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Chile Earthquake

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Just as an information update.
Eleven hundred Canadians are in Chile.
Chile has past experience with earthquakes.
This was one of the most powerful ever recorded.
This earthquake was off shore.
90 seconds in the middle of the night.
500 times more energy than Haiti’s disastrous quake.
More than 50 powerful aftershocks so far.
Concepción (second largest Chilean city) hardest hit.
Half

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Travelonly President Greets And Guides Olympians

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Gregory Luciani Assists Olympians Arriving in Vanouver

Press Release: For Release February 12, 2010

(Brantford, February 12, 2010)  OLYMPIANS ARRIVING FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE TO participate in the Vancouver Olympic Games receive their first welcome to the Olympic Village from the President & CEO of Travelonly.

Gregory Luciani was chosen to be one of the VANOC (Vancouver

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Mexico = Canadian Passports Needed as of March 1

The Mexico Tourism Board has announced that Canadians travelling to Mexico will need valid passports as of March 1, 2010. The tourism board says the move aligns Mexico with all the security measures established by the International Civil Aviation Organization. This measure harmonizes Mexican boarder control policy with that of Canada and the US under the

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Trouble in Happy Land

Canadian tour operator goes out of business
April 15, 2009

Canadian tour operator Conquest Vacations has ceased operations, the company said in an April 15 announcement on its website.

“Conquest Vacations regrets the inconvenience caused to the passengers due to cessation of its operations,” the company said on its website.
More information…
Happy Vacations’ completes chapter 11 filing
By: Michelle BaranApril 24,

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