Headlines
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QH int’l price matching
Monday | Mar 29 2010QANTAS Holidays and Viva! Holidays are now offering instant price matching on both domestic and international itineraries.
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IATA forces trust accounts
Monday | Mar 29 2010NEW financial criteria being introduced by the International Air Transport Association for IATA-registered agents in Australia are set to change the face of the industry here.
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Princess boosts Australia
Friday | Mar 26 2010THERE will be plenty of cruise capacity in Australian waters in 2011-12, with Princess Cruises the latest line to announce extra capacity (TD breaking news).
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Jetstar could fly to PNG
Friday | Mar 26 2010THE Interrnational Air Services Commission has granted Qantas rights to operate flights between Cairns and Port Moresby, with 888 seats approved and the carrier planning 12 weekly Qantaslink flights on the route (TD 12 Mar).
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ACCC ticks airline group
Thursday | Mar 25 2010THE competition watchdog has issued a draft determination which proposes to grant authorisation for collective negotiations by airlines via the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia (BARA).
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Crown ‘integrated resort’
Thursday | Mar 25 2010CROWN Melbourne today announced a huge $212m investment into its premium player facilities, “further enhancing it as one of the world’s leading integrated resorts”.
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TC hails Phenix success
Wednesday | Mar 24 2010TRAVEL Counsellors is looking at expanding its custom-designed Phenix dynamic packaging system to offer more travel product including flights and cruising.
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AW charters MS Volendam
Wednesday | Mar 24 2010ADVENTURE World has today announced a 20-night charter of Holland America’s MS Volendam from Oct 2011, and is offering cruise packages combined with finals tickets for next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
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No Expedia for us – MTA
Tuesday | Mar 23 2010MTA Travel, which operates a network of about 200 home-based consultants, says it won’t be following rival Travel Counsellors in signing up to the Expedia Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TD yesterday) because it’s concerned about who owns the customer data.
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EY plots SYD double daily
Tuesday | Mar 23 2010ABU Dhabi’s Etihad Airways is planning to ramp up services to the NSW capital to a twice daily service after the carrier was last month granted approval by the Australian Govt to lift capacity.