Headlines
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Insurance firms compared
Thursday | Mar 3 2011COVER-MORE Travel Insurance is hailing the release of a new comparison table by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which aims to “name and shame” poor performers by highlighting dispute rates and settlement times for travel insurance claims.
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Solstice 2012/13 down under
Wednesday | Mar 2 2011CELEBRITY Cruises this morning announced that one of its newest ships will operate in Australasian waters in 2012/13 (TD breaking news plus Twitter at 8.01am).
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Review could mean RIP TCF
Wednesday | Mar 2 2011THE Australian travel industry is now set for major reform, with the release overnight of the long-awaited Pricewaterhouse Coopers review of consumer protection in the industry (TD breaking news).
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Virgin axes Sydney-Vanuatu
Tuesday | Mar 1 2011VIRGIN Blue Group will cease direct services between Sydney and Port Vila from 06 May as part of a network review, which will also see the carrier ditch the Newcastle-Gold Coast route.
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JTG plans to pay dividend
Tuesday | Mar 1 2011THE directors of Jetset Travelworld Group yesterday announced that they “currently intend to declare a full year dividend,” despite reporting a “total comprehensive loss” of $1.59m for the six months to 31 Dec (TD breaking news).
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Air India set for MEL – again
Monday | Feb 28 2011THE long-awaited and much-announced launch of Air India direct flights to Australia may actually come to fruition, with Indian media reporting approval of the new route by the country’s Civil Aviation Ministry.
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Webjet shuts down Guru
Monday | Feb 28 2011A NEW Sydney travel agency has been forced to change its name after aggressive action by online agency Webjet to “defend its intellectual property”.
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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.