JAXFAX Editorial Archives - JAXFAX Travel Marketing Magazine
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VOLUME 36, NO. 3 MARCH 2008<br />
800-952-9329 www.jaxfax.com<br />
Consolifare Password: germany<br />
DESTINATION FEATURES AND ARTICLES<br />
12 COVER FEATURE GERMANY<br />
Germany’s Posh Palaces and Secret Gardens<br />
PUBLISHER’S CORNER 6 Selling Airline Tickets Profitably with Air Consolidators<br />
EDITOR’S DESK 8 Sharing the Love<br />
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SNAPSHOTS 11 The Month in Review<br />
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 16 Michaela Klare Regional Manager GNTO<br />
DESTINATION ARTICLES<br />
18 IRELAND Finding Yourself<br />
Do your clients like to plan ahead? If you<br />
have trained your clients well, they are<br />
savvy travelers who know they can …<br />
24 CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE ROUND-UP<br />
Developments Brighten the East<br />
32 CRUISE European River Cruises: Solid Sales<br />
34 ISRAEL Eilat in Winter: Busy, Brash and Fun<br />
Eilat lives up to its travel posters. That’s<br />
why they come by the tens and twenties<br />
and hundreds, each winter day, these<br />
tall, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish,<br />
young Europeans seeking the…<br />
37 BRAZIL Booking Bossa Nova Beaches<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
Agents can count on their colleagues at the German National Tourist Office (GNTO) to<br />
come up with at least one attention-getting marketing scheme to perk up annual travel<br />
planning. So, for all of 2008, you’re well-advised to keep this diverse trio in mind:<br />
Palaces, Parks and Gardens. Adding centuries-old castles and palaces — some of<br />
which clients can stay in — makes it a compelling foursome...<br />
40 GRENADINES Island Hopping<br />
When I was a kid in the ‘80s, my family<br />
spent two weeks every December on a<br />
Caribbean island. We stayed in the same<br />
resort year after year, dining and diving<br />
with the other returning families, all of us<br />
kids measuring our growing height on…<br />
42 ST. KITTS Showcasing Expansion Plans<br />
44 CHINA Reaches for the Moon<br />
Ancient Chinese culture is no stranger to<br />
long-term planning. So, while this year<br />
holds promise and is undoubtedly expected<br />
to be the biggest year for tourism to<br />
China, tourism executives are planning to<br />
reach the moon by 2020...<br />
47 SPECIAL INTEREST Epicurean Stars Go Global<br />
50 FLORIDA Paradise Found: Naples<br />
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