News
-
HAL pushes online sales
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011HOLLAND America Line is tempting agents to book clients on the cruise line’s 2011/2012 homeport voyages online through its local GSA, Travel the World, by offering bonus incentives.
-
Webjet TTV up 15%
Wednesday | Jan 5 2011WEBJET has today announced its Total Transaction Values for the half year to 31 Dec 2010 were up by approximately 15% on the corresponding period last year, to around $285 million.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.