Headlines
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Cudo expands into travel
Friday | Feb 25 2011A SPECIAL Cudo offer on an Outrigger property in Thailand has sold more than 550 packages worth about $450,000 to Sydney-based clients in just over 24 hours, with the move seeing the group buying website move firmly into travel agent territory.
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Payout for Air NZ investors
Thursday | Feb 24 2011AIR New Zealand this morning declared an interim dividend of 3c per share, making it the only listed airline in Australasia making enough money to pay a return to shareholders.
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VA/EY ‘new era’ for tourism
Thursday | Feb 24 2011V AUSTRALIA & Etihad Airways will see the culmination of their long awaited JV come to fruition, with the first VA service to Abu Dhabi leaving today from Sydney.
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Wotif feels domestic pain
Wednesday | Feb 23 2011LISTED accommodation provider Wotif.com has suffered from what it described as a “disproportionate swing to offshore travel by our core Australian customer base,” which saw a 4.8% decline in room nights for the 6 months to 31 Dec and an 8% drop in net profit to $25.4 million (TD breaking news).
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DJ A330s to launch in May
Wednesday | Feb 23 2011VIRGIN Blue today unveiled plans for its new Airbus A330 domestic operation, which will commence operation on the Sydney-Perth route in May and lift to a thrice daily service in Jun.
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Sth Africa capitalises on Cup
Tuesday | Feb 22 2011LAST year’s Soccer World Cup has provided a major platform for the growth of tourism in South Africa, according to organisers of the Meetings Africa 2011 business tourism conference which kicked off in Johannesburg yesterday.
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Christchurch hit by quake
Tuesday | Feb 22 2011ALL flights across New Zealand have today been seriously disrupted following a major earthquake in Christchurch.
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Gap slams Intrepid/TUI JV
Monday | Feb 21 2011GAP Adventures founder, Bruce Poon Tip took no time to voice his opinion on the new alliance between Australia’s Intrepid Travel and European travel juggernaut, TUI Travel (TD Fri).
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Record Flight Centre half
Monday | Feb 21 2011FLIGHT Centre’s pre-tax profit for the first half of the financial year has exceeded $100 million for the first time, with the $101.1m result announced this morning (TD breaking news) up by 37% on last year, and 11% higher than the previous record.
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DFAT lowers Egypt advice
Friday | Feb 18 2011EGYPT wholesalers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade this morning lowered the overall level of its Smartraveller advisory for Egypt to ‘Reconsider your need to travel’.