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Pinpoint is Asia Pacific s largest provider of Loyalty and Incentive marketing services and expertise. Pinpoint s experience has been gained over 27 years providing world leading programs to a wide range of companies across a variety of industries including but not limited to Financial services, Insurance, Entertainment, Travel, Retail, Pharmaceuticals and many more.

Pinpoint s many businesses are underpinned by several key competencies in Loyalty Strategy Formulation Program Design; Business to Business / Business to Employee incentive / engagement programs and Closed Loop retail loyalty solutions. Alongside this are capabilities in Creative and Digital development including Multi Channel Campaign Management, Mobile Marketing and Social Media; Technology services, Data Analytics Insights, Payment Processing as well as Operations/Fulfilment capabilities. Pinpoint also operates its own wholesale travel business along with a range of business process outsourcing options.

Online Travel Agents

A n Online Travel Agent (O.T.A. ) shows customers a varied selection of holidays that are generally an aggregation of screen scraped data from 1st Tier supplier websites such as Ryanair, EasyJet, AA, WestJet, Hertz, Avis, Hilton, Marriot etc.  These OTA s permit Users to book a flight, hotel, car hire, insurance, transfers and other sundries without visiting the website of the actual provider.

Example OTA’s include Expedia, LastMinute, Opodo, GoVoyage, BravoFly, LowCostTravel, Travelocity and Priceline.  Expedia generate $787 million p.a. (Expedia 2012),  BravoFly generates €1 billion (PeHub 2012) and Amadeus €2.7 billion (Amadeus 2012). Notably these companies do not own nor are they the 1st tier providers of any of the products they sell.  They simply package and mark up YOUR product and sell it on.

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Independence Travel Writing Contest #8

We are looking for an article about your independence. Where do you feel free and the most true version of your self?

The movie, The Book of Life. asks us to have the courage to really live and to live life as if it is a song.   “It is all right if it goes wrong, just keep calm and carry on.”

Will you write your own story? Will you follow your heart? Will you sing your song? Or will you play along to the script you think your parents and ancestors predetermined for you?

Maria Posada, the star-crossed lover from The Book of Life,  says, “I belong to no one.” Please share a story about where you belong and if your family and country want you to play along or find your own path. Are you independent? interdependent? Where do you find freedom and joy?

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It’s no wonder Orlando, Florida, is often referred to as “The Theme Park Capital of the World.” It boasts the House of Mouse and Universal Studios Florida®,among several other parks. This central Florida city is a mecca for theme ride thrills and rollercoaster chills, and families can conveniently book Orlando hotels near all the excitement with Expedia.com.

There is a huge selection of lodging certain to match all your needs and preferences. Because it is very much a kid-focused destination, numerous hotels in Orlando, Florida, present family-friendly features such as pools, game rooms, and entertainment. However, various accommodations also cater to so ... Read more »

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Travel-Namibia is undergoing a total revamp and will be developed into the most comprehensive travel portal on Namibia. Please excuse the maintenance work in the next weeks until mid 2015!

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Travel Namibia is a one-stop information source for travellers to and through Namibia. This web site is giving information about everything you can think of around how to travel through Namibia. Its is more than just a FAQ listing, as Travel-Namibia offers detailed information with corresponding links and other information. Travel-Namibia is focussing on the individual travellers rather than the group / bus holiday makers.

We are happy to answer your questions by eMail  around travelling to and through Namibia. You can also freely give your comments (e.g. an update, suggestion, experience) for the FAQ section on Travel-Namibi ... Read more »

In our latest instalment of the world's greatest journeys, Chris Moss offers an inspiring, practical guide to visiting the life-changing wilderness of Patagonia.

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Vast and empty, wind-swept and barren, Patagonia is an archetypal landscape of the imagination. Where the pampas run out around the Rio Negro, the land becomes unfriendly to human settlement, and if you drive down the great highways Argentina s Ruta 3 and Ruta 40 or Chile s Carretera Austral you ll see mainly sheep, flightless rhea and llama-like guanacos. Eventually you come to the Andes, where ice-fields break through to form glaciers on the lakesides, or to the lonely island of Tierra del Fuego.

