Headlines
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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’.
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Intrepid forms global JV
Friday | Feb 18 2011THERE’S been a seismic shift in the adventure travel sector overnight, with the announcement of a major joint venture between Intrepid and European travel giant TUI (TD breaking news).
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AA backs off booking fee
Thursday | Feb 17 2011AMERICAN Airlines has backed down in its fight with Travelport, with the carrier saying yesterday that it “will not move forward” with the controversial Booking Source Premium fee for bookings via Galileo (TD breaking news).
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Qantas to expand fleet
Thursday | Feb 17 2011QANTAS today announced a significant capacity expansion to help meet needs in the short to medium term “particularly in the domestic and Asian markets”.