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Spafax publications won 4 awards at the recent NATJA awards. One of the world’s leading providers of custom media, Spafax has long distinguished itself for the quality of its publications.

Photographer Alex Farnum picked up a Grand Prize in photography for his work in Fairmont magazine, the publication of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.

enRoute, the inflight publication for Air Canada, won a First Place prize for André Doyon’s cover from February, 2009. The magazine was also rewarded with an Award of Merit prize for best travel package to writers Alec Scott, Charlene Rooke and enRoute editor-in-chief’s articles on branded travel from July 2009. Finally, Pure Canada, the custom publication of the Canadian Tourism Commission, won an award in Overall Excellence for the photography of John Cullen.

Spafax, one of the world’s leading custom publishers and providers of inflight media, with offices in eight cities on four continents. Spafax is a member of the specialist communications group at WPP (www.wpp.com).

The North American Travel Journalists Association is the premier professional association of writers, photographers, editors, and tourism professionals dedicated to redefining professional development for the travel industry. For more information about NATJA, go to http://natja.org/about/ and for a complete list of award winners, go to http://new.natja.org/awards

For more information about Spafax contact Arjun Basu, Editorial Director, at 514-844-2001. Or go to www.spafax.com.

Toronto – September 22, 2009 - Spafax, one of the country’s leading providers of custom media, is pleased to announce a travel content agreement with MSN.ca

Spafax will provide custom travel content from its portfolio of  magazine and websites including enRoute and OnAir (Air Canada), Fairmont Magazine (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts), Pure Canada (the Canadian Tourism Commission), HomeSpa (BainUltra) and Review (Investor’s Group) to MSN.ca in both English and French.

After five successful years managing and operating the number one most-visited online portal in Canada in connection with Bell Sympatico (sympatico.msn.ca), Microsoft has announced the launch of MSN.ca – a portal owned and operated exclusively by Microsoft Corporation.

“Spafax is an expert in travel and lifestyle content.. We’re very proud of  the work we are doing with MSN.ca,” says Spafax Editorial Director Arjun Basu. “This agreement benefits our clients, our organization, MSN.ca and all Canadians. It gives everyone access to the great, award-winning travel content that we produce every month.”

About Spafax
Spafax is one of the world’s leading providers of custom media. Magazines published by Spafax include Air Canada’s award-winning enRoute (www.enroute.aircanada.com), and a variety of other titles for clients including the Canadian Tourism Commission, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Mercedes Benz Canada, Bell, Investor’s Group, BainUltra and more, and is recognized as a leading supplier of in-flight entertainment, custom media and advertising sales with clients around the world.  Spafax is a part of the specialist media division of the WPP, one of the world’s leading communications companies.

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For more information:
Please contact Arjun Basu at 514-844-2001 or abasu@spafax.com.

Spafax publications won an astounding 14 awards at the recent NATJA awards. One of the world’s leading providers of custom media, Spafax has long distinguished itself for the quality of its publications.

enRoute, the inflight publication for Air Canada, led the pack with 10 awards. Pure Canada, the custom publication of the Canadian Tourism Commission, won 3 awards, while HomeSpa, a magazine for BainUltra, won 1 award.

Awards included one for overall excellence (Pure Canada), a Grand Prize for International Destination Travel writing (enRoute) and First Place prizes for Pure Canada and enRoute in the Domestic Destination Travel and Personality Profile categories. enRoute and Pure Canada also picked up Merit citations in the Best Travel Magazine category.

Spafax, one of the world’s leading custom publishers and providers of inflight media, with offices in eight cities on four continents.

The North American Travel Journalists Association is the premier professional association of writers, photographers, editors, and tourism professionals dedicated to redefining professional development for the travel industry. For more information about NATJA, go to http://natja.org/about/ and for a complete list of award winners, go to http://new.natja.org/awards

For more information about Spafax contact Arjun Basu, Editorial Director, at 514-844-2001. Or go to http://www.spafax.com. enRoute can be found online at enroute.aircanada.com ; Pure Canada can be found online at http://pure.canada.travel/en_us/; HomeSpa can be found at http://www.homespa-magazine.com/2008/11/