# 002 2010 December

IDENTITY’S The Traveller T IPS N EW S AN D IN F OR M AT ION ABO UT

T RAVEL AND ED U C AT ION IN I SR AEL

The new travel agent partner program offers travel agents worldwide the opportunity to sell the tours to groups and receive a favorable com-mission .

Unveiling Travel Agent Partner Program As an allied member of the American

Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), we

constantly seek ways to nurture long

lasting relationships with travel agents.

Our executives will be touring the USA

and Canada in January to present the

new program to travel agencies.

The new travel agent partner program

offers travel agents worldwide the op-

portunity to sell the tours to groups and

receive a favorable commission of up to

$200 a person. The members will also

have access to a special "partner web"

where they can find all the information

about the tours in one glance, including

special limited-time offers, group spe-

cials, a stream of off-the-shelf, graph-

ically-designed itineraries, and updates

on upcoming attractions and tours as

well as new Israeli hot spots.

Eran Kolran, Director and Co-

Founder at Identity Travel Israel,

explains: "We are looking to provide

our travel agent partners with everything

they would need so that together we can

reach more people and promote under-

standing through travel."

SIGHT of the WEEK The Monastery of Notre-Dame de Sept-Douleurs at Latrun, Israel was established by

French, German and Flemish monks of the Trappists. Contrary to popular belief, the

Trappist monks do not take a vow of silence they will generally only speak when

necessary, and idle talk is strongly discouraged. The monks are engaged not in talk

but in work, attending to their vineyard and producing wine and olive oil. Touring the

beautiful monastery grounds is a wonderful way to spend a sunny day.

SITE of the WEEK

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Carmel on Fire

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Season’s Greetings

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Www.IdentityTour.com

accept your trust in our

company. We strive to con-

stantly perfect the quality of

service and

enrich your

experience.

This Quarter,

our Christian

tours, as well

as our cross-

cultural tours,

have earned us a reputation

in the industry. This al-

lowed us to launch a Travel

Agent Partner Program. We

hope that through this pro-

gram many more souls

interested in the history,

culture and politics of Israel

will be able to find us and

book their tickets to this

unforgettable

experience.

We thank

our travel

partners and

wish them a

year full of

lucrative

commissions from our tour.

We hope to hear from all of

you on our website and on

Facebook, Twitter,

Linkedin and Blogger.

Letter From the Founders:

Thank You For a Successful Quarter We strive to constantly perfect the quality

of service and enrich your experience.

The Identity Travel Team con-

cludes yet another successful

business quarter of expansion;

we have experienced a phe-

nomenal quarterly growth.

Though we have applied much

effort to achieve our goals, we

do not forget for one moment the

immense role that you, our cus-

tomers have played in our suc-

cess.

It is with great gratitude and a

sense of responsibility that we

It is with great gratitude

and a sense of responsibil-

ity that we accept your

trust in our company. .

ERAN KOLRAN AND ILAN

We wanted to take this opportunity to remind

everybody who is enjoying this holiday season

where it all began. We want to thank all of our

customers and readers for allowing us to take

part in their memory of ancient times. We are

sure that the past has a message to impart to us

all. Whether you have experienced a tour of

this land or simply reminisced of its glorious

past; feast, celebrate and remember to let

the history resonate through the millennia and

into your life today.

We are certainly reminded of our mission dur-

ing these festive times: Promoting understand-

ing through travel.

SEASON’S GREETINGS Remembering

THE CARMEL FIRE

F ire and black smoke plume over Mount Carmel. The media in

Israel is playing the blame game: was it a selfish youth that

started the fire? Did people not care enough about firefighters?

Where was the government? A Rabbi is interviewed and hints

that this is a punishment by God for the sins of Israel.

I am reminded of a previous time when the Carmel was up in flames. Back

then, Elijah challenged the other faiths and the fire and brimstone were

materialized by God to light his alter on the Carmel.

While smoke from the Carmel still darkened the skies Elijah found refuge

in a widow's home. Although food was scarce and would not suffice even

her family's appetites the kind widow offered her last loaf of bread to

Elijah.

She gives to a stranger selflessly and her deed is rewarded "...The jar of

flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day

the Lord gives rain on the land. " (KINGS 1:17)

I am reminded of this story because one of the dead in the fire was a 16

year old boy with that same altruistic selfless spirit. This young man

was a volunteer in Israel's fire brigades. As news hit the waves that a

fire had unleashed its flaming wrath on the pastoral communities of

Mount Carmel, our protagonist dropped everything and ran to the

rescue. He hoped to save the lives of strangers.

When the fire began, the boy was attending his civics lesson at school.

He burst out of the classroom dramatically and headed towards the

flaming horizon. This boy didn't need to attend a civics class to know what

civic responsibility is all about. When he heard the call for help, he felt a

burning passion, a fire in his bones and in his heart and was willing to risk

his life for the collective good. This type of good fire is what citizenship is

all about.

In the Bible, the benevolence of the gentile widow is contrasted with Israel's

sinful collective and she serves as an example of a Good Samaritan. I hope

young people in Israel today will remember this young fire fighter, and that

his flame will catch like a brush fire in all of our hearts so that we can be-

come good Samaritans.

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

A Fireman takes arms against a raging fire on the Carmel.