Headlines
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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.
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New online wholesaler
Friday | Jul 16 2010AUSTRALIAN travel agents have been targeted by a leading online travel trade service provider from Ireland, which has established an Australian presence including a local website and business development manager.
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Jetstar pushes boundary
Thursday | Jul 15 2010JETSTAR ceo Bruce Buchanan has renewed his call for trans-Tasman flights to be treated as domestic services, saying the move would generate more than 325,000 extra passenger movements each year.
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Homework battle hots up
Thursday | Jul 15 2010MOBILE Travel Agents has hit back at a promotional campaign by rival home-based network TravelManagers (TD yesterday), saying that claims made by TravelManagers are “frankly astonishing and lack credibility”.
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Thailand set for revival
Wednesday | Jul 14 2010THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a massive tourism revival program in front of more than 700 travel agents, tour operators and media people from around the world at a lavish function designed to help revive visitor arrivals so badly affected by political unrest.
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787 deliveries advanced
Wednesday | Jul 14 2010QANTAS will receive the first of its 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft in mid-2012, after reaching an agreement with Boeing to bring forward the delivery of the first eight of the new-generation aircraft (TD breaking news).
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DFAT issues NZ warning
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday reissued its travel advice for New Zealand, with a new warning about adventure tourism activities undertaken by travellers across the Tasman.
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Rex strikes back at SYD
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010REGIONAL Express says proposed price increases at Sydney Airport (TD 25 Jun) are in fact an “insidious attempt…to force out regional aviation by covert means”.
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The travel industry salutes its winners!
Monday | Jul 12 2010OVER 950 guests attended the gala 2010 AFTA National Travel Industry Awards last Saturday night at the Westin Sydney hotel, with the massive event once again celebrating excellence in the travel industry. Visit our website at new.traveldaily.com.au to see hundreds of photos from the night.