GO...UP & AWAY - JAXFAX Travel Marketing Magazine
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VOLUME 38, NO. 2 FEBRUARY 2010<br />
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DESTINATION ARTICLES<br />
15 JAMAICA Jammin’ in 2010<br />
With more flights from the U.S. than in previous high seasons,<br />
voted “Golf Destination of the Year for the Caribbean” by…<br />
20 DUBAI Home to Super-sized Adventures<br />
With an eclectic mix of traditional culture and sleek architecture,<br />
a trip to Dubai will turn any adult into a mesmerized…<br />
22 SOUTH AFRICA Call of the Wild<br />
While tracking a leopard in the Sabi Sands private game<br />
reserve, my guide assures me the tree-swinging baboons are...<br />
32 GREECE Athens with a Fresh Eye...<br />
Athens has often been eclipsed by the Greek islands that<br />
promise and deliver cloudless blue skies, turquoise seas and...<br />
36 EUROPEAN RAIL Rail Hi-Speeds it...<br />
As Eurostar celebrates its 15th anniversary, the English/French<br />
joint venture that gets travelers from central London to Paris…<br />
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DESTINATION FEATURES AND ARTICLES<br />
12 COVER FEATURE ANTIGUA<br />
The Sandy Sister Act: Selling Antigua & Barbuda<br />
With Boggy Peak re-named Mount Obama in honor of our 44th President, Antigua<br />
is poised to welcome American travelers this winter season. Officially named on<br />
the August 4th birthday of the President, Mt. Obama stands proud at 1,319 feet<br />
and is the highest peak on the island. Measuring 14 miles long and eleven miles…<br />
PUBLISHER’S CORNER 6 Two Industry Powerhouses Join Forces<br />
EDITOR’S DESK 8 We Need a Bigger Plan And a Longer Memory<br />
SNAPSHOTS 10 The Month in Review<br />
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS 14 Derede Samuel Whitlock, US Director of Tourism for A & B<br />
39 Nico Zenner, President of <strong>Travel</strong> Bound<br />
50 THAILAND Growth & Amazing Values<br />
Like most tourism destination last year, Thailand experienced a<br />
16% decline in the number of inbound tourists in the first…<br />
52 FIJI Finding Value In Paradise<br />
I’m lying supine against the trunk of a fallen coconut tree on<br />
my own private beach at Jean Michel Cousteau Fiji Resort …<br />
62 MEXICO Riviera Maya<br />
From Cancun to the Belize border, Riviera Maya unfurls along<br />
eighty-one miles of Mexico’s Caribbean coast. With some of…<br />
64 GALAPA<strong>GO</strong>S New Air Access Boosts Tourism<br />
More access and activities are adding to the tourism offering in<br />
the Galapagos Islands this year. New flights from the U.S. to…<br />
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e70 PANAMA Superclubs Breezes Site Review<br />
e71 SKI Commissionable Northeast Packages<br />
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