News
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Austria training tool
Wednesday | Dec 15 2010THE Austrian National Tourist Office is preparing to launch an all new online training platform for agents early next year.
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Domestic air stats up 5%
Wednesday | Dec 15 2010THE number of pax travelling on domestic airlines in the year ending Oct 2010 was up 5.6% to 53.13 million, compared to the same time last year, according to gov’t figures released today.
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VTO applauds govt
Wednesday | Dec 15 2010THE Vanuatu Tourist Office has welcomed the announcement of extra air capacity from Australia, which will see airline seat allocation boosted from the current 1,400/week to 4,000 by 01 Dec 2016 (TD yesterday).
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Argentina entry fee
Wednesday | Dec 15 2010THE Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade has announced today that visitors arriving into Buenos Aires, Argentina will now only need to pay the ‘reciprocity fee’ of US$100 once every 12 months as it is now valid for multiple re-entries.
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SAT country head
Wednesday | Dec 15 2010SOUTH African Tourism has named Ms Nobulali ‘Lalie’ Ngozi as its country manager for Australia/NZ, effective immediately.
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AFTA Update 14 Dec 10
Tuesday | Dec 14 2010I am sure many of you are caught up in the Christmas cheer this year. It appears to me that we all have a much more festive feeling towards our end of year than we did last year. Maybe it’s just me, or maybe it is that we have not had a bad year after all.
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ATA’s EasyDGR
Tuesday | Dec 14 2010THE International Air Transport Association has officially released its EasyDGR solution to allow shippers of hazardous materials to create an electronically validated Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD).
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Sonaisali appoints
Tuesday | Dec 14 2010SONAISALI Island Resort in Fjii has named Simon Beckett at its new Resort Manager, a role that will see him report directly to the new GM, Nathan Robinson.
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Canada stats soar
Tuesday | Dec 14 2010THE Canadian Tourism Comm. has reported a 20.2% year on year rise in Australian visitor numbers during Sep, up to 27,616.
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U2 could have won tickets
Tuesday | Dec 14 2010AA Appointments has awarded job seeker Carl Sinclair as its Sep-Nov competition winner, taking away two amazing VIP tickets to see Jay Z and U2 in Sydney.