News
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Polar evacuation
Friday | Feb 4 2011POLAR Star Expeditions has taken a “precautionary decision” to evacuate the 80 passengers on board Polar Star in Antarctica, as a result of hull damage sustained earlier this week (TD yesterday).
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Sydney welcomes P&O Pearl
Friday | Feb 4 2011P&O Cruises’ newest ship, Pacific Pearl yesterday made its grand entrance for the first time to Sydney Harbour following its launch in Auckland late last year (see here).
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AOT NZ online
Friday | Feb 4 2011THE AOT Group has announced a new alliance with Tourism Exchange New Zealand (TXNZ), which will boost the online availability of AOT’s NZ product.
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UK protection reform
Friday | Feb 4 2011BRITAIN’S minister for aviation has outlined a major overhaul of the UK travel consumer protection regime, with the aim of expanding the number of holidays which are protected.
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Window Seat 04 Feb 11
Friday | Feb 4 2011A NEW resort development in the Maldives will be entirely staffed by young, blonde women, according to plans revealed by Lithuanian holiday operator Olialia.
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Joyce warns on QF int’l
Friday | Feb 4 2011AVIATION capacity flooding into Australia from the Middle East and China has seen Qantas’ international market share drop from 35% to 20%, with QF ceo Alan Joyce yesterday issuing a grim warning about the implications for the carrier.
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Travel2’s top eleven
Friday | Feb 4 2011TRAVEL2 will next Mon launch a major ‘Top 11 in 2011’ sale, with “amazing deals” to the top eleven most popular international holiday destinations for Aussies, incl Bali, Thailand, Malaysia, Hawaii, Disneyland, Las Vegas, Norfolk Island, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Singapore and the UK.
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NBTA now Global
Friday | Feb 4 2011PEAK business travel group the National Business Travel Association has today officially been renamed as the Global Business Travel Association.
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EY/DJ – more to come
Friday | Feb 4 2011ETIHAD Airways ceo James Hogan has referred to the Australian competition watchdog’s decision to authorise its alliance with Virgin Blue for five years (TD yesterday) as “fantastic news”.
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SYD slams ACCC
Friday | Feb 4 2011SYDNEY Airport has fired a pre-emptive shot at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over the way the regulator compiles its reports of service monitoring at major gateways in Australia.