News
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A380 reaccommodation
Friday | Nov 12 2010THE rescheduling of QF services due to the A380 groundings (TD yesterday) is causing major consternation for travel agents and passengers, because altered timings means many travellers will miss connecting flights.
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Allure arrives home
Friday | Nov 12 2010ROYAL Caribbean’s newest cruise ship Allure of the Seas has arrived overnight at her new homeport of Port Everglades in Florida after a 13 day transatlantic journey from Turku in Finland.
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Amadeus’ caped crusaders
Thursday | Nov 11 2010Fourteen Amadeus staff members donned secret identities last night to take part in the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge in Sydney’s Centennial Park.
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LHW agent offer
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Leading Hotels of the World is offering Australian travel agents an extra 5% commission on its newly renovated Superior hotel rooms at The Sukhothai Bangkok.
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MacBook TSA OK
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE latest micro-thin Apple MacBook Air laptop is allowed to stay in passenger baggage through US airport screening, according to the Transportation Security Administration’s blog.
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Summer in Sydney
Thursday | Nov 11 2010TOURISM NSW has unveiled three new marketing campaigns to entice visitors to Sydney over the new year, Vivacity, has begun with television ads and will kick off the New Year’s Eve fireworks, Sydney’s Festival’s Festival First Night and The First Emperor: China’s Entombed Warriers at the Art Gallery of NSW.
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More DL UK routes
Thursday | Nov 11 2010DELTA Air Lines has been granted approval by the US Dept of Transportation and European Union to begin services between Miami and Boston to London Heathrow Airport, from 27 Mar.
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Skywest traffic slips
Thursday | Nov 11 2010WA-BASED regional carrier Skywest traffic measured by Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by about 1% during Oct while capacity rose 4% over the same period – meaning load factor decreased by 2.7 points to 54.1% for the month.
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PNG travel advisory
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has today advised of a restriction on all cross-border travel under the free-movement provisions of the Torres Strait Treaty in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, due to an outbreak of cholera in Daru.
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Social Media forum
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Tourism Industry Council of NSW will hold an Industry Forum on social media at the Mercure Parramatta on 19 Nov, email – paula@ticnsw.com.au to register.