News
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EK’s longest flight
Thursday | Jan 6 2011EMIRATES SkyCargo division has completed a non-stop 17.5 hour flight from Sydney to New York, onboard a new generation Boeing 777 Freighter.
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NYC record visitors
Thursday | Jan 6 2011NEW York City recorded a 6.8% year-on-year rise to 48.7 million visitors in 2010, after adding and selling more hotel stays than ever before, said Mayor Bloomberg.
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Business as usual’ in parts of QLD
Thursday | Jan 6 2011OTHER Queensland tourism bureaux have stepped up their push to contain tourism fears for the state (TD yesterday) in the wake of the New Year’s flood crisis gripping parts of the state.
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Ramada agent deal
Thursday | Jan 6 2011RAMADA Resort Breakas Beach Vanuatu is offering an industry agent rate for its newly rebranded property, valid for stays between 22 Jan to 31 Mar 2011.
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Baltic Sea Dream
Thursday | Jan 6 2011SEADREAM will begin new sailings to the Baltic, Norwegian Fjords and Russia during the Northern Summer, moving away from its regular sailings on the Mediterranean.
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Smartgate increase
Thursday | Jan 6 2011THE Gillard Govt has added four new SmartGate self-processing passport kiosks and one extra gate at Sydney Int’l Airport, speeding up the time it takes to process passports on arrival.
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New Vietnam hub
Thursday | Jan 6 2011VIETNAM’S Prime Minister has opened a brand new airport in Chu Long (Mekong), expected to provide air services to both local and international carriers.
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Latest new agents
Thursday | Jan 6 2011THE Travel Compensation Fund admitted eight new travel agent head office locations in the second half of Dec 2010.
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Canada focus unchanged
Thursday | Jan 6 2011CANADA’s local travel trade partners “shouldn’t feel any real shift” in project and marketing activities, stemming from the switch by the Canadian Tourism Commission to a GSA office (TD 26 Nov), says md of DC Associate Worldwide, Donna Campbell.