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Virgin Voyages details
Friday | Feb 15 2019VIRGIN Voyages has released details of the itineraries for the company’s first ship, Scarlet Lady, which will sail on her inaugural season from 01 Apr 2020 through 21 Oct 2020.
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Malindo plots ADL flights
Thursday | Feb 14 2019MALAYSIAN carrier Malindo Air continues to expand its operations in Australia, today filing schedules for a new Adelaide service.
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$2.4m CMV alleged theft
Thursday | Feb 14 2019SUSANNE Hunter, the wife of former Cruise and Maritime Voyages Australia CEO Grant Hunter, is facing court after being charged with misappropriating more than $2.4 million from the cruise company.
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InterContinental buys Six Senses
Thursday | Feb 14 2019INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group (IHG) last night announced the expansion of its luxury portfolio with the US$300 acquisition of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas (TD breaking news).
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NT airport security upgrade
Thursday | Feb 14 2019DARWIN and Alice Springs Airports will be the first in Australia to fully adopt “Computed Tomography” (CT) screening systems for checked baggage and passengers, under a new contract awarded to Smiths Detection by Northern Territory Airports this week.
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Lefebvre, Kent buy A&K
Wednesday | Feb 13 2019THE former 100% owner of Silversea Cruises, Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio, has announced the acquisition of Abercrombie & Kent, alongside the company’s current CEO Geoffrey Kent.
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Virgin turns the corner
Wednesday | Feb 13 2019VIRGIN Australia’s first half results released this morning (TD breaking news) showed the airline’s best underlying profit in 11 years, and was delivered despite additional fuel costs of more than $88 million.
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Eclipse delayed until Aug
Wednesday | Feb 13 2019SCENIC founder Glen Moroney has assured the industry that the 15 Aug 2019 revised delivery date of its long-awaited Scenic Eclipse “is most definitely achievable” (TD breaking news yesterday).
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Le Laprouse returns to Australia
Wednesday | Feb 13 2019ON Fri 08 Feb, some 230 years after the French navigator Comte de Laprouse arrived in Botany Bay, Sydney cruise agents welcomed the arrival of one of the world’s youngest ships, namesake Le Laprouse, one of PONANT’s small luxury expedition fleet.
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New AAT, Trafalgar MDs
Tuesday | Feb 12 2019THE Travel Corporation today confirmed the appointment of long-time Trafalgar Australia chief Matthew Cameron-Smith as the MD of AAT Kings and Inspiring Journeys (TD breaking news).