My family visited Toronto for the May long weekend, and we made sure to spend a day at Niagara Falls. And, as no visit to Niagara would be complete without a ride on the Maid of the Mist, we happily obliged (or, at least I did… eventually). Looking down on the Maid from the lookout overhead, […]
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At 00:01 am on Jun.14.11, 4000 of Air Canada’s staff at call centers and airport customer service agents (check in, and gate agents) started a strike action. Over 1700 of Air Canada’s managers have been trained to fill in for the striking workers. Air Canada advises that they will maintain a full schedule of flights,
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It’s terrific to visit a city you know and play tourist. On the May 24th weekend, my family did just that. We had a great time staying at the new Ritz Carlton (see earlier post http://sheila0gh.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/puttin-on-the-ritz-carlton-in-toronto/ and we just had a great time playing tourist. We visited the CN tower. And had lots of fun looking
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Great news! Kids 17 and under sail FREE* when traveling with two full-fare Guests in the same verandah stateroom in Categories 4A-6A on most Mexican Riviera sailings from October 30 – December 18, 2011. Government Taxes and Fees not included. Sailing from Los Angeles, enjoy the beauty and fun of the Baja California and Mexican
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Continuing with the Doors Open Ottawa weekend, my family toured the Diefenbunker just outside of Ottawa in Carp. It is Canada’s Cold War Museum, and was certainly a little scary for my two girls (and us). Built to sustain top ranking government officials in the event of a nuclear attack, it is a scary place
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When I saw on twitter there was the chance to visit the inside of the new US Embassy, I jumped at the invite. My family snagged 4 out of the 1000 invites extended to see the inside. The tour was part of the Doors Open Ottawa weekend. (For more info on the 100+ buildings around Ottawa that are participating
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Greetings, Mickey is still overseeing the work of his ship builders on the brand new Disney Fantasy cruise ship. The Fantasy’s maiden voyage isn’t scheduled to take place until Mar.31.12. And, if the excitement and enthusiasm of this year’s Dream (launched in January.11) is any indication, the Fantasy will quickly sell out. How would you
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I’m a member of a business networking group that meets every Friday morning. Yesterday, a colleague asked whether it would be beneficial to book a long-weekend hotel stay through me, rather than just book something on the internet. I gave him this example of a hotel booking I’d just made for some clients. The clients were looking only for a long
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I know you’re humming the tune… (“If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to why don’t you go where fashion sits -Puttin’ on the Ritz”…) My family just returned from a long weekend stay at the new Ritz Carlton in Toronto. We had a fabulous time. The rooms are classically decorated, and extremely
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The airline industry is 100 years old. Thought it appropriate to share some fun facts from the Travel @home team of Vision 2000 to mark the century…. and as we take on the second one in fine style! 🙂 On 17 May 1911 the first fee-paying passenger to a specific destination took flight in a
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