Ten years ago, $1,499 would get you a return airfare on Air Canada from Sydney to Vancouver. Fast forward to 2009, and $1,499 will still get you that same airfare. While the price of the airfare is the same, the length and convenience of the flight to Canada has certainly changed. After years of en route stops in Hawaii, the Air Canada launched the only non-stop daily flight from Sydney to Vancouver, shaving three hours off the previous travel time, with brand new planes designed to fly long distances in comfort and style. And surprisingly our dollar is actually worth slightly more today than it was in March 1999 when you got just 63 American cents to the Aussie dollar!

From May through September 2010, Celebrity Cruises Alaska season will offer seven-night itineraries on three of its sophisticated ships - Celebrity Infinity, Celebrity Mercury and Celebrity Millennium - giving travellers a chance to see one of Americas most majestic landscapes in the lap of luxury. Highlights include a cruise through the Alaskan Inside Passage - the 32-mile long passage through the narrow Tracy Arm Fjord to the magnificent Sawyer Glacier, and cruising by Hubbard Glacier, the only advancing glacier in Alaska and the largest glacier in North America at six miles wide and 300 feet high.

In addition to the spectacular itineraries, Celebrity Cruises will offer a wide range of fully escorted land tours. This includes the “White Pass Railway and Historic City Highlights” excursion in Skagway, Alaska - featuring a ride on the world-famous narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad to the summit, and “Wild Alaska Culinary Extravaganza” that teaches guests how to prepare and cook local seafood (like salmon, halibut, and Dungeness crab) and concludes with a feast.