Patagonia enlightened the young, inquisitive Charles Darwin and inspired aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It imbued ornithologist WH Hudson with a mystical sense of nature. Forty years ago, Bruce Chatwin visited and his In ... Read more »

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Once a powerful seafaring kingdom that dominated the merchant routes to Africa, South America and the Orient, Portugal today is a friendly, low-key place with a laidback vibe and a fantastic coastline, much of it fringed by golden sands and endless dunes. Its rolling interior is perfect for exploring on foot, by kayak, by bike or even on horseback – though a large part of the country’s charm comes from languorous days on the beach, dining on fabulously fresh seafood and kicking back with a beer to watch the sunset over the Atlantic. The legacy of Portugal’s former wealth and power can be seen in its historic cities – yet the capital, Lisbon, superbly sited on the Tejo river estuary, is as popular today for its lively clubbing scene as for its grand Manueline monuments and medieval alleyways. Porto meanwhile, the country’s second city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the best place to sample some of the many varieties of Portugal’s other notable contribution to t ... Read more »

A long, narrow sliver of land, clinging to the edge of a continent, Chile has often drawn attention to itself for its wholly implausible shape. Seen in the pages of an atlas, the country’s outline strikes you as aberrant and fantastical; 4300km in length (the equivalent of Norway to Nigeria), and with an average width of just 175km, the very idea of it seems absurd. Once you’re on Chilean soil, however, these boundaries make perfect sense, and visitors quickly realize that Chile is a geographically self-contained unit. The Andes, the great mountain range that forms its eastern border, are a formidable barrier of rock and ice that cuts the country off from Argentina and Bolivia. The Atacama Desert, a 1000km stretch of parched wasteland, separates it from Peru to the north. And to the west, only a few islands dotted in the Pacific Ocean break the waves that roll onto Chile’s coast from Australasia.

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Planning a holiday to Portugal? Read our guide to the best regions, including expert advice on Lisbon, Sintra, Porto, Alentejo, and the Algarve. By Mary Lussiana, Telegraph Travel Portugal expert.

Hidden coves and limestone rocks resembling abstract sculptures rising out of the blue ocean run all along the coast, bordering the golden sands that stretch from the west coast with its wild waves – a paradise for surfers – to the more gentle central and eastern Algarve, where long, accessible beaches alternate with mere handkerchiefs of sand at the end of dizzyingly steep steps carved into the rocks.

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British Airways  (0844 493 0787; ba.com ) operates from Heathrow to Lisbon (from £109 return) and from Gatwick to Faro (from £134 return). The seasonal route from Heathrow to Faro re-starts at the end of March (from £153 return) and from London City to Faro during July and August  (fro ... Read more »

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Our vision has always been to become the Destination Management Company (DMC) of reference in Portugal and we believe we have succeeded!

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Hello! We at Sun Travel are very happy to present our products to you and your company. We are a leading provider of promotional travel and wholesale travel incentive products. Our low cost products have helped Sun Travel to assist well over tens of thousands of people to and from their favorite destinations.

Sun Travel has a proven track record with over 25 years experience in the travel industry. Several of our largest clients have relied upon our promotional products exclusively for over 15 years to expand their customer base and increase sales to their existing clientele.

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Rome is without doubt one the most beautiful cities in the world; every year millions of tourists come from around the world to admire the treasures and masterpieces of Roman art and architecture .

But a trip to the Eternal City can be eternally confusing for first-time visitors. This guide will make it easier to uncover Rome. offering lots of practical advice that will help you discover and enjoy the city in all its glory .

1. Planning your travel in Rome

Because Rome is such a huge tourist draw, choose the date for your trip carefully. The best times of the year to visit are April, May, and late September through October. In the depths of summer, the heat and the crowds make the city nearly unbearable. August in particular should be avoided because this is the mont ... Read more »

At Travelocity, we have all the tools you need to make vacation planning convenient and easy. With incredible deals to popular destinations throughout the U.S. and Canada, your choices on places to visit and things to do are endless. Choose from skiing in Colorado, exploring the natural beauty of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, or taking in the splendor of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Travelocity allows you to plan for the vacation of a lifetime with competitive prices and great rates within the U.S. and Canada!

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We bought this kayak for a recent trip to Cape Cod. Used is in a bay with mild current and wind for about a week. Here are the things I like about this product:

- Easy to carry, set up and store. - This is the most important part about an inflatable kayak.

