• Air carriers in Canada face declines in profits, margins this year

• Signature Vacations offers direct flights from Kitchener-Waterloo to Cancun

• Play at Palladium with Raggs program on track with live shows starting Nov. 1

• Travelport partners with Softvoyage to make booking vacations easier for Canadian travel agents

• Sandals Resorts launches new video channel, will unveil a series of webisodes

• Preferred Hotel Group sees 19% growth in bookings by Canadian agents in past 8 months

• Etihad Airways boosts flights to Islamabad to 11 per week

• Beaches are still the big draw for visitors to Fort Myers & Sanibel

• Thomas Cook Canada names Al Budhwani to role of Exective Vice President of its Retail Division

• Canadian travel to U.S. down in July, overseas trips up slightly

• Trafalgar explores the wonders of Asia with new 2014 brochure

• Grand Lucayan, Bahamas goes ‘GLAM’ with launch of Ambassador Agent Program