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ACCC OK for Stella/JTG
Wednesday | Sep 1 2010ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says that the merged Jetset Travelworld and Stella Travel Group, and its member agents, “are likely to face continued and increasing competition from online travel agents, direct supply by airlines and hotels, and the largest travel retailer in Australia, Flight Centre”.
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AOT inbound ‘resilience’
Wednesday | Sep 1 2010AOT Group ceo Andrew Burnes says that the company’s inbound business is starting to show some recovery after declining numbers in previous years.
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NT leads on accreditation
Tuesday | Aug 31 2010TOURISM NT says the Northern Territory tourism industry is leading Australia in terms of accreditation, with 330 tourism operators across the Territory having achieved accreditation under the new Tourism NT policy which became effective 01 Jul.
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Expedia chases Webjet
Tuesday | Aug 31 2010THE top five travel agency websites in Australia account for more than 40% of total web traffic in the sector, according to figures revealed today at the Traveltech conference in Sydney.
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RACT Travel restructures
Monday | Aug 30 2010THE NSW-based Hunter Travel Group (HTG) has emerged as a major shareholder in Tasmania’s RACT Travelworld, after a restructure of the travel operations of The Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania.
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Cruising rides GFC wave
Friday | Aug 27 2010THE cruise industry’s contribution to the Australian economy grew 16.3% last year, with the strong performance coming despite the global economic slowdown.
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Qantas drops EY c’share
Friday | Aug 27 2010THE major new alliance between Virgin Blue and Etihad (TD yesterday) saw Qantas move rapidly to terminate its 18-month old codeshare pact with the Middle Eastern carrier.
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DJ to add domestic A330s
Thursday | Aug 26 2010VIRGIN Blue says the addition of two A330-200s to its domestic fleet will give it “additional flexibility, capacity and product opportunities to better penetrate both the leisure, corporate and government markets”.
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Virgin aligns with Etihad
Thursday | Aug 26 2010VIRGIN Blue and Etihad will tomorrow make a formal submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission asking for authorisation of an extensive pact which will see them cooperate on their domestic and international routes (TD breaking news).
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Vanuatu planning for 747s
Wednesday | Aug 25 2010THE Vanuatu govt has today announced plans to develop an airport on Espiritu Santo capable of handling Boeing 747 aircraft, with carriers from China to be targeted to operate services to the South Pacific destination.