Headlines
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QF to reintroduce A380s
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010QANTAS ceo Alan Joyce today confirmed the reintroduction of A380 services from this Sat 27 Nov – as exclusively foreshadowed four days ago by Travel Daily.
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Travellers Choice online
Monday | Nov 22 2010TRAVELLERS Choice has unveiled plans for its members to embrace the internet, with a new Digital Marketing Strategy launched at the group’s conference in Melbourne on Sat and set to debut early in 2011.
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Big Deal for Harvey World
Monday | Nov 22 2010THE Harvey World Travel brand will be heavily promoted on TV next year in a new partnership with Channel 7’s ‘Deal or No Deal’ program, which is broadcast nightly at 5.30pm.
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ANTO beckons ski support
Friday | Nov 19 2010THE Austrian National Tourist Office has called on Aussie ski wholesalers to provide more dedicated Austria content in brochures for the country’s world-class ski products.
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Strategic to fly to Phuket
Friday | Nov 19 2010FLEDGLING Aussie carrier Strategic Airlines will step in to fill the void left by the withdrawal of V Australia’s Thailand flights, with the launch next Feb of non-stop Strategic services to Phuket from Brisbane and Melbourne (TD breaking news).
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A380 uncertainty ongoing
Thursday | Nov 18 2010QANTAS ceo Alan Joyce has been in daily communication with the head of Rolls Royce since the QF32 A380 engine incident nearly two weeks ago now – but it will still be some days before a plan to return the QF superjumbos to service is finalised.
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Another flight site alert
Wednesday | Nov 17 2010QUEENSLAND Police have issued an official warning about a “highly sophisticated” airline ticketing scam, similar to the recent WA alert about cheaperflights. com.au (TD 01 Nov) which was using the BestFlights ABN.
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Aussie Austria stats soar
Wednesday | Nov 17 2010THE Austrian National Tourist Office has reported a 20.5% year-on- year increase in Australian visitors during the peak ‘summer period’ (May-Sep), ANTO director for Australia/NZ, Astrid Mulholland-Licht has revealed.
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OETG independent target
Tuesday | Nov 16 2010ORIENT Express Travel Group has set its sights firmly on the 1200 or so unaligned agents across Australia, with the planned launch of a new “brand support tag line” as part of its 2011 1ndependence group offering.
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Astrid’s Austrian summit
Tuesday | Nov 16 2010ASTRID Mulholland-Licht, the head of the Austrian National Tourist Office in Australia and NZ, has this week launched a “new generation of platforms” for preferred travel agents, which is likely to be adopted by the organisation across its key international markets.