- The materials appears to be sturdy and the appearance is great.

- The paddle can be separated into three pieces and very easy to fit into any spaces in the car.

- The storage bag that comes with it is large enough that things fit in pretty easily.

Here comes my major issue: to get the kayak to go straight, a skeg is a MUST! The manufacture should announce that black and white in large font. You can still paddle it but it takes a lot effort. If there are two peopl ... Read more »

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Traveling frugally doesn’t mean missing out, especially if you’re willing to think outside of the box when it comes to destinations. There are parts of the world where ten dollars can you buy you a meal, a beer and bed, not to mention excursions like cliff jumping or scuba diving.

Here’s a compendium of all the best budget travel destinations from some of my favorite travel bloggers on the web. Note that I did not include the cost of actually getting there or the cost of a visa to visit, so some of these destinations may be pricey to reach, depending on your nationality and where you are traveling from.

Lee Abbamonte is the youngest American to visit every country in the world, which makes him a great resource for budget destinations as he has literally been everywhere, at least once. An avid travel blogger behind his self-named hit site. he also writes great “30 Best ... Read more »

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South African Travel Centre (SATC) has been in existence for 16 years, and in that time, has positioned itself as one of the country s leading travel retail groups. SATC has a dedicated network of travel retail entrepreneurs focused on providing exceptional service, quality delivery and value for money to their corporate and leisure travel clients.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of South African Airways, SATC boasts an extensive footprint with 83 agencies located in the major centres around South Africa, as well as Maseru, Maputo, Mbabane, Gaborone, Accra and Lusaka. Through these branches, SATC offers competitive rates and service on car rental, air travel, travel insurance, foreign exchange, global tour products, cruise holidays, packaged tours, assistance with VISA applications, and accommodation across the globe.

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The Southall Travel Group, established in 1984, is one of the largest travel agencies in the UK.

Southall Travel Ltd has been a preferred name in UK travel industry. It has been serving an ever increasing number of travellers in the country including leisure holiday makers as well as business clients. Over the last 12 months more than 365,000 of travellers entrusted us with arranging their perfect flights and holiday itineraries.

We have a team of expert travel consultants who specialize in tailoring holidays for travellers spanning family and business, and budget and extravagant travellers to world wide destinations. If you are travelling solo or in group, on a round-the-world-itinerary or multi-continent holiday, or are desirous of a perfect city break deal with a variety of activities, Southall Travel offers you a world of choice for flights, hotels and holiday packages.

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Southall Travel extends support to Nepal Earthquake Relief by sponsoring the Raas Garba dance event, which was held on Sunday 10th May, 2015 in London. The cultural dance event was organized to raise funds for the victims of the deadly earthquake which struck the Himalayan country last month.

London, England -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/18/2015 -- Southall Travel. Britain s biggest consolidator for flights and holiday deals to Asia, sponsored Raas Garba, a cultural dance event held on Sunday, 10th May, 2015, to r ... Read more »

FUN FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAILAND.

The full spelling of its capital, Bangkok, was clearly finalised before the days of Twitter. It is known to Thais as Krung Thep Maha Nakho, but its full ceremonial name is Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit (a Tweet-busting 169 characters).

Thailand has 1,430 islands, among the most famous of which is Koh Phi Phi Lee – it featured in Danny Boyle’s film The Beach .

One of the country’s most unusual festivals is the annual Monkey Buffet, held in front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province. More than 600 monkeys are invited to feast on over two tonnes of grilled sausage, fresh fruit, ice cream and other treats. The locals see it as a thank you to the monkeys which inhabit the village and bring thousands of tourists there each year.

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M any travellers of today seek fasted paced travel programmes to make the most of the vacation time. Pace Travels is all about Fast Paced Vacations. See the country in a few days. If you are prepared to move quickly we are prepared to take you.

Pace Travels specialises in Sri Lanka's destinations and compile travel programmes that allow you to be time and cost effective in moving around the country deriving maximum travel satisfaction.

Although Sri Lanka is a small country in land area, Pace Travels has taken into consideration the fact that there are 80,000km of road network to visit so many places of interest. Searching under places of interest at Pace Travels is proof that Sri Lanka has so many places of interest.

