The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 154

Sunday, September 27, 1987 Part IX SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT Co0 Angeles Simee CD 3 oQ0 0 0 CP rjp 'a' ll l1 1 Photo, couitny of TOURISM VANCOUVER -r -s ATS Cosmopolitan Vancouver, Canada, offers visitors all the varied activities of a major city, top, as well as nearby skiing, above. The portside World Trade and Convention Centre, below, was built for Expo 86. L.A. Convention Center Travel Show adds fall offering Oct. 2 to 4 The 10th edition of The Travel Show, which has run for nine consecutive years in the spring at the L.A.

Convention Center, will greet visitors in the fall this year for the first time in addition to the regular spring showing. Scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, The Travel Show features exhibits, seminars and films providing prospective travelers with current information and ideas for travel throughout the world. Hundreds of exhibitors will partake in The Travel Show, representing foreign and domestic tourist offices, airlines, cruise lines, resorts, hotels, tour operators and other segments of the travel industry.

Exhibits will be staffed by travel consultants who will answer questions and provide information. "Whether people have a particular vacation in mind or not, The Travel Show is a marketplace for travelers, where they may avail themselves to all sorts of travel ideas. They may also learn about a particular destination and mode of transportation perhaps already selected," said Dennis Freimann, vice-president of Worldwide Expo which produces The Travel Show. "The Travel Show provides an excellent opportunity for aspiring passengers and the travel agents to interface with experts in the travel industry and receive the latest up-to-date information," added Freimann. An important aspect of the show is the Travelers Information and Value Vacation Center, staffed by May World Travel Bureau, a division of Uni-tours.

Travelers interested in completing their vacation plans may book their trips at the center and receive substantial savings in many cases. Also, an information section for senior citizens will be part of the vacation center, where seniors may take advantage of specialized trips ranging from weekend getaways to cruises. In addition to exhibits and the Travelers Information and Value Vacation Center, a series of seminars will be presented in private rooms of the Convention Center by industry experts covering a myriad of destinations and topics. A travel film festival of award-winning films will cover a multitude of destinations. Drawings for prizes and trips will be held each day, and two round-trip airline tickets to Hawaii will be offered by May World Travel Bureau.

Also, two round trip tickets to Mazatlan, including a three-day stay at Pueblo Bonito, will be offered by Aero-mexico. Admission is $5.50 or $4.50 with a discount coupon from this supplement. Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Please see TRAVEL SHOW, Page 5 Vancouver's diversity, scenery, provide fresh locale for movies, stars When Capt. George Vancouver founded the West Coast Canadian city that bears his name, he used celestial navigation to guide him.

Today, following the stars remains the surest method of finding Vancouver. Dubbed "Hollywood North" more than 10 years ago, it continues to attract an ever-increasing number of production companies eager to use its viewer-fresh locales. The diversity of urban settings available allows for everything from European-cosy to futuristic-chic. The natural scenery, with its mountain backdrop, primal forests and even a nearby, functioning, historic mining town, relegates backlots to museum status. Michael Fox is a native; ditto Margot Kidder.

Charlton Heston's producer son, Fraser, is only one of the resident celebrities. Katherine Hepburn is due to arrive any day. And neighboring Nelson's scenic grandeur outscaled even Steve Martin's olfactory protuberance in "Roxanne." And this is only a very, very partial list. Locally, movie crews are responded to with unjad-ed hospitality. Downtown beaches, wharftop restaurants, year-round golf and sailing and minutes-away skiing are "extras" not only film extras enjoy.

All the glitter that recording, movie and television production bring have elevated shmoozing to a new level. Theater and gallery openings, which abound, are now important business as well as social events. Originally, the movie industry was drawn to Vancouver by a combination of government incentives and a favorable exchange rate. Today, these elements remain as an added attraction. The main event is the location itself.

As one of the world's great trading seaports and immigration points, Vancouver displays a dynamism and cultural variety with few rivals. Sophisticated imports from Europe and the Pacific Rim vie with craft and art pieces to tempt the shopper. Festivals celebrating most represented communities, as well as jazz, the sea and even children, seem to be a constant occurrence. Sections of the city, such as a large and lively Chinatown, with its unique classical Chinese garden, the only one outside of mainland China, provide inspiration for all the arts, as well as picturesque, instant movie sets. Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, French, East Indian, Spanish, Hungarian, Peruvian, Mexican and Cajun cuisines are restaurant reflections of the multiplicity of cultures.

High tea and English fish and chips remain a tradition, however, This is British Columbia, after all. And the local specialty, a real treat, is salmon, fresh or smoked. The record-breaking success of Expo 86 not only brought the world to already cosmopolitan Van-Please see VANCOUVER, Page 5 (d! 3 tf Off-seasons can offer travelers significant savings The 1987 Fall Travel Show INFORMATION-Call (714) 639-3700. After Thursday, call the show office at (213) 741-1171 or the L.A. Convention Center at (213) 741-1151.

The Travel Show will be open to travel agents only from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday for a travel industry reception. Admission during these times is free with a business card and identification. ars on travel destinations conducted by travel industry experts. WHEN-5 to 10 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 2, noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4. ADMISSION $5.50, or $4.50 with the discount coupon in this section; children under 12 admitted free with an adult.

WHERE The Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Fig-ueroa Los Angeles, at the intersection of the Santa Monica (10) and Harbor (110) freeways. WHAT-The Travel Show, 10th Edition, with multinational and domestic exhibits, booths, films, entertainment and semin By JACK ADLER The fall and winter seasons are imminent, and with them come extra measures of enticing special offers, bargains and other travel bounties. Lower rates, discount programs and assorted other inducements and perks will be unleashed to drum up business during the off-season. While you can certainly save money traveling in the off seasons, it's important to understand the advantages and possible disadvantages of travel during these parts of the year.

Similarly, travelers should have some understanding of such terms as high, low, shoulder and peak. Who decides when to apply these terms, and just how much attention should you pay to them? Basically, the use of these terms which essentially cover sales periods is totally up to whoever is using them. One travel company's high season can be another's low season. There can be several high or low seasons a year, and the effective dates can shift from Please see SAVINGS, Page 4.