News
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Minor appointment
Friday | Feb 4 2011MINOR International has appointed Australia’s Tabatha Ramsay as its new vice president, sales for the Minor Hotel Group, based in Bangkok.
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Starwood Q4 result
Friday | Feb 4 2011STARWOOD Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has reported a Q4 record net income of US$339m, up from the loss of US$107m incurred at the same last year.
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Aspire addition
Friday | Feb 4 2011ASPIRE Apartments and Resorts has added the South Pacific Apartments in Port Macquarie to its network of properties on the east coast of Australia.
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Alderson appointed
Friday | Feb 4 2011CONFERENCE Call Complete Conference Solutions has appointed Julie Alderson to the newly created role of Business Development Manager, effective early Feb.
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US fares rise 10%
Friday | Feb 4 2011THE mean domestic air fares rose by 10.7% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2010, to US$340, according to US govt statistics.
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Alitalia to China
Friday | Feb 4 2011SKYTEAM’S Italian carrier, Alitalia, will commence four times weekly services between Rome and Beijing mid this year, using triple class A330-200 aircraft.
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HAL snorkel death
Friday | Feb 4 2011HOLLAND America Line has indefinitely suspended offering a snorkeling shore excursion in Belize, Central America after a female passenger died during the activity on Wed.
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BA/S7 codeshare
Friday | Feb 4 2011BRITISH Airways will kick off a new codeshare deal with Russian carrier S7 Airlines next week, with destinations including Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg, Uta, Rostov, Krasnodar and Samara.
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Kumuka product
Friday | Feb 4 2011KUMUKA is holding informative product and movie nights for travel agents and partners in Perth on 07 Feb, in Hobart on 09 Feb and in Adelaide on 15 Feb – RSVP at kumuka.com/rsvp.aspx.
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Agent withdrawals
Friday | Feb 4 2011THE Travel Compensation Fund has voluntarily withdrawn Value International Travel of Caulfield North (ABN: 95 057 881 679) and Diving Plaza of Perth (ABN: 97 094 592 444), as the offices ceased trading as travel agents.