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GOWAY ANNOUNCES FIRST WINNER OF “40 TRIPS in 40 WEEKS” GIVEAWAY

Apr 26

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Goway Travel has announced the first winner of their incredible “40 Trips for 40 Weeks” Giveaway contest.

Nancy Salinas of Faribault, MN, USA, won an incredible trip for 2 to the Cook Islands and New Zealand and will soon be jetting off on a dream vacation that includes round trip airfare with Air New Zealand, round trip transfers in the Cook Islands and Auckland, 7 nights accommodation in Rarotonga and Aitutaki with breakfast daily, 2 nights in Auckland and a full day city and wilderness tour in New Zealand!

Nancy Salinas’ reaction when she was notified that she just won was “I just can’t believe I won! I only entered a couple times and forgot about the sweepstakes. What a great way to start the day when your first call is telling you to pack your bags!”

To celebrate their 40th Anniversary, Goway launched the high profile “40 Trips in 40 Weeks” Giveaway, available to residents of North America. Each week for 40 weeks, Goway is giving away a trip for two. The giveaway, administered by an independent third party, is valued at over $250,000 and is the biggest North American Trip Giveaway ever.

Trips are drawn weekly for entries before 11.59pm on Sundays. Goway’s giveaway is unique in that they allow winners to transfer the prize to a friend or family if they are unable to take the trip, or perhaps have already visited the destination.

To enter, visit Goway.com/40th.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with the local winner, please contact: press@goway.com or call 800-397-8850 xtn 5376.

Goway’s “40 Trips in 40 Weeks” Highlights European Adventure!

Mar 31

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To celebrate their 40th Anniversary, Goway recently launched a high profile 40 Trips in 40 Weeks Giveaway, available to all residents of North America, with additional incentives for Travel Agents.

Each week for 40 weeks, Goway is giving away a trip for two. The giveaway, administered by an independent third party, is valued at over $250,000 and is the biggest North American Trip Giveaway ever.

The next weekly drawing closes for entry at 11.59pm on Sunday April 4th for an Essential Europe vacation for 18-39’s valued at over $3600. Goway’s giveaway is unique in that they allow winners to transfer the prize to a friend or family if they are unable to take the trip, or perhaps have already visited the destination. To enter, visit Goway.com/40th.

Essential Europe is an amazing graduation gift idea, or a great introduction for first-time travellers to the region. The prize winner will spend 12 days on a guided Top Deck tour through the highlights of Europe, visiting the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Vatican City, Switzerland and France, and stay in traditional tourist class hotels. This is a Summer Europe Trip that runs yearly from April – October.

For other adventures in Europe and around the world, visit Goway.com/adventure or call 1-800-397-8850

POSITION VACANT: Goway Seeks Social Media Superstar

Mar 19

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Goway Travel is seeking proactive agents to become their Social Media Superstars; Agents that have embraced and leveraged social media – and the power of viral marketing – to promote themselves and their agency.

If agents have a good following on Facebook and/or Twitter, they could qualify to become one of Goway’s Social Media Superstars! Goway is currently looking for 7 agents who can tweet, blog and post their way around destinations around the globe!

Goway will select one lucky travel agent to travel on each of their upcoming familiarizations to capture the essence of the destination and provide video and photo journals en route:

Date Destination
21-30April New Zealand & Australia
22Apr-1May Fiji & Australia
22Apr-2May Australia
23Apr-2May Tahiti & Australia
Mid May Buenos Aires & Iguassu Falls
Late May India
Mid June Israel

To apply, follow the Facebook icon on the home page of www.gowayagent.com and request to join the “Goway Agents” Group. Application details are all listed on the wall of the Goway Agents Group.

Deadline to Apply – Thursday 25 March.

Goway Celebrates by Giving Away 40 Trips Worth Over $250,000

Feb 4

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As 2010 is Goway’s 40th Anniversary year, many celebrations and promotions have already begun with the company. The biggest promotion to date, and probably the biggest all year, is a 40 TRIPS GIVEAWAY. Yes the company is giving away 40 amazing trips for two to the exotic destinations in which they specialize. The total value of these trips exceeds $250,000.

“This is the biggest trip give-away that we know of”, states Bruce Hodge, the founder and President of Goway.

