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Date: Jan 29, 2012 - download

American airline companies, delta airlines, westjet, el dorado resort by karisma in mexico, Costa concordia cruise tragedy, currency related issues

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Travel and Airline News

Bankruptcy is in the Air

Delta Airlines

Doing well financially
Airliners either doing very bad or very good!
1.2 Billion in Net Revenue for 2011

WestJet

Co-Chair agreement with Delta Airlines
Building strong relationships with American counterparts
Seeing continuous growth from year to year
Record sales numbers for 2011

Hilary and the Family visit Mexico!

Stayed at the El Dorado resort by Karisma
Very family oriented resort
Beach barbeques at lunch
Entertainment for the kids! - ball pit, lego room, day care for infants, arts and crafts

Costa Concordia Cruise Tragedy

$14,500 US given to customers for compensation
Reimbursement of all travel expenses
Reimbursement of all medical expenses
Reimbursement of all cruise purchases

What does this mean for cruising?

Cruising is still safer than a land based vacation
No change in the cruising trend for 2012
More than 20 million people expected to cruise this year!
Ron's Advice: take the lifeboat drill, it's your responsibility, just like safety instructions on a plane

Currency

American money is still good despite what others may say
Take pesos because merchant exchange rate is not good
Have a mix - Credit card, pesos, american money
Make sure you don't use Canadian money, other countries view it as monopoly money
Even though mexican law says no american money, all merchants accept it still
For more info on currency related issues check out the Travel Guy blog!

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