News
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Seabourn to drop ‘Yachts’ from name
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010CARNIVAL Cruise Line’s ‘The Yachts of Seabourn’ brand is set to revert to its original name next year, and be known as Seabourn Cruise Line.
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Creative incentive
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010CREATIVE Cruising’s trade incentive for Sep has been won by Danae Cooper, from STA Rockingham WA.
A delighted Cooper (pictured here) has won herself a brand new Apple iPad for selling the most amount of cruises during the month long sale and incentive. -
New Lau threads for CX
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010All Cathay Pacific Airways’ frontline servicing crew and staff will soon begin wearing new “stylish, elegant and unique” uniforms as another part of the carrier’s product and service innovation, revealed to the public in Hong Kong last night (see here).
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CX promoting soon
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010CATHAY Pacific Airways will begin promoting its new Business Class product in Sydney, with the carrier understood to have leased a key billboard site at Mascot to showcase the product.
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Empire website
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010NEW York’s iconic Empire State Building has launched a more engaging, interactive and user-friendly website that offers real-time info about events and is a one-stop-shop for purchasing and planning visits to the famous landmark – see esbnyc.com.
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No CX A380s, yet
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010CATHAY Pacific Airways has not ruled out adding Airbus A380s to its fleet of aircraft, especially if securing landing slots at airports becomes harder in the future, but thats not going to happen any time soon, says CX coo John Slosar.
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FC NZ chief goes
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010FLIGHT Centre’s executive general manager in New Zealand, Rick Hamilton, has resigned from his role after four years and will be replaced effective immediately by Chris Grieve, who set up the FC NZ operation in the first place.
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Innovations galore for CX
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010Cathay Pacific Airway’s new Business Class seat has taken more than 2.5 years to come to fruition, but chief operating officer John Slosar believes the new design is a “world beater”.
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New BA routes
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010BRITISH Airways is set to launch new services from London City, with thrice weekly Faro flights from 07 Jun 2011, and four times per week services to Malaga plus a new Stockholm Arlanda flight .
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Switched on Hertz
Wednesday | Dec 8 2010HERTZ is set to introduce electric vehicles into its fleet, with a full-scale deployment of the hi-tech cars across its US and international operations in 2011.