Prizes range from a 7 days Highlights of Jordan trip (valued at US $2,070) to a 22 days fully-escorted, all-inclusive tour of Australia (valued at US $22,554).

For golfers there is an exclusive package to the PGA Presidents Cup in Melbourne. For romantics there are several World’s Most Idyllic Islands escapes; for the active and adventurous an African overland journey, Inca Trail treks and fun touring experiences in Europe and Australia. A visit to the Galapagos Islands, Papua New Guinea, Abu Dhabi and India, China, Israel, South Africa and Antarctica are also available.

In all, if someone won all the trips Goway is giving away they would visit more than 40 countries. Winners of the prizes, if they wish, will be able to give their prize away within a month of winning and they will have up to a year to travel.

Travel agents are invited to participate in the competition. Those that do will receive a $40 credit for their next booking with Goway and will be eligible for other initiatives that Goway will be bringing out over the year.

More information on Goway’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations and Promotions can be found at Goway.com/40th.

Goway AFRICAExperts brings Africa to Toronto

Aug 28

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Over 30 African travel industry representatives will be travelling to Toronto early October to join Goway’s “JAMBO AFRICA” event. Represented countries include South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco and Egypt.

“What is unique about this event is the diversity of the products represented’, said Moira Smith, General Manager of AFRICAExperts, “From luxury lodges to luxury rail, from Gorilla Trekking to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, if you’re interested in visiting Africa, we have an expert to assist.”

Goway will host the following special Africa events:

South Africa and Surrounds
Thursday 01 October, 2009
InterContinental Toronto Centre,
225 Front Street West,
Toronto, ON M5V 2X3
6pm – 9pm
Enjoy an informative presentation on Southern Africa, meet the experts and be eligible to win a superb South Africa trip valued at $10, 000.

Goway Africa Day
Saturday 03 October, 2009
Toronto Science Centre,
770 Don Mills Road,
North York, ON M3C 1T3
10:00am – 5pm
Attend lectures on Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Train travel in Africa, Gorilla Trekking and more. There is an opportunity to participate in a fun interactive drumming experience and to meet the experts from over 10 African countries. Parking is included and attendees will receive a 20% discount on entrance to the Science Centre. Attend and be eligible to win prizes to Southern Africa, East Africa and Egypt.

Travel Agents are invited to bring along any clients interested in visiting the represented countries to both events. Registration is FREE with advance registration at www.goway.com/venues or by calling 800 245 0920.

Goway Invites Aussies to visit Canada!

Jul 10

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Over 25 Australian travel industry representatives will be travelling to Vancouver and Toronto in mid-August to join Goway’s annual “Pow Wow” Aussie training program to update the company’s reservations teams on news from the Lands Downunder. Over 700 appointments will be conducted totalling over 150 hours of product training!

Goway will also host the following special Australia evenings:

Vancouver, BC
Monday August 10th, 2009
HR MacMillan Space Centre,
1100 Chestnut Street,
Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9
6pm – 9pm

Toronto, ON
Wednesday August 12th, 2009
InterContinental Toronto Centre,
225 Front Street West,
Toronto, ON M5V 2X3
6pm – 9pm

Travel Agents are invited to bring along any clients interested in visiting Australia to meet the visiting hotel, tour and tourist board representatives from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, and to attend an informative Goway presentation on Australia.

Registration is FREE with advance registration at www.goway.com/venues, and all attendees will be entered into a draw to win a Grand Prize of a trip for 2 to Australia.

Goway’s Great Giveaway

Jul 2

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soh2Goway has re-launched their “Great Giveaway” for 2009. For all new bookings from 29 June until August 31, 2009, Goway is offering weekly prizes and a Grand Prize trip giveaway for 2 to Australia.

To be entered into the weekly and grand prize draw, agents simply make a booking on any Goway vacation and will be eligible to win weekly prizes. Each week, one lucky agent will be selected at random to win a gift basket worth up to $100!*

In addition, all bookings made before August 31, 2009 will be entered into a draw to win a trip for 2 to Australia including round-trip airfare from Los Angeles, and 5 nights accommodation in Sydney.

