News
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More open skies deals for UAE
Thursday | Dec 9 2010THE United Arab Emirates recently concluded its 60th and 61st aviation agreements, with deals signed with Brazil and Panama last month.
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Bigger Celebrities
Thursday | Dec 9 2010CELEBRITY Cruises is beefing up capacity on its two Solstice Class vessels currently being built in Germany by widening each ship.
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PR flight boost
Thursday | Dec 9 2010PHILIPPINE Airlines claims that its overall performance from Australia is strong “despite the recent withdrawal of [its] services from Brisbane.”
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Adventure World Warriors
Thursday | Dec 9 2010ADVENTURE World unveiled its new 100 page China brochure and launched two new destinations – Korea and Japan – at The First Emperor: China’s Entombed Warriors exhibit at the Art Gallery of New South Wales last night (see here).
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Best Western Tanzania
Thursday | Dec 9 2010BEST Western International has opened its first hotel in Tanzania, the 62-room Best Western Coral Beach Hotel in Dar El Salaam.
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Smith ICCA chair
Thursday | Dec 9 2010ROYAL Caribbean’s Australasian md, Gavin Smith, has been named as the new Chairman of the International Cruise Council Australasia, after the ICCA annual general meeting in Sydney on Tue.
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Strategic move, ladies!
Thursday | Dec 9 2010Rock legend Bono from U2 was happy to meet this group of avid fans from Strategic Airlines when he arrived in Brisbane yesterday afternoon
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UK to relax LAG ban
Thursday | Dec 9 2010AVIATION authorities in the UK have confirmed plans to relax the current LAGs requirements which ban the carriage of liquids, gels or aerosols in containers larger than 100ml.
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DXB opening delay
Thursday | Dec 9 2010THE start of passenger operations at the new Al Maktoum airport in Dubai may be delayed by a few months, according to Dubai Airports ceo Paul Griffiths.
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All inclusive fines
Thursday | Dec 9 2010THE ACCC is cracking down on the all-inclusive pricing requirements across the hospitality and travel industry (TD 01 Jul), with a Canberra cafe fined $20,000 for fine print on its menus which detailed a 10% surcharge on Sundays and public holidays.