News
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Saturday night’s the night
Friday | Jul 9 2010THERE’S just over 24 hours until the start of the industry’s night of nights for 2010 – the National Travel Industry Awards.
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Contiki Euro Winter
Friday | Jul 9 2010CONTIKI Holidays has launched its 2010/11 Europe Winter program featuring 20 holidays for travel between Oct and Mar next year.
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EU ferry move
Thursday | Jul 8 2010AUTHORITIES in Europe are set to extend the continent’s passenger rights scheme to also cover ferry travellers across the English Channel and on internal European waterways, with the move set to give compensation for ferry passengers who are denied boarding or delayed.
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NSW events grants
Thursday | Jul 8 2010TOURISM NSW is now taking applications for its Regional Flagship Events Program for 2011, offering one off grants of $10,000 or $60,000 over three years for events that have the capacity of drawing large numbers of visitors.
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HA fares on sale
Thursday | Jul 8 2010HAWAIIAN Airlines is offering airfares priced from $1,043pp to Honolulu (ex SYD) for travel from 16 Oct – 18 Dec, and 08 Jan – 30 Mar, when booked by 16 Jul.
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New HRG partner
Thursday | Jul 8 2010GLOBAL TMC Hogg Robinson Group has announced a new partner in Sudan, Africa.
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Abu Dhabi stays up
Thursday | Jul 8 2010ABU Dhabi Tourism Authority has reported a 27% year-on year increase in Australian hotel guests for the month of May, supported by a 26% rise in guests from Jan to May 2010, compared to the same period last year.
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TASC’s World Cup famil
Thursday | Jul 8 2010THE Africa Safari Co were hosts recently to a group of very lucky agents on a famil to South Africa to see the FIFA World Cup (see here).
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OAG reports growth
Thursday | Jul 8 2010OAG FACTS reports that seat scheduled capacity in Asia Pacific rose by 10% to 8.5m seats during Jul, the region with the highest year-to-date and monthly growth.
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EK India fares
Thursday | Jul 8 2010EMIRATES is offering airfares to 10 destinations in India priced from $1,412 return all inclusive,
valid for travel between 13 Sep -30 Nov, when booked by 30 Jul.