News
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Africa Safari Co bounds around Oz
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011The African Safari Co has seen a 20% year on year rise in sales in the first three months of the year, and aims to further boost business with five roadshows throughout Australia, the last one of which was in Sydney last night.
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Brunei MEL debut
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011MELBOURNE Airport this morning welcomed its inaugural Royal Brunei Airlines flight, which sees the commencement of the carrier’s four times per week non-stop MEL-Brunei services.
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NZ cruise numbers up
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011CRUISE passenger numbers in NZ soared 36% in 2010, according to figures released this morning by the International Cruise Council Australasia.
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SAT welcomes lovely Lalie
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011OVER 150 industry guests attended a stylish cocktail event at The Hilton Hotel in Sydney last night to welcome South African Tourism’s new country manager Australasia, Lalie Ngozi.
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IATA getting gloomy
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011THE ongoing Middle Eastern strife is estimated to have cut international passenger numbers across the globe by about 1%, according to IATA’s latest figures.
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QF companion sale
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011THE special Qantas business class fares currently on offer (TD Mon) are valid when two or more people book and travel together in business class.
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Friday is D-Day
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011A LEADING lawyer has described this Friday’s deadline for submissions to the SCOCA probe into consumer protection as “D-Day for the travel industry”.
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DJ planning Coles deal
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011VIRGIN Blue’s revamp of the Velocity loyalty scheme is likely to include a tie-up with the Coles-owned FlyBuys program, according to today’s Financial Review.
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GNTO movie winners
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011THERE are clearly a lot of German film buffs in the Australian travel industry, with an overwhelming response to the exclusive German National Tourist Office movie comp in yesterday’s TD.
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BA/IB extend pact
Wednesday | Mar 30 2011ONEWORLD members British Airways and Iberia – both now having a common parent company – have expanded their range of codeshare services.