Headlines
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Wilson DriveTravel return
Monday | Jan 18 2010TONY Wilson has re-emerged as the sole director and secretary of the company which now operates the Drive Travel websites, which were previously operated by his Global Travel Corporation which collapsed just over a year ago owing over $3m (TD 29 Oct 08).
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Pacific Flier launch stalled
Monday | Jan 18 2010STARTUP carrier Pacific Flier has been forced to hold off on the launch of passenger and cargo services between Brisbane and Micronesia by a few weeks due to objections from two rival airlines.
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QH joins15% comm club
Friday | Jan 15 2010QANTAS Holidays has matched an initiative by Creative Holidays and Travel2 to offer 15% commission on Europe/UK bookings made online.
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Feb launch for C&K site
Friday | Jan 15 2010COX & Kings is set to launch the Australian version of its Ezeego1 travel website next month, with the domain name already registered and work apparently well underway on what’s being billed as “Australia’s biggest online travel supermarket”.
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Major OETG expansion
Thursday | Jan 14 2010ORIENT Express Travel Group has launched an upgraded version of its Express Ticketing system, expanding it with four additional airlines and also giving access to Galileo travel agents.
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Australia drives TT growth
Thursday | Jan 14 2010MOST of the revenue growth being seen by Tiger Airways is occurring in Australia, with the carrier revealing that its Asian operations grew just 1.7% in the 2009 financial year.
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Qantas offers JAL help
Wednesday | Jan 13 2010QANTAS executive manager Rob Gurney has offered to share the secrets of the QF “two-brand” model to Japan Airlines, as part of a oneworld push to keep JAL within the alliance.
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Carnival marketing push
Wednesday | Jan 13 2010CARNIVAL Australia today urged travel agents to prepare for “another wave of cruise bookings” as it launches a major marketing campaign.
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Nov arrivals up by 5.5%
Tuesday | Jan 12 2010SHORT term visitor arrivals to Australia during Nov 09 were 5.5% higher than the previous year, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today.
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Auckland Airport CNS buy
Monday | Jan 11 2010NZ-LISTED Auckland International Airport has purchased a 24.55% stake in the operator of Cairns and Mackay Airports, saying the deal “opens up exciting new opportunities to strengthen and grow air services connections with Cairns as a stepping stone between New Zealand and the high-growth tourism markets of Asia.”