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What is it about Thailand that makes it a major tourist destination? It could be the mouth watering cuisine, the exotic culture including magnificent temples and palaces, the spectacular scenery which includes the multitude of pristine white sand beaches and turquoise seas, majestic mountains, fast flowing rivers wending their way through the jungle or its long history and archaeological sites.

Perhaps it s the friendly welcome from the Thai people. Thailand is often called the land of smiles and rightly so. The people will make an impression on you with their gentleness and polite, respectful approach. Perhaps this involves the major religion here, Buddhism which is all pervasive. Avery revered person is the King of Thailand and that is why the country is called the Kingdom of Thailand with its constitutional monarchy

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USA Company History Since 1976, USA Student Travel's reputation and track record have received several distinguished awards and accolades. US Space Camp named USA the official Travel Agency of US Space Camp 1995-1996. The governor-appointed California Sesquicentennial Commission named USA as the Preferred Student and Youth Travel Company for California's Sesquicentennial 1998-2000. The Disney Corporation has awarded USA for several years as one of their Top Youth Tour Operators and the largest producer for Disneyland Grad Nite. The California Association for Directors of Activities awarded USA with a Honorary Life Member award for it's service "up and above the call" to student leadership. The National Association of Student ... Read more »

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Did you find a "Great Deal" on our search site Save On Your Vacation using the web links above, or elsewhere searching the web?

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When you see a "Great Deal" just give us a call. We will help you check out the details to see if it is really a "Great Deal"

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Travelosophy is dedicated to being a leader in the distribution of travel services to the educational market and providing our clients with unmatched service.

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Culture at Travelosophy is who we are and defines how we treat each other and service our clients. Our dedicated travel professionals embrace values and principles that enhance our spirit. Our attention to detail and caring about our client's individual needs separates us from the competition.

Our History

Travelosophy is a company formed by airline personnel with over 40 years combined experience in arranging travel for individuals and groups. We have a complete understanding of both spectrums of travel the airline and the travel agent. Since 1989 we have worked exclusively in the student market and wholesale market in selling international travel. Our agents have ... Read more »

Namibia safari holidays tailor-made by our country specialists for all budgets. Book a safari holiday to Namibia and experience a country of huge blue skies, endless horizons, spectacular sand dunes, a harsh but beautiful coastline, and teeming game reserves. Namibia is one of Africa’s most enticing destinations.

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Flights to Namibia are available from a choice of airports including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow

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Caprivi Explorer: From Windhoek to Victoria Falls

Desert & Delta: Sossusvlei & the Okavango Delta

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From the mighty peaks of the Himalayas to tropical island paradises, from teeming colourful cities to sleepy hill stations, India has diversity like no other place on Earth. Our India travel specialists use their unsurpassed experience of its landscapes, cultures, cuisines and peoples to create superb tailor-made India tours.

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Tauck tours provide luxury tours to discerning travellers. Tauck trips are seamless and all-inclusive, with all the details taken care of and no hidden extras, so guests can relax and enjoy exclusive, extraordinary moments they can only experience through Tauck.

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Traveling offers several physical and emotional benefits, including allowing you to come out of your shell by embracing new experiences and encountering people of different backgrounds, which actually allows you to learn more about yourself. Traveling also can give you the escape you crave from your day-to-day routine, thus enabling you to reduce stress and finally enjoy your life in an entirely new and enriching way.

This is exactly why Tauck Tours exist, and it is why these tours remain in-demand throughout the world. Pavlus Travel offers Tauck Tours to several locations, including Europe and, specifically, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, and Ireland. You may also opt to take a Tauck Tour to the USA, Canada, Cuba, Asia, or Africa.

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2014 was the year of the aerial drone travel video—here are some of the best of the best

They might have been originally designed for the military, but drones are quickly finding their future in commercial use from helping conservationists monitor illegal poaching to carrying festive decor in restaurants. They've also found a home in the travel industry. creating an entirely new genre: the drone travel video.

