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Aquila shared the region with over 70,000 passengers this season!

With the last ship sailing last evening back to safe waters, Aquila says goodbye to another great cruise season.  At a “1980s Party” with its team of 60-plus guides and pierside staff, Aquila ended the 2012 season with a celebration that also recognized the company’s 30 years in business. This year marked a million guests on tours over the years for Aquila and the impact locally on small businesses from these passengers is incredible. Although some of the tour experiences take guests all the way to Hopewell Rocks, 80% of passengers are on tours of about two hours, leaving them lots of time to experience on their own. The cruise industry brings over $30 Million annually in economic spinoffs to the Saint John and Southern New Brunswick economy.

Aquila has gained a lot of experience over the last 30 years, and today is sharing that knowledge with tour operators and tour guides around the world.  Aquila's Center for Cruise Excellence was launched five years ago and today tour operators and hundreds of tour guides from places far and wide have taken advantage of Aquila’s knowledge, as well as their online International Certification and training program.

Aquila’s President, Beth Kelly Hatt, has travelled extensively over the last few months to destinations such as Guatemala, Aruba, Curaçao and Puerto Rico to share its knowledge and Best Practices with local tour operators and stakeholders in those ports. 2012 has been a tremendous year for Aquila, both locally and internationally.  Aquila’s certifications and designations have been endorsed by the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association and Aquila continues to be used as a model of excellence throughout the cruise industry around the world.

A Tour Operator in Saint John since 1982, Aquila has provided a wide range of experiences for its guests over the past 30 years – on local city tours for convention and event delegates, on group tours around the world – but the vast majority of their guests have been on shore excursions of Saint John and the Bay of Fundy from visiting cruise ships. With the growth of the cruise industry in Saint John, today Aquila’s business is solely focused on cruise, providing shore excursions in Saint John, as well as offering training and certification for Tour Guides and Tour Operators in the cruise industry in other parts of world. Through Aquila’s Center for Cruise Excellence, these offerings include training programs in the areas of Tour Operator Excellence, Tour Guide Excellence, and Port Excellence, all designed to help the key players in cruise destinations around the world achieve excellence in their ports, tours, guides and businesses.  

Frequent Shopper Bonus Points at the New Brunswick Museum Shop November 20-30!

Start the holiday season with the Second Annual Frequent Shopper Bonus Points at the New Brunswick Museum (NBM) Shop.  From November 20 to 30, receive double points on everything in the Shop!  Take this opportunity to purchase beautiful and unique, locally-made pieces, including jewelry and pottery and other hard-to-find items, as gifts for others - or yourself! 

Double Frequent Shopper stamps for each $20 (before taxes) that you spend.  With 10 stamps, you will obtain a $20 NBM gift card for use in the NBM.  Keep for yourself or give to someone special this holiday season.  Gift-wrapping is available.

Of special interest in the NBM Shop:

 Clairvoyent Art Glass, Markhamville:

Flameworking is the art of melting & shaping glass with an oxygen rich flame and manipulating it with tools into the shape the artist desires. Using this technique, gorgeous pendants, bottles, marbles and perfume decanters that are truly one of a kind are created.

 The Maliseet Connection, Fredericton:

The Dreamcatcher, traditional to First Nation’s culture, is hung in a bedroom window where the good and the bad dreams are caught in the web of the Dreamcatcher.  The bad dreams are burned off by the first morning light.  The good dreams are saved in the spirit beads of the feathers, to be dreamed another night.  Colorfully beaded or traditional Dreamcatchers are available in a variety of sizes. Also available beautiful beaded & Dreamcatcher earrings.

 Lavish Handcrafted Soaps and Lip Balms, Fredericton:

Lavish handcrafted soaps and lip balms are the perfect item to add to your list!  Each bar of Lavish soap has been created by hand here in New Brunswick and boasts a wide array of fabulous scents – everything from Candy Cane, Mistletoe and Cranberry to exotic Vanilla Bean or Mango Tea. 

The NBM Shop is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 am - 5 pm, Thursday 9 am - 9 pm, Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday 12-5 pm.  The New Brunswick Museum and Shop are located in Market Square, Saint John.

For more information:  506-643-2349/1-888-268-9595 www.nbm-mnb.ca   

Collection Training Seminar - January 16, 2013

Collection Training Seminar – January 16, 2013

After an overwhelming demand, Eastern Credit Management Services is offering a two-hour collection training seminar. 

