Headlines
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Budget funds for quality
Wednesday | May 12 2010TOURISM businesses across Australia will carry a new ‘quality mark’ under the National Tourism Accreditation Framework, which has been funded to the tune of $5.5 million in last night’s Federal Budget (TD breaking news).
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$1.5m Ecotours collapse
Tuesday | May 11 2010THE failure of Australian Ecotours (TD 09 Apr) – formerly operating as Discovery Ecotours and Odyssey Ecotours – has seen a shortfall of about $1.5m, with industry creditors owed around half a million dollars.
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QF China Eastern codeshare
Tuesday | May 11 2010QANTAS today confirmed plans to further extend its codeshare pact with China Eastern Airlines, to cover flights between Australia and Singapore and then onwards from SIN to ports in China.
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Travel tender announced
Monday | May 10 2010THE Federal Department of Finance is targeting $160m in savings over four years through the implementation of new whole of government travel procurement processes (TD breaking news yesterday) – and expects to make further savings through the introduction of government-wide procurement for travel cards, accommodation and hire cars.
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JTG online cruise system
Monday | May 10 2010JETSET Travelworld Group has signed a new IT services agreement for the development of a live online cruise search and booking system.
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Tourism to Dubai to boom
Friday | May 7 2010DUBAI is expecting over 7m visitors to travel to the emirate this year, and the Government of Dubai says it’s preparing for an even greater number of tourists in the years to come.
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NTIA finalists announced
Friday | May 7 2010TODAY is the day for which the Australian travel industry has been waiting with bated breath, with the official publication of the finalists in this year’s National Travel Industry Awards.
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Dixon hails Brett Godfrey
Thursday | May 6 2010A MAGNANIMOUS Geoff Dixon last night acknowledged retiring Virgin Blue ceo Brett Godfrey’s major contribution to the Australian aviation industry over the last ten years since he founded the carrier.
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Expedia aims for the top
Thursday | May 6 2010ONLINE agency Expedia will today launch a major marketing campaign, with the company’s new Asia-Pacific head, Dan Lynn, telling TD “Over the next few years we want to be the number one place that Australians come to for their travel needs”.
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More hols on the radar
Wednesday | May 5 2010THERE’S good news for the travel industry in a survey released by Roy Morgan Research yesterday, which showed that more Australians intend to take a holiday in the next 12 months.