Headlines
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NTIA sponsorship opens
Tuesday | Nov 30 2010SPONSORSHIP opportunities for next year’s prestigious National Travel Industry Awards are now open – but companies wanting to take part will have to be very quick, with more than 80% of last year’s sponsors already renewing their commitments.
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QF/BA expand codeshare
Tuesday | Nov 30 2010BRITISH Airways is set to offer codeshare flights to a number of regional NSW destinations under an extension of its current pact with Qantas.
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Sabre pushes for scale
Monday | Nov 29 2010SABRE Pacific ceo Gai Tyrrell has hailed the vision of Jetset Travelworld Group ceo Peter Lacaze in pursuing the merger between Stella Travel and JTG, saying it had for the first time “created an opportunity for Flight Centre to be tackled head on”.
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JTG Cruise Centre rollout
Monday | Nov 29 2010THE Jetset Travelworld Retail Network will this Fri officially launch its long-awaited Cruise Centre – an online cruise booking platform which will allow agents to easily compare cruise offerings from a range of suppliers.
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$500m PER integration
Friday | Nov 26 2010THE owner of Perth Airport has announced further details of the planned developement (TD 03 Nov 2009), which includes a $500m investment over the next 3 years.
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New CTC representation
Friday | Nov 26 2010THE Canadian Tourism Commission will close its Australian office on 15 Dec – as exclusively revealed by TD on 19 Jul – but the next day current CTC head Donna Campbell will open up a local Canada gsa instead.
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Jewel “remains on track”
Thursday | Nov 25 2010CARNIVAL Australia has today reassured cruise passengers and the travel trade that P&O Cruises’ Pacific Jewel will return to regular sailing this weekend after successfully replacing a stabiliser in drydock in Sydney this month.
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LAGs detection on trial
Wednesday | Nov 24 2010TRANSPORT minister Anthony Albanese this morning announced the commencement of a two week trial of technology which may allow travellers to once again take containers bigger than 100ml on international flights.
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Virgin strategy “on track”
Wednesday | Nov 24 2010VIRGIN Blue ceo John Borghetti today told shareholders that his ‘Game Change Strategy’ for the carrier is currently on track, as he unveiled plans for further expansion of its A330 domestic widebody fleet (TD breaking news).
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More HWT-owned shops
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010HARVEY World Travel is set to open more company-owned stores in the next year, with md David Rivers telling TD that “we are looking at a number of key locations around Australia”.