Former publisher turns to travel.Essence magazine co-founder and president emeritus Clarence O. Smith launched Avocet avocet (ăv`əsĕt), common name for a long-legged wading bird about 15 to 18 in. (37.5–45 cm) long, related to the snipe and belonging to the same family as the stilt. Travel in early 2003 with $2.5 million in startup costs. Smith and his seven employees have launched the nation's first nonstop air charter service between the U.S. and Bahia, Brazil the third leading tourist destination in Brazil according to the American Society of Travel Agents ASTA, short for the American Society of Travel Agents, claims over 20,000 members in 140 countries. Its members include travel agents and companies who offer travel products, such as tours, cruises, hotels, car rentals, etc. . Avocet's first nonstop chartered flight from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (JFK) to Salvador da Bahia was launched at the end of April on VARIG VARIG Viação Aérea Rio Grandense SA (Brazilian Airline) Airlinesm, the largest air transportation company in Latin America. |
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