Headlines
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Expedia signs up for TCF
Wednesday | Jan 19 2011ONLINE travel giant Expedia has finally taken out an Australian travel agent’s licence and joined the Travel Compensation Fund.
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JTG drops Ski Express
Tuesday | Jan 18 2011NEWMANS Holidays is no longer the operator of Ski Express in Australia, and will operate its own “dedicated and comprehensive New Zealand ski holiday program” this year.
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Webjet spreads its wings
Tuesday | Jan 18 2011ONLINE travel agency Webjet has appointed Travelport Pacific md Shelley Beasley as its new Chief Operating Officer, as part of a management reshuffle to support a new wave of expansion.
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Oz open for business – TA
Monday | Jan 17 2011TOURISM Australia has urged travellers from across the globe not to defer their trips down under, stressing that the widely reported flooding is “restricted to relatively small parts of the country”.
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LCCs raise market share
Monday | Jan 17 2011LOW cost carriers are pulling in about one-fifth of all Australian international passenger traffic, according to government statistics released this morning.
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Qld flood victim coverage
Friday | Jan 14 2011COVER-MORE Travel Insurance has confirmed that 20,000 of its Brisbane-based clients currently overseas will be covered under the firm’s insurance policy should they decide to return home early to survey damage to their property caused by Queensland floods.
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QF confirms DFW routes
Friday | Jan 14 2011QANTAS has today officially confirmed it will commence new direct services between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas from 16 May, as exclusively revealed by Travel Daily about 24 hrs ago.
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Dawn diverted to Sydney
Thursday | Jan 13 2011THE Brisbane flood situation has caused P&O Cruises to alter the end course of Pacific Dawn’s W102 ‘Week Fantastique’ voyage, from the Queensland capital to Sydney (TD/CW breaking news).
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Oprah to recognise floods
Thursday | Jan 13 2011HARPO Productions says it will acknowledge the devasting flood situation occuring in Queensland as part of the coverage of Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure TV series, set to air next week.