*All agents with bookings with a posted deposit or full payment received Monday-Saturday will be entered into the weekly draw and also into the grand prize draw to be announced on September 16, 2009. Weekly prizes will be advised the week following the draw. Only one entry per booking, no form required. Effective 29 Jun ‘09

Goway’s Travel Planners can be viewed and ordered online at www.goway.com

For information and reservations, call 1-800-387-8850

Name Goway’s Kiwi and win a trip to New Zealand!

Jul 2

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Goway Travel, a leading North American Travel Specialist, is proud to announce the sponsorship of a kiwi chick at Kiwi Encounter at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua, New Zealand.

To celebrate, Goway is inviting North American residents to submit a suggested name for the Kiwi! The successful submission will be awarded a trip for two to Rotorua, New Zealand, including round trip airfare from Los Angeles/San Francisco or Vancouver to Rotorua, 5 nights accommodation, and entry to Kiwi Encounter to view the kiwis.

The kiwi is simply unique and commands a position all of its own in the bird world. It exists nowhere but New Zealand and its evolution is due to New Zealand’s isolation. However, ‘eccentric’ national symbol is an endangered species and Kiwi Encounter is playing its part to bring our treasured icon back from the brink of extinction on the New Zealand mainland.

To enter, simply submit your name suggestion, together with contact details, at www.goway.com/namethekiwi by midnight September 30, 2008. Alternatively, submit your entry by mail to:
GOWAY Name the Kiwi Contest
3284 Yonge Street
Suite 500
Toronto ON M4N 3M7.
Mailed entries must be postmarked before September 30, 2008. The winning name will be announced at Goway.com on October 15, 2008.

This kiwi will join Goway’s expanding family of sponsored animals; Matilda, Walter and Kiah (koalas), Zeke the Tasmanian Devil and Orville the Cheetah.

Goway Announces the Winners of South Africa Contests

May 8

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AFRICAExperts, Goway Travel’s exclusive division offering travel to Africa recently concluded a successful major joint promotional campaign with South African Tourism and South African Airways. The purpose was to raise the awareness of South Africa as a key destination for Canadian travellers. This included an in-depth series of Webinars on South Africa for travel agents as well as an on-line quiz. Both the Webinars and the Quiz included special prizes.

AFRICAExperts is pleased to announce the winners of both the South Africa Webinar series and the South Africa Quiz.

The winner of the Grand Prize was Jo Ann Wrobel of Kemp Travel in Oshawa, Ontario. Jo Ann was the lucky winner of the draw from all participants in our South Africa Quiz contest and has won a 2 week trip for two to South Africa including air with South African Airways and complete land arrangements.

Catherine Kellough of Maritime Travel in Halifax, Nova Scotia won 2 air tickets to South Africa again with South African Airways. Catherine was the winner of the draw from all participants in our South Africa Webinar series.

Other prizes awarded to participants included land arrangements in South Africa, bottles of South African wine and Goway Neck Pillows (headrests).

Thank you to all who participated in our Quiz and Webinars.

AFRICAExperts brochure is available at 1-800-245-0920 or info@africaexperts.com.

Name Goway’s Kiwi and win a trip to New Zealand!

Jul 4

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Name the KiwiGoway Travel, a leading North American Travel Specialist, is proud to announce the sponsorship of a kiwi chick at Kiwi Encounter at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua, New Zealand.

To celebrate, Goway is inviting North American residents to submit a suggested name for the Kiwi! The successful submission will be awarded a trip for two to Rotorua, New Zealand, including round trip airfare from Los Angeles/San Francisco to Rotorua, 5 nights accommodation, and entry to Kiwi Encounter to view the kiwis.

The kiwi is simply unique and commands a position all of its own in the bird world. It exists nowhere but New Zealand and its evolution is due to New Zealand’s isolation. However, the ‘eccentric’ national symbol is an endangered species and Kiwi Encounter is playing its part to bring the treasured icon back from the brink of extinction on the New Zealand mainland.

To enter, simply submit your name suggestion, together with contact details, at goway.com/namethekiwi by midnight September 30, 2007. Alternatively, submit your entry by mail to:
GOWAY Name the Kiwi Contest,
3284 Yonge Street, Suite 500,
Toronto ON M4N 3M7.

Mailed entries must be postmarked before September 30, 2007. The winning name will be announced at www.goway.com on October 15, 2007.