Trends - July 4, 2007

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CONGRATULATIONS NORM PAYNE!

Norm Payne, one of ATCO Travel's dedicated vacation counsellors, has won the 2007 NATIONAL ACTA Atlas Award for Travel Professional of the Year!

This award recognizes an active travel agent who has made a great contribution to the travel industry and whose outstanding professional activity has advanced the status of travel agents.

"We are extremely proud of Norm and his achievement. I would like to express Congratulations from everyone at ATCO Travel"
~ Paul Blaha, President, ATCO Travel

With more than 22 years experience, Norm is widely known for his energy, integrity, expert knowledge, travel foresight, incredible customer advocacy, sense of humour, stellar sales achievements and solving the most difficult travel problems.

Norm has received other recognitions for his dedication to his profession, including the recent ATCO Travel President's Sky Award in 2006.

In addition to Norm's award, ATCO Travel is also the proud winner of the 2007 ACTA Atlas Award for Travel Agency of the Year (AB & NWT).

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ID Requirements - Flying within Canada

JUNE 18 - SEPT 18, 2007
Canadian air passengers who appear to be between 12 and 17 years of age will be required to present only one piece of government-issued ID without photo.

The following pieces of valid government-issued ID may be counted toward the requirements:

- Passport - Driver's license
- Citizenship card - Health card
- Permanent Resident card - Provincial/Territorial government identification cards
- Birth Certificate - Record of Landing Form / Confirmation of Permanent Residence
- Immigration documents issued to foreign nationals
- Social Insurance Number (SIN) card

Permitting travellers under 18 years of age to fly with only one piece of ID allows families to maintain their travel plans over the summer, as they become aware of the full requirements of the Passenger Protect Program that will be in place in September.


AFTER SEPT 18, 2007
All passengers planning to travel on Canadian domestic flights, who appear to be 12 yrs of age or older, are to present the following ID before boarding:

- One piece of valid government-issued photo ID that shows name, date of birth and gender
OR
- Two pieces of valid government-issued ID (without a photo), one of which shows name, date of birth, and gender
AND
- The name on the identification must match the name on the boarding pass

All rules for flights to the United States and other international travel continue to apply. The verification of passenger's ID is already a practice followed by most major air carriers in Canada.

 

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Articles of interest:

ATCO TRAVEL EDMONTON OFFICE IS MOVING!
We're excited to move to our new location as of July 9th, 2007.
New address:
Suite 1106, 10080 Jasper Ave
Edmonton, AB, T5J 1V9
Our phone numbers will remain the same.


ALBERTA'S PEACE AIR GROUNDED
One of Alberta's oldest airlines has folded, and an airline analyst says Edmonton Airports might be partly to blame.

Peace Air, which served towns across Alberta and into British Columbia has ceased operations. Its staff have been laid off and its aircraft are to be sold.

Traci Bednard, spokesperson for Edmonton Airports, said one of Peace Air's problems has been that an increasing number of air travellers from the town of Peace River, home base of the airline, drive to Grande Prairie to catch low-cost flights rather than use Peace Air.

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CANADA TO LAUNCH "NO-FLY" LIST AS OF JUNE 18, 2007
A Canadian "no-fly" list of people to be barred from boarding domestic and international airline flights began June 18, just as the busy summer flying season got underway.

The move, nearly six years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, amounts to a flight blacklist of people "reasonably suspected" by federal officials as immediate threats to the safety of commercial aircraft, passengers or crew.
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BRITISH AIRWAYS MOVING VANCOUVER FLIGHTS FROM LHR TERMINAL 4 TO 1
 British Airways moved its Vancouver flights from London Heathrow Terminal 4 to Terminal 1 on June 1, 2007 to ease congestion and to provide smoother connections for customers. British Airways operates 13 flights a week from London to Vancouver during the height of the summer season.

- Odyssey Magazine - BTB Travel


AIR CANADA EXPANDS YEAR-ROUND SERVICE TO FLORIDA
 As of June 16, 2007, Air Canada is expanding its service to Florida and is giving customers more options for travel to the U.S. by adding a year-round, non-stop weekly flight between Toronto and Fort Myers.

- Odyssey Magazine - BTB Travel


U.S. RELAXES PASSPORT RULES FOR REGIONAL TRAVEL
The United States is temporarily relaxing new rules requiring passports for US citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean because of a huge passport application backlog.

The decision, announced a day after a controversial bill to revamp immigration laws and tighten border security stalled in Congress, will make it easier for thousands of Americans to keep their summer vacation plans but may expose the White House to criticism that it undermines border security.
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