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ROSEWAY TRAVEL

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Travel

20 years

By John Goodman
Contributing Writer

When Tom and Irene
Rose began Roseway
Travel two decades ago
there were only a hand-
ful of agencies on the

North Shore.

The couple chose New
Westminster as the initial site
of their business in 1975 and
the next year they added a sec-
ond outlet in West Vancouver.
Since then they have also
opened a third agency in
Whistler.

This year the company is
celebrating 20 years on the
North Shore as one of the
area’s longest-standing inde-
pendent agencies. They are
part of the Giants Consortium
with over 750 agencies nation-
wide.

“The reason we're still here
is because of the personalized
service we offer,” says Donna
Rose, president and general
manager.

Roseway Travel offers a full
range of services in the busi-
ness, leisure and cruise cate-

gories with agents working as
consultants within their cho-
sen specialties, For example
the corporate sector is primar-
ily handled by consultants
Karen Glazer, Julie Walsh and
Mary Kay Evans.

Senior consultant Bev
Bailey enjoys the challenges of
leisure travel planning. A lor of
time and research goes into
the plotting of a successful
vacation. Clients expect agents
to know the
what/when/where/why and
how of everything — the
tricky part is making it all look
easy.

Among the trends this year
Bailey notes that adventure
travel is particulalry popular as
well as specialized holidays and
all-inclusive pacckages. Costa
Rica continues to be a popular
destination but interest in the

region has widened to include .

places such as Belize and
Honduras.

The company receives busi-
ness from many repeat cus-
tomers notes sales and market-
ing manager Karen Blyth. To
acknowledge this support
Roseway Travel held an
Extravaganza Weck during

co. celebrates
on N.

Shore

September and awarded a
two-night getaway to
Fairmont Hot Springs via
Cypress. Airlines as a grand
prize to Pat Scarlett.

The lucrative cruise market
is handled through a division
of Roseway called Cruise
Masters. This was set up abow:
five years ago to give thet
aspect of the industry special
attention.

Some agencies cater sulely
to the cruise market and its
seemingly endless growth
potential but Roseway found
it advantageous to add a sepa-
rate wing within the already
established company.

While they -celebrate past
accomplishments the cruise
market has also given them the
key to the future of travel. At
least the immediate furure.

"Wake up and smell tue coffee
in the 21st century. Spaces are
really moving fast.”
—~ Roseway Travel cruise
specialist Nicholas Howard

During the past month
Roseway has begun accepting
names for Year 2000 millenni-
um cruises. It’s expected that

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ROSEWAY senior
travel consultant
Joanne Bradley
(left) works at her
computer with
company
president and
general manager
Donna Rose.

approximately a dozen cruise
lines with over 60 ships will be
on the high seas New Year’s
Eve, 1999.

Last month ritzy Cunard

See Cruise lines page 34

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Club Maev

In Mexico, the family is the core

H unit of society. To almost all Mexicans,

the extended. family - parents,

4 children, grandparents, aunts, uncles

and cousins - is an immensely valued

Hl and respected institution. And that
A respect carries over to the families of

visiting tourists - which is one reason

S why Canadian vacationers will find

Mexico to be a ‘destination that

'™ welcomes families more than any
my other.

To make things even easier for the

N family, Mexico's hotel industry - and

Canadian tour operators operating

@ Mexico programs ~ have done their

best to make Mexico even more

A] family-friendly. Children often stay

and/or eat free or at a reduced rate.

@ Many hotels provide supervised

children's programs, allowing parents

B to enjoy the luxury of a few hours at

the beach or a game of tennis without
the children. At the same time, the

mB kids are nearby.

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| Mexico's all-inclusive resorts [|
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B By Cathy Knowlton

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