We have limited seating; cost per participant is $175.00 plus HST. A 15 % discount will be offered should you register three or more. 

The training will take place Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in our offices, located at 560 Main Street, Suite 310, Saint John, NB. 

We will provide your Accounts Receivable team, and credit managers with information on how to get your customers to pay their bills faster, with grace and style.  At the end of the training your employees will have a take-home manual with all the topics we will cover during this session.  We guarantee your employees will gain valuable knowledge. 

Topics include:  Customer Service Approach to Collections, Debt Collection Tips, Five Signs Your Customer is NOT Going to Pay, Ten Steps to Handling Complaint Calls and more.

Reserve your seat no later than  December 15, 2012 by emailing  stephanie@easterncms.com. 

Eastern Credit Management Services has been providing effective bilingual credit management services to all markets sectors in Atlantic Canada since 1983.  We provide local, regional, national and international services through our global network.  With years of experience and a proven track record we provide prompt, efficient, and accurate services encompassing the entire credit process. 

Crowd Funding - Discover the benefits and cautions

If you are an entrepreneur raising capital, a professional assisting entrepreneurs, an academic, university student or potential investor you should attend the informative panel session!

For more information click here

New Brunswick: The Coach Approach to Facilitation - CSTD

The NB Chapter of CSTD has a Saint John event on Nov 28. The coach approach to facilitation workshop with vision coaching and sponsored by Irving Oil.  Click on the link below for more details!


http://cstd.site-ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=253090

Cruise Information Session

Cruise is worth $30 million per year in Saint John.  Do you want to be part of this dynamic industry?

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Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal Grand Opening Week Events!

The Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal, which was put into operational use on September 5, will host grand opening events during the week of November 12, 2012.

The first event of the week occurs on Tuesday, November 13 when the funding partners in the cruise expansion project (Federal, Provincial officials and Port Saint John executives) will have a guided walk-through of the building and exchange plaques to commemorate the official opening of the building in a brief ceremony. (Media are invited for 9 am).

With appreciation to our federal and provincial funding partners, we are pleased to be able to welcome our stakeholder and business communities along with the wider public into our newest cruise terminal building during these events,” noted Jim Quinn President & CEO, Port Saint John. “Not only will Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal assist Port Saint John in accommodating cruise ships during multiple ship days, but it also provides the community a waterfront rental venue for events with views to the harbour and Bay of Fundy. We are especially pleased to have a roof-top patio which will be open seasonally during specified hours where members of the public can view harbour activity like never before.”

"I am pleased to take part in these events to celebrate the official opening of the Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal. The investments in the Port of Saint John will not only enhance the experience of cruise passengers, but it will also attract additional vessels and economic opportunities to the Atlantic region as a whole," commented Rodney Weston, Member of Parliament for Saint John. "This will drive tourism in the City of Saint John while creating opportunities in the Atlantic Canada cruise industry.”

On Wednesday, November 14 the Port Authority will host a grand opening reception for port stakeholders and the business community in the early evening. During this event a large work of art will be donated by Aquila Tours. The art work is the final product of a summer long project during which children from the Disney Magic, who took part in the “Whale of a Time” port adventure with Aquila Tours, painted ceramic tiles under direction of local mosaicist Sheryl Crowley (Fractured Art Mosaics). The individual tiles were then mounted by Ms. Crowley into a 4’ x 8’ art piece, depicting a Bay of Fundy North Atlantic Right Whale tail.

Finally, on Saturday, November 17, Port Saint John welcomes the public to an open house from 1-3 pm at the Diamond Jubilee Cruise Terminal with cookies and hot apple cider being served while quantities last. Tours of the building will be offered to all visitors on Saturday during this event.

Go-Go Holiday Christmas Special

With the upcoming Holiday season, we have put together Holiday Party SPECIALS on all of our children's entertainment rentals and we have selected YOU for this offer on Go-Go Gymnastics Holdiay pricing. Please see the attached flyer outlining our Holiday Party Packages.


Contact us today to take advantage of these huge savings, as well as to book unique and FUN entertainment for your upcoming holiday party.  For more click here

To Book - Call: 1-877-977-4646 or Email: tumble@gogogym.com.

Wishing you a safe & happy holiday season,

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