Headlines
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NZ$320k Walshe Group profit
Monday | Mar 21 2011SOUTHERN Travel, the NZ-listed parent company of the Walshe Group has released its results for the six months to 31 Dec, with the outbound Walshe division showing a slight dip in profit to NZ$320,000 for the period.
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Sea Princess to return 12/13
Friday | Mar 18 2011IN a coordinated worldwide release, almost 600 Princess Cruises 2012/13 itineraries opened for bookings simultaneously around the globe at 1am AEDST this morning.
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Major TQ business push
Friday | Mar 18 2011TOURISM Queensland has today released details of a new promotion targeting the business events market, with a competition offering a $1 million Queensland travel experience.
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Rocky advertising pays off
Thursday | Mar 17 2011MAINSTREAM advertising on Australian TV is paying dividends for Canadian rail company, Rocky Mountaineer, with wholesalers reporting up to a 70% surge in sales, according to ceo and president, Randy Powell.
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AOT drops NSW Hols brand
Thursday | Mar 17 2011A RESTRUCTURE within AOT Holidays will see the group’s wholesale division rebranded as Sunlover Holidays, which will incorporate both the Sunlover and the Travelpoint brands.
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Record 2012/13 for P&O
Wednesday | Mar 16 2011P&O CRUISES has doubled the number of short cruises in its new 2012/13 program released this morning (TD breaking news), with the voyages on sale from 31 Mar.
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2010 domestic tourism flat
Wednesday | Mar 16 2011DOMESTIC visitor nights rose just 1% last year, with Aussie residents spending a total of 260 million nights away from home in Australia during 2010.
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Indigenous initiatives urged
Tuesday | Mar 15 2011A LACK of Indigenous job opportunities in travel & tourism continues to plague the industry, according to Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) board member, David Baffsky.
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Big corporate travel merger
Tuesday | Mar 15 2011CORPORATE agencies World Travel Professionals and Platinum Travel Corporation have joined forces, with the combination forming what’s claimed to be “one of the largest privately owned travel organisations in Australia”.
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‘Reconsider’ travel to Tokyo
Monday | Mar 14 2011THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is advising Australians to “reconsider your need to travel to Tokyo” due to the massive Japanese earthquake last Fri afternoon.