Mt. Baker’s new retro ski lodge brings new place to dry out from all that snow

February 16th, 2012

View full sizemtbaker.usMt. Baker Ski Area’s new Raven Hut lodge.Mount Baker can be a quirky place.

On some days, it has more Canadians than Americans, because the Vancouver metro area is an hour’s drive away.

Another thing of note at Mt. Baker is that snowboarders rule.

The area’s humongous snowfall (a world record 1,140 inches in the winter of 1998-99) is perfect for riding a big fat board.

Oh, one more thing. The ski area isn’t even on Mount Baker, which is five miles away. It’s on a shoulder of Mount Shuksan.

New this year is the beautiful Raven Hut lodge, built in Cascadian architectural style. Read full post…

Come and meet Wanderlust

February 9th, 2012

We’ll be running all sorts of events and panels at the Destinations show in London – come and meet us and see what we’re up to

Are you going to be at the Destinations show this week (2 – 5 February) at Earls Court? Wanderlust will be there and would love for you to drop by our stand (AP16). Whether you want to renew a subscription, take one out or just to say hello, it would be great to see you.

Thursday

As you can imagine, we have something every day to keep you interested. On Thursday at 11:30 on the main stage are our annual Travel Awards as voted for by YOU. S

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Alaska Airlines launches new Air Pass

January 19th, 2012

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Alaska Airlines has released its 2012 Air Pass, which offers a range of travel options in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The new Air Pass covers more than 90 destinations served by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air including Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Mexico City. Passengers can select their choice of destinations and combine them into a single travel document. Flight passes are priced from USD$129 (excluding taxes and fees) for a low season one-way flight within Alaska.

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Amadeus announces landmark agreement with HRS

January 16th, 2012

Amadeus is to become the first GDS to distribute 250,000 hotels available on the Hotel Reservation Service (HRS) portal to the trade.

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Cvent and Mexico Meetings Network Partner to Drive Meetings Business to Mexico

January 11th, 2012

Partnership has Raised Awareness of Mexico as a Meetings Destination and Increased the Flow of Group Business to the Country

Cvent, the world’s largest cloud-based provider of event management, venue selection and web survey solutions, today announced that its one-year-old partnership with Mexico Meetings Network (MMN) has successfully helped to increase the flow of group meetings and events business to destinations in Mexico. Under th

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