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Jerry
W. Bird
 In
1995 we launched Air Highways Magazine and
Air Highway Days, a conference to showcase
member airports and communities to the
travel industry. This success was followed
by an Air and Marine Tourism Expo. Good
fortune continued to smile on us that same
year when, in partnership with the Africa
Travel Association, we launched Africa
Travel Magazine. It's 2,400 page web site
now leads the pack in many search
categories. See: http://www.airhighways.com
One
of the blessings of today's Digital Age is
the ease which we can archive the results
of our efforts of the past several decades
- and leave a footprint in the sands of
time. From thousands of photo images taken
during numerous trips to and from the
African Continent, to conference reports,
focus groups, road shows, speeches,
in-depth interviews, biographies and
flashbacks - our editors are able to
recall, restore, rethink and regenerate a
library of material from this vast
treasury. That's why, on the 10th
Anniversary of our first two
travel-business magazines - and the 30th
Anniversary of the Africa Travel
Association, I am pleased to introduce
some new features.
A
Radio-Active Website with
Video
- is our hottest item as we join the Insyc
Portal with Africa Travel TV . More to
come regarding our broadcast
schedule.
Magic
of Technology -
Below
is a list of print
ready
DOWNLOADS
- available in the colorful, convenient,
easy to print PDF format we love so well.
This amazing technology, first introduced
by Adobe shortly after myself and friends
were making our dauntless debut into the
publishing side of this fascinating media
world, is a magic touch. The PDF, short
for ' personal document file,' is finally
gaining the broad acceptance it so rightly
deserves.
Features
from back issues of Africa Travel
Magazine, plus other gems of interest to
our readers worldwide, will be provided
via this web site and partner sites that
network with us. Please feel free to
sample any of the selections below - we
promise a much bigger choice in the months
ahead.
Maps
and More
What
many readers do not know is that our first
step in publishing was a series of travel
resource maps showing various modes of
transportation and links between
destinations. Several hundred thousand
copies were printed and distributed for
our clients Best Western Hotels and Avis
Rent A Car to their customers. This led to
a Government of Canada contract to create
a "Supermap" of Air Routes. Travelers
needed to know how to get from here to
there - and who to contact. Most still do,
judging from the flood of e-mail requests
we receive. At meetings with Transport
Canada and regional Airport Managers, we
arranged distribution via airports and
launched series of articles on gateway
airport communities.
In
1995 we launched Air Highways Magazine and
Air Highway Days, a conference to showcase
member airports and communities to the
travel industry. This success was followed
by an Air and Marine Tourism Expo. Good
fortune continued to smile on us that same
year when, in partnership with the Africa
Travel Association, we launched Africa
Travel Magazine. It's 2,400 page web site
now leads the pack in many search
categories.
Another
Flying Start
The
idea of combining the best of both
magazines in a single issue on Air Travel
and Multimodal Transportation links has
been on my mind for years. This spring it
began to grow roots. At the ATA 30th World
Congress in Nairobi Kenya, our editors
spoke to many delegates - and in one group
alone we discovered that each person had
flown a different route to Nairobi. Some
arrived from the USA via Ethiopian
Airlines, with a stop in Addis Ababa;
others came via Dubai with a shopping
enroute, while many flew South African
Airlines. We began with a United Airlines
flight from Seattle to London; then flew
Kenya Airways. Other delegates flew with
SN Brussels, British Airways - and the
list goes on.
My
point is that many travelers and agents
have no clue as to the variety of options
now available. So,using the same blueprint
from the early 90s, we proudly introduce
"Air Highways to Africa." The premiere
issue debuts in March 2006.
Copies
from the original Air Highways Magazine
and our APEC- Asia Pacific edition will
soon be available on the PDF list
below.
We
invite your comments, backgrounders and
news releases for this exciting new
edition.
Warmest
Regards
The
Editor
Downloads
Sample
Pages, Spreads and Sections
PDF
files from Africa Travel Magazine's
archives.
Plus reports and brochures sent by
clients.
Africa's
Great Safaris
Great
Flying Safari, Mafia to
Ruaha
Safari
in
Selous
Wild
Safari in South Africa
Africa
Fashions
African
Hats, Hairstyles and
Headgear
ATA
Features
Hands
Across the
Border
Women
in Tourism
Member
Activities
ATA
Chapters
Editorial
Cameroon
Cameroon
Introduction
Africa
in One
Country
Ecotourisme
(French)
Cameroon
Story
Ecotourism
Fes
Declaration
Zanzibar
Action
Plan.
Ecotourism
intro
Events
Calendar
of
Event
Globe
2006
Exhibitors
Toronto
Travel Leisure
Show
More
on our Downloads
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