May 7, 2009 The global economic slowdown has translated into steep declines in incentive travel and demand for conferences and meetings in Europe. However, low fuel prices, industry price discounts and strong government responses provide hope that by the third quarter of 2009, European business-travel demand may begin to stabilize. This, according to European Tourism 2009: Trends … Read More about European Incentive Travel, Meetings Sharply Down

First Lady Cruises Explore Chicago’s Architecture

By Don Douloff, May 07, 2009 City lovers visiting Chicago are now able to experience a 90-minute immersion in the city’s renowned architecture aboard Chicago’s First Lady Cruise. First Lady Cruises is the official fleet for the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF). Each season, more than 100 CAF-certified volunteer docents guide 1,600 CAF river cruises, held aboard vessels styled after Sequoia, … Read More about First Lady Cruises Explore Chicago’s Architecture

Hyatt Phoenix/Mesa Opens

By Don Douloff, April 30, 2009 The Hyatt Place Phoenix/Mesa has opened, in the Mesa Riverview Lifestyle Center. There are 152 guestrooms offering 42-inch HDTV, the Hyatt Grand Bed and an 8-ft. sectional sofa-sleeper. Rooms also feature an oversized desk and ergonomic chair. The Hyatt Plug Panel lets guests connect their own entertainment media (laptops, MP3 and DVD players) to the … Read More about Hyatt Phoenix/Mesa Opens

Montreal

Boasting European flare, international appeal and exuberant joie de vivre, this Quebec city is like nowhere else in North America and offers groups a myriad of exciting options. By David Pye, March/April 2009 American author David Homel described his adopted hometown of Montreal as “a city made for the expatriate; the perplexed individual hanging between the Old World and the New.” It is … Read More about Montreal

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