Headlines
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EK winter earlybird fares
Tuesday | May 18 2010EMIRATES has today launched new “winter earlybird fares” targeting Aussies heading to Europe for the ski season or Christmas markets.
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Pacific Blue lifts Tasman
Monday | May 17 2010VIRGIN Blue’s NZ offshoot, Pacific Blue, has extended its NZ regional long-haul strategy by boosting trans-Tasman flights from Hamilton and Dunedin.
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Ash closes LHR again
Monday | May 17 2010FLIGHTS inbound to London Heathrow Airport are once again being disrupted after authorities closed airspace across the UK this morning (TD breaking news).
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Tiger Australia breakeven
Friday | May 14 2010TIGER Airways overnight announced that its Australian operation had achieved a “breakeven operating result” in its second full year of trading.
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ACCC rejects car collective
Friday | May 14 2010THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it plans to reject a proposal by a group of car rental companies to collectively negotiate with Perth Airport.
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Tourism careers program
Thursday | May 13 2010FEDERAL Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson yesterday launched a new Discover Tourism careers program.
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Stella ‘business as usual’
Thursday | May 13 2010STELLA Travel ceo Peter Lacaze says the proposed merger of the company with Jetset Travelworld is expected to settle on 31 Aug, but until then both businesses will continue trading unchanged.
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New ancillary standards
Wednesday | May 12 2010AN INTERNATIONAL coalition of airlines, GDS firms, online agents and TMCs have agreed to support new industry standards to enable “shopping, booking, payment and reporting of ancillary services” offered by airlines.
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Budget funds for quality
Wednesday | May 12 2010TOURISM businesses across Australia will carry a new ‘quality mark’ under the National Tourism Accreditation Framework, which has been funded to the tune of $5.5 million in last night’s Federal Budget (TD breaking news).
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$1.5m Ecotours collapse
Tuesday | May 11 2010THE failure of Australian Ecotours (TD 09 Apr) – formerly operating as Discovery Ecotours and Odyssey Ecotours – has seen a shortfall of about $1.5m, with industry creditors owed around half a million dollars.