News
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TQ urges bookings
Friday | Jan 7 2011TOURISM Queensland’s acting ceo is encouraging visitors to the state to contact their travel agent or travel provider to check on local conditions, before opting to cancel their holiday plans because of floods to parts of Queensland.
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EK boosts NZ seats
Thursday | Jan 6 2011EMIRATES has raised capacity on flights between Auckland and Dubai, via Brisbane, by an additional 672 seats each week, by replacing its Airbus A340-500 aircraft with a Boeing 777-300ER, effective 02 Jan 2011.
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Asiana A380 order
Thursday | Jan 6 2011SOUTH Korea’s Asiana Airlines has placed a US$1.78 billion order with Airbus for six A380-800s.
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AIME extension
Thursday | Jan 6 2011ASIA-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) has extended its earlybird deals by one week to 14 Jan for those who want to register for the AIME Master Class Seminars, Leaders Forums and the Business Events Forum.
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Townsville fever
Thursday | Jan 6 2011TOWNSVILLE reported 28 cases of Dengue fever by the end of Dec 2010 with Australian authorities saying the disease has spread to another two suburbs including Annandale and Vincent.
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EY aircraft changes
Thursday | Jan 6 2011ETIHAD Airways is planning to adjust capacity between Abu Dhabi and Melbourne from 01 Aug 2011, switching the number of its weekly services using Airbus A340-600 jets from two to four.
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Airnorth up OOL
Thursday | Jan 6 2011AIRNORTH has announced it will increase its Darwin to Gold Coast via Mount Isa service to twice weekly, effective 16 Feb, with a new Wed service.
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Britian visitors up
Thursday | Jan 6 2011VISITBRITIAN has forecast a further 300,000 visitors will visit the country in 2011, an increase of 1% up to 30 million inbound travellers.
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Sofitel Fiji appoints
Thursday | Jan 6 2011SOFITEL Luxury Hotels has appointed Nicholas Mina to the position of Director of Sales & Marketing at Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa located on Denarau Island.
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Shangri-La Colombo
Thursday | Jan 6 2011SHANGRI-LA Asia, based in Hong Kong, has purchased six acres of land in Colombo, Sri Lanka to build a multi-use complex that will include a 500 key luxury hotel, scheduled to be complete by 2014.