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Goway Launches Early Booking Incentive

Aug 8

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Goway Travel, a leading North American wholesaler, has introduced an early booking incentive on its most popular HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME®, the Waltzing Matilda 22 Day fully escorted tour from North America. For all bookings made from now until 30Sep07, travellers will SAVE $250.00 per couple for travel between 01Jan – 03Aug08.

Goway Travel started operations in 1970 but since 1983 has been specializing in their own range of fully escorted tours to Australia and New Zealand. Over the past twenty four years, Goway has refined and improved the tour to ensure it’s place as “the best escorted tour” from North America. Goway’s Waltzing Matilda has more inclusions and points of difference than any other of its kind.

Virtually everything is included; international and domestic airfare, specially designed fun themes, unique dining experiences, twin share guarantee, sightseeing and first class hotels. Goway’s professional tour guides meet clients in Los Angeles, ensuring worry free travel throughout. The professional guides are the best in North America; some have escorted over 30 HOLIDAYS OF A LIFETIME®

The Waltzing Matilda with its many features starts from $9659.00 per person and includes 19 nights, most meals, all touring and airfare.

Goway’s range of HOLIDAYS OF A LIFETIME® are also available throughout Africa and Asia.

For more information on Goway’s Downunder product range, visit their website, Goway.com or request a copy of their unique upside-down DOWNUNDER® catalogue.

Goway Launches Special Trip for Aussie Specialists

Aug 7

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Goway today announced a special familiarization trip exclusively for agents attending the Aussie Specialist “Corroboree” Convention in the Hunter Valley, Australia, 12-15 September.

The Downunder specialist who was awarded the 2006 award for “Best Wholesale Partner” has prepared a special pre-Corroboree trip for up to 10 Aussie Specialists to experience one of Goway’s “Snowbird” regions in Southern Queensland.

The trip is specially priced at $399 USD plus tax and includes airfare from Los Angeles with Qantas Airways departing 4 September. Before the Corroboree event, the group will depart for a spectacular 6 Day/5 night exploration of Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.

For more information on the Corroboree event and Goway’s special familiarization trip, please contact Shirley Rourke at shirley@goway.com or call 1-800-387-8850 xtn 270.

Goway expands product in Egypt, Israel and Jordan

Aug 7

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Goway Travel, one of Canada’s leading tour operators, has announced increasing demand for Egypt. Egypt – Land of the Pharaohs – is drawing record numbers of Canadians to its country.

“Egypt seems to have taken off for many Canadian travellers wanting that ‘deluxe vacation’ at a reasonable cost to an exotic and interesting destination”, commented Christy Fraser, Product & Marketing Manager, Africa. “Consumers see that Egypt offers an affordable vacation permitting them to visit cities such as Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Red Sea resorts – to name just a few. Pre or post extensions to Israel and Jordan are also popular choices. The colourful bazaars, fascinating history, amazing monuments and holy cities make for a memorable travel experience.”

One of Goway’s biggest sellers this year is their Mysteries & Magic of Egypt tour. This 15 day trip starting and ending in Cairo includes extensive sightseeing in this captivating city, a 7 night Nile Cruise and a visit to an oasis, and starts from $1883. A bonus offer of up to 6 free nights accommodation in a Deluxe resort in the Red Sea town of Ein Sokhna is available.

The traditional Classic Egypt tour includes Cairo sightseeing and 4 night Nile Cruise. This 9 Day tour is affordably priced from $1245 and offers the flexibility of adding extensions to Abu Simbel, Alexandria, Red Sea beach stays or a visit to Israel and Jordan. Easy add-ons are the 5 day Jordan tour starting from $786 or the 8 day Holyland tour to Israel starting from $1301.

Some of the new programs being offered this year are the 9 day Highlights of Egypt and Israel tour that starts in Cairo and ends in Jerusalem and includes Cairo, Luxor, the Dead Sea, Massada, Qumran and Jerusalem starting from $1542. Another of the newly introduced tours is the 15 day Pyramids to Petra tour that starts in Cairo, ends in Amman and includes Cairo, Nile Cruise, Sinai, Red Sea, Petra and Amman all starting from $2410.

For more information on these and other travel ideas please call 1-800-245-0920, or email info@africaexperts.com or visit AFRICAExperts.com.

Goway Announces Special “Aussie” Night

Aug 1

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Over 35 Australian travel industry representatives will be travelling to Toronto in mid-August to join Goway’s annual “Pow Wow” Aussie training program to update the company’s reservations teams on news from the Lands Downunder. Over 600 appointments will be conducted totalling over 120 hours of product training!

Goway will also host a special Australia evening at the InterContinental Toronto Centre (225 Front Street) on Wednesday 15 August from 6pm-9pm. Travel Agents and consumers are given the opportunity to meet the visiting hotel, tour and tourist board representatives from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory and to attend an informative Goway presentation on Australia. Registration is FREE with advance registration at Goway.com/venues, and all attendees will be entered into a draw to win a Grand Prize of a trip for 2 to Australia.