News
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AW agent DVD
Thursday | Jan 27 2011ADVENTURE World will begin distributing a promotional kit to showcase its Pure Adventure and luxury products to travel agencies throughout the month.
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Cruise pullout
Thursday | Jan 27 2011A NUMBER of cruise lines have cancelled calls this week in the Mexico west coast port of Mazatlan, after several incidents of theft and violence affecting cruise passengers on the Azamara Journey and Holland America’s Oosterdam.
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Starwood in 2011
Thursday | Jan 27 2011STARWOOD Hotels and Resorts Worldwide this week announced it will open a further 70 to 80 hotels within the next 12 months, with 70% of these expected to be outside of North America.
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Agency closure
Thursday | Jan 27 2011THE Travel Compensation Fund has advised of the voluntary termination of the Yokine WA branch office of Xpress Worldwide Travel (ABN: 69 009 242 148) in WA on 24 Jan, as the office has ceased trading as a travel agent.
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Mercure UK Focus
Thursday | Jan 27 2011ACCOR’s Mercure brand and Focus Hotels have signed a franchise deal to rebrand 10 properties, adding 763 rooms to Mercure’s inventory in the United Kingdom.
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No Fiji closures
Thursday | Jan 27 2011TOURISM Fiji has denied a number of speculative reports which made the outlandish suggestion that the organisation might close its key offices in Sydney and Auckland.
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TSAX Symposium
Thursday | Jan 27 2011TRAVELSCENE Corporate’s 2011 Symposium will have a Destination Transformation theme when it’s held in Shanghai in May.
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MSC Valentines
Thursday | Jan 27 2011MSC Cruises has a range of Valentine’s Day cruises on offer, including the 11-night Valentine cruise of the Mediterranean onboard MSC Spendida, departing 06 Feb, priced from $1099ppts.
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Queensland back in business
Thursday | Jan 27 2011Today the top echelon of Australia’s travel industry has gathered in Brisbane for a special event aiming to show solidarity with Queensland following the flooding in parts of the state (see here).
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Window Seat 27 Jan 11
Thursday | Jan 27 2011AN unusual Canadian man has set off on the trip of a lifetime – leaving his wife at home and instead travelling with six inflatable sex dolls.