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| Happy New Year From CRTA | Source: CRTA | A New Year is soon upon us as this festive season is well on its way. We hope you had a chance to experience new and exciting vacations in 2023. May all your travels this coming year be filled with joy and laughter. Creating precious memories is what we are all passionate about and on behalf of CRTA’s Board of Directors, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! |
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| ARDA Sees Strong Advocacy Success in 2023, Plans Ahead for 2024 | Source: ARDA | To prepare for the year ahead, the 2024 Legislative Policy Council (LPC) advocacy plan was finalized at the ARDA Fall Leadership & Policy Forum in November. This plan outlines ARDA’s advocacy goals on behalf of the industry and owners and was thoughtfully crafted with input from members, timeshare owners and our coalition partners. |
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| Maui travel is recovering faster than expected, report notes | Source: Travel Weekly | The latest report released by the Economic Research Organization at the University of Hawaii brings good news for the tourism industry on the island of Maui. It said that the Maui visitor numbers are recovering faster than it expected. |
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| Mexican Army-Run Airline Makes First Flight to Resort Town | Source: Flying | Mexico’s military has revived the country’s former state-operated Mexicana airlines, launching service from Mexico City to a new international airport in the Caribbean. Earlier this year, the Mexican government spent $48 million to buy the Mexicana brand, which folded 13 years ago following bankruptcy proceedings and years after its privatization, Reuters reported. |
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| Ottawa joins worldwide push for 'passport-less' travel using facial recognition — but critics worry | Source: National Post | In a request for information quietly issued in October, Transport Canada asked for contractors to propose ways of implementing its Air Right Touch initiative, where passengers could move through the airport on the authority of their own facial biometrics, tied electronically to passport and other data. The concept may save airlines money and lessen the hassle of flying, but it could create brand-new privacy threats. |
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RANDOM BITS & NEWS BITES | RANDOM BITS & NEWS BITES |
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| Seven of Canada’s biggest airlines share 2023 successes, lessons learned and 2024 outlooks | Source: Travel Week | Who better to put the airline industry’s 2023 performance into words, than the airline executives themselves? For this year-end retrospective, we’re offering up 2023 successes (and lessons learned), plus outlooks for 2024, from more than half a dozen of Canada’s top carriers. |
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| How You Can Avoid Fraud When Exiting Your Timeshare | Source: AARP | How You Can Avoid Fraud When Exiting Your Timeshare. Arm yourself with a little knowledge, though, and you can beat the fraudsters at their own game. Here are the things you should do when you’re ready to sell, and the things to avoid |
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| Canadians could see changes in banking next year. What to expect | Source: Global News | Here’s a look at some of the other changes expected in Canadian banking in 2024: Open banking including: open banking, a single option for banking complaints, faster payments, and changes to predatory lending laws. |
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