Headlines
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ADTA push for travellers
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010ABU Dhabi Tourism Authority will launch its first ever global marketing campaign this year in a bid to capture a greater number of leisure and business travellers.
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iTrek campaign cancelled
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010PRESSURE exerted by travel agents in Australia and the USA has forced the cancellation of the controversial ‘The Travel Agent is Dead’ marketing campaign undertaken by online insurance provider iTrek (TD 09 Mar).
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Major HWT online push
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010HARVEY World Travel has today launched a new search facility on its main consumer and agent websites which allows easy searching of cruise, coach and adventure holiday products.
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Walshe revenue slides
Tuesday | Mar 16 2010THE Walshe Group has seen turnover fall 13.5% over the six months to 31 Dec compared to the previous year, with consistent passenger volumes but a lower yield as carriers the firm represents reduced fares.
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Six hours to Micronesia
Tuesday | Mar 16 2010AUSTRALIAN travel agents have a new product to sell for the upcoming Easter and school holiday periods, with the long-awaited news that Palau-based Pacificflier.com will commence operations to Brisbane on 31 Mar.
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Expedia drops more fees
Monday | Mar 15 2010THE Australian operation of online travel giant Expedia says it’s today become the “first and only online travel website to allow Australians to change or cancel a booking over the phone without paying any Expedia change or cancellation fees.”
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Pacific Sun limps home
Monday | Mar 15 2010P&O is offering passengers on its current Pacific Sun South Pacific Cruise a full refund of their cruise fare and a 25% future cruise credit, after the vessel developed engine trouble on its way to Vanuatu.
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QF/EY codeshare grows
Friday | Mar 12 2010ETIHAD and Qantas have expanded their codeshare agreement, with the EY code set to be placed on more domestic Australian flights – including on the key Sydney-Melbourne route.
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QFlink goes international
Friday | Mar 12 2010QANTAS regional offshoot Qantaslink has signalled its intention for its first international route, with QF lodging an application with the International Air Services Commission for Q400 capacity betwen Cairns and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
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Sydney drops off QR map
Thursday | Mar 11 2010THE online route map on the Qatar Airways website has been modified to remove Sydney as an imminently launching destination.