Headlines
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Wotif expands into Africa
Wednesday | Oct 6 2010AUSTRALIAN-listed accommodation specialist Wotif.com says it’s “strengthened its destination focus on South Africa” with the opening of a new office in Cape Town.
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SIA to add inflight comms
Wednesday | Oct 6 2010SINGAPORE Airlines has announced plans to roll out inflight internet, SMS and voice call connectivity on its fleet from the first half of next year.
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NBTA appoints local head
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010PEAK corporate travel group the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) has appointed Mark Rizzuto to the newly created role of Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Australia/NZ.
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More DJ cancellations
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010VIRGIN Blue’s IT woes are continuing, with the carrier today warning passengers travelling this week of “unavoidable changes to the usual levels of service” as it reinstates the reservation system which crashed on Sun 26 Sep, causing major chaos.
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No ASTA slogan restriction
Friday | Oct 1 2010THE American Society of Travel Agents is not trying to stop Australian travel agents from using the ‘Without a Travel Agent, You’re On Your Own’ slogan, according to a formal advice from ASTA overnight.
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Stella-JTG set for strength
Friday | Oct 1 2010ALMOST every senior executive in the merged Jetset Travelworld-Stella group (TD yesterday) holds shares in the expanded company, with an organisational structure of the group released late yesterday by ceo Peter Lacaze.
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Strategic big Bali winner
Thursday | Sep 30 2010STRATEGIC Airlines says its new allocation of seats to Bali (TD breaking news) is “a big win for the little guys”.
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JTG-Stella deal completes
Thursday | Sep 30 2010TODAY a new era has dawned on the Australian travel industry, with the completion of the merger between Jetset Travelworld and Stella Travel (TD breaking news).
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No wholesale concerns
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010THE ACCC says that because the Jetset Travelworld-Stella deal is unlikely to lessen competition in the retail market, this means it’s also “unlikely to lead to a substantial lessening of competition” in wholesaling too.
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ACCC JTG-Stella reasons
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010YESTERDAY afternoon the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission published its long-awaited ‘public competition assessment’ into the Jetset Travelworld-Stella merger.