"Drone videos give us a new perspective that we've never seen before," says Jan Hiersemenzel, founder of TravelByDrone.com. a website launched in March 2014 that curates drone travel videos from across the web. "We've seen satellite images and we've seen images from the ground but in between there has been a gap, and this gap has finally been bridged. It's a completely new view." Before travel drone videos, filmmakers had to depend on helicopters for aerial shots but helicopters aren't nearly as mobile as drones, ... Read more »

Travel videos have the power to move you. Sometimes they move you emotionally. Other times you end up so inspired to visit the subject destination, they actually end up moving you physically, too. It s a wonderful thing, inspiration.

And 2014 was a brilliant year for visual inspiration. Here, we ve rounded up the biggest, the most beautiful, the most inspirational and the most moving videos we ve seen over the past 12 months. It s not comprehensive by any means, but we reckon it s a pretty solid list.

Koh Yao Noi, Philip Bloom

Koh Yao Noi from filmmaker Philip Bloom focuses on one of Thailand s least developed islands. Filmed with a Phantom 2 camera (a type of heli-cam) and a GoPro, the Bloom captures some of the most stunning footage of Thailand we ve ever seen. You can find out more about the filming process over on his official blog .

Cuba: The Island Lost in Time, Max Griffin

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Cape Town offers a unique sightseeing

andsafari experience

Cape Town is one of the most fascinating and vibrant cities on the African continent. In fact our affectionally named Mother City has become one of the most popular travel destinations on the African continent.

You'll certainly benefit from your holiday stay in this scenic part of South Africa if you appreciate more about what to expect from your Cape Town Sightseeing activities.

On this website you'll find useful information about our friendly city and Cape Town's well known natural features such as Table Mountain. our many sandy beaches and the Cape Winelands .

You can also make your Big 5 safari reservation through these pages as well as book your Cape Town or Garden Route Tour.

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Lucky you! You’re planning a trip to France.

The country is not only very diversified, it also offers most of what you can possibly be looking for for your vacation. Whether it’s an adventure vacation, a spa, just lying on a beach, castle-hopping, shopping or people-watching, you can do it all in France. But whether this is your first trip to France or the 50th, there is always something to discover.

Paris and its surroundings

Paris. The City of Light. And of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre, Saint-Germain, the Opéra and hundreds of attractions for every taste known to civilized mankind. A visit to Paris should include a day-trip to Versailles where French royalty brought the classical French style to its apex.

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You can bring your pet dog, cat or ferret into the UK without quarantine as long as it meets the rules of the pet travel scheme. These rules also allow you to take your dog, cat or ferret to other countries and territories and return with them to the UK without the need for quarantine.

Some changes were made to the pet travel scheme on 29 December 2015. They are explained in our guidance on the changes .

If you are looking to bring animals into the UK for sale or re-homing then you will need to comply with the rules governing trade in these animals .

It is important that you comply with these rules; they are in place to keep the UK free from rabies and certain other exotic diseases. The UK has been free from rabies for many years, but because of the existence of the disease in other countries there is a continued need for an effective system to manage the risk of rabies being brought in by imported animals.

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Is time travel theoretically and practically possible? If so, how can paradoxes such as the grandfather paradox be avoided?

Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. either sending objects (or in some cases just information ) backwards in time to some moment before the present, or sending objects forward from the present to the future without the need to experience the intervening period (at least not at the normal rate).

Although time travel has been a common plot device in fiction since the 19th century, and one-way travel into the future is arguably possible given the phenomenon of time dilation based on velocity in the theory of special relativity (exemplified by the twin paradox ), as well as gravitational time dilation in the theory of general relativity. it is currently unknown whether the laws of physics would allow backwards time travel.

An iguana invades in Tulum, Mexico. Photo by Luis Dafos .

What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller?

It s one of those quintessential questions among travellers (or should I say tourists?), popping up like a stubborn weed on forums and blogs. But is there even a difference, or are tourists and travellers one and the same?

Here s how 21 travel bloggers see it.

Tourists expect toilet paper travelers carry their own (with the carton roll removed and pressed flat).

If you gave a tourist ?500, they will visit one place, for one week while trying to emulate the insight of the traveller. If you gave a traveller ?500, they will visit five places over five weeks while trying to avoid the habits of a tourist. When they return home, the traveller will say the tourist blew their money while the tourist will claim the traveller blew their time .

Personally, I think travellers who snub their noses at tourists are short-sighted. I ve m ... Read more »