Headlines
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SYD revenue jumps 13%
Friday | Jul 23 2010SYDNEY Airport today reported a 12.7% year-on-year increase in pre-tax earnings for the six months to 30 Jun 2010 of $367.2m.
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ATEC youth market focus
Friday | Jul 23 2010THE Australian Tourism Export Council is launching a new trade event this year in a move to spearhead the country’s role in driving inbound youth tourism.
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Stella/JTG deal on track
Thursday | Jul 22 2010JETSET Travelworld Group says the ACCC probe into its proposed takeover of Stella Travel (TD yesterday) will not affect the scheduling of the special shareholder meeting which will be called to vote on the deal.
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TravelManagers up 82%
Wednesday | Jul 21 2010THE TravelManagers network has recorded a sales increase of 82% for the six months to 30 Jun, with ceo Joe Araullo attributing the strong performance to a combination of the quality of the group’s members and “the stability and breadth of TravelManagers’ senior management team”.
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ACCC probes Stella/JTG
Wednesday | Jul 21 2010THE Australian competition regulator has given the travel industry just over fours weeks to submit its support or opposition to the planned merger of Stella Travel Services and the Jetset Travelworld Group (TD 12 May).
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MEL passengers rise 6%
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010MELBOURNE Airport says a 6% rise in passenger numbers over the 2009/10 financial year is a “testament to the city’s standing as a growing tourism and business destination of significant international importance”.
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Expedia fires up on fees
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010ONLINE travel company Expedia has slammed its main rival Webjet along with other un-named travel websites, who it says are charging “unacceptably high booking fees” for flights that “deliver little or no value.”
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ACCC cans WA car cartel
Monday | Jul 19 2010CAR rental companies operating at Perth Airport will not be able to collectively negotiate, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission confirmed an earlier draft decision (TD 14 May) blocking the plan.
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CTC to close in Australia
Monday | Jul 19 2010A GLOBAL revamp within the Canadian Tourism Commission looks set to see the closure of the organisation’s long-running Australian office, to be replaced instead by a GSA.
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Flight Centre gets social
Friday | Jul 16 2010FLIGHT Centre has appointed its first ever Global Social Media Manager, with Gregg Tilston taking up the newly created role effective immediately.