Headlines
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C&K Australia online move
Monday | Dec 7 2009TEMPO Holidays owner Cox & Kings (C&K) today confirmed it would launch a new “online travel supermarket” in Australia next year, but will continue to operate the Tempo brand in its current “well established form”.
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Smartraveller SMS alerts
Friday | Dec 4 2009AUSTRALIAN travellers could be able to register their overseas travel plans and update their itineraries with the Federal Government using SMS technology and ‘smart phones’ next year under new plans to improve the Smartraveller system.
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Emirates hails TA paper
Friday | Dec 4 2009EMIRATES has highlighted a submission by Tourism Australia to the ACCC which claims that the tourism sector could be a “big loser from airline consolidation and the growing influence of alliances”.
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Accor launch ‘Medi Hotel’
Thursday | Dec 3 2009ACCOR says its newest property to open in Melbourne’s western corridor is about to become a “pioneer in Australia’s hotel industry” through its creation of the first ‘medi hotel’ concept.
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Walshe increases stake
Thursday | Dec 3 2009INTERESTS associated with the Walshe family have increased their ownership of NZ-listed Southern Travel Holdings to 37.16%, after less than two-thirds of a rights issue was taken up by other shareholders.
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QF rolls out domestic IFE
Wednesday | Dec 2 2009QANTAS has confirmed that it’s rolling out seat-back personal on-demand inflight entertainment on some domestic routes, as revealed by Travel Daily (TD 18 Nov).
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DFAT Indo warning
Tuesday | Dec 1 2009The Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade has reissued its travel advice for Indonesia, saying travellers should exercise particular caution during the Christmas/New Year period due to terrorism threats.
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Air New Zealand Slams IBM
Friday | Oct 30 2009Air New Zealand is blaming IT giant IBM for a failure of the carrier’s online booking system last Sun which left passengers stranded and blocked online bookings for several hours.
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Volendam reduces Australian travel
Friday | Oct 30 2009Holland America Line has today announced details of its 2011 Australasian itineraries, which will see ms Volendam return to operate a series of 14 and 18 day voyages on the Tasman, Great Barrier Reef, South Pacific and Asia.
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Yet Another QF A380 Incident
Friday | Oct 30 2009QANTAS isn’t having a good run with its Airbus A380s at present. Last Sunday morning emergency services were scrambled at London Heathrow Airport after the crew of an inbound QF A380 flight, QF31, reported landing gear problems while on approach.