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Air Canada Poised To Transform Travel Distribution

Source: Travel Press

It is a program that it has designed to provide a competitive alternative to legacy distribution, giving agents access to Air Canada inventory, fares, ancillary services, ticketing, and digital products.

Vancouver Airport invests $40M in plan to avoid travel chaos during extreme weather

Source: Global News

Vancouver International Airport is investing $40 million to ensure what happened during the 2022 holiday season does not happen again.

The money will go towards new staff, training, more communication, better leverage technology and investing in additional equipment to keep more aircraft moving and passengers informed.

Passport Renewals Not Essential During Strike

Source:Travel Industry Today

Employment and Social Development Canada has said essential services such as employment insurance and social insurance numbers will be maintained, but passport services are not deemed essential.

That means passport applications and renewals are on hold and limited to those in humanitarian or emergency situations.

Get the Word Out About #Timeshare! Media Relations Tips from ARDA

Source: Resort Trades

IAlthough almost all the journalists had some idea what timeshares are, they were unaware of the major brands in our industry, the nature and quality of our resorts, and the flexibility and options afforded by new product offerings.

More visitors arrived. Negative sentiment decreased.

Source: Travel Weekly

Omnitrak, a Honolulu-based research company, released research this week indicating that two-thirds of Americans consider themselves "mindful travelers" who "feel a personal responsibility to take care of the places they visit."

ChatGPT: A Chatty Dozen Of Travel Tools And Services

Source: PhocusWire

ChatGPT hasn’t even been with us five months, yet you’d be excused for thinking it’s everywhere.

It took just five days after OpenAI launched the natural language processing tool before CEO Sam Altman took to Twitter to announce it had exceeded 1 million users. By one analysis, within two months ChatGPT was up to 100 million active users to become history’s fastest-growing app.

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