News
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Ubid4rooms match
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011UBID4ROOMS is so confident it’s offering the best deal for room nights booked through bidding, that it’ll offer a $25 gift voucher, as well as the cheaper online rate, with 24 hrs of a bid being accepted.
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BW ‘to go’ iPad app
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011BEST Western International has introduced ‘Best Western to Go’, a new iPad application that allows guests to find and book accommodation at 4000 Best Western hotels worldwide.
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QLD tourism flood relief
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011UNPRECEDENTED rainfall levels and rising flood waters in parts of ‘The Sunshine State’ has seen the state’s tourism organisation move to allay concerns of its effect on tourism to the rest of Queensland.
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Vale Alan Diamond
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011THE travel industry is mourning the sudden loss of one of its great characters, with the passing of Alan Diamond, formerly of XPRESS Travel.
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QF biofuel effort
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011QANTAS is expected to shortly announce a partnership with Solena Fuels in the US to build a biofuels plant in Sydney.
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Tu-154B grounded
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011RUSSIA’S transport department has ordered the grounding of all Tu-154B passenger jets following a fire onboard a Kogalymavia aircraft as it taxied for take-off at Surgut in Siberia on Sat.
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NCL’s tennis Epic
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011NORWEGIAN Cruise Line is offering another tennis voyage aboard its Norwegian Epic, following the success of the Sony Ericsson Open itinerary last year.
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QF biofuel effort
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011QANTAS is expected to shortly announce a partnership with Solena Fuels in the US to build a biofuels plant in Sydney.
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USA replaces TSA?
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011A NUMBER of airports in the US are considering whether they should replace the Transportation Security Administration with contractors following the recent public outrage over security screening.
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Elite/Ryokan JV
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011ELITE Resorts of Asia Pacific has announced a strategic marketing alliance has been formed with The Ryokan Collection, Japan, beginning in first quarter 2011.