News
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Virgin Hotels?
Thursday | Jul 1 2010THE Virgin juggernaut is set to expand further, with Sir Richard Branson saying an announcement about Virgin Hotels is “not many months away.”
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RBA to MEL in Dec
Thursday | Jul 1 2010ROYAL Brunei Airlines will start its four times weekly service between Bandar Seri Begawan and Melbourne (as revealed by Travel Daily on 28 Jun) from 01 Dec, pending regulatory approval.
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V Australia into Virgin Blue
Thursday | Jul 1 2010V AUSTRALIA is to be brought under the control of the Virgin Blue banner as part of a shake-up to the organisation by new chief exec. officer John Borghetti, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
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JQ Pacific ordered to repaint fleet
Thursday | Jul 1 2010THE Vietnamese government has ordered Jetstar Pacific to alter its logo and re-paint its fleet of six jets by 15 Sep to distinguish it from Jetstar Airways aircraft.
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MEL Citadine opens
Thursday | Jul 1 2010THE Ascott Limited has opened the first Citadines Apart’hotel in Australia today, the Citadines Melbourne on Bourke.
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EK Prague launch
Thursday | Jul 1 2010EMIRATES is today celebrating the launch of its new daily service between Dubai and Prague in the Czech Republic (starting today), by changing the colour of TD’s front page to ‘Prague Pink’.
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MAp board roles
Thursday | Jul 1 2010MAp Airports Limited has today included Kerrie Mather and John Mullen to its board, following their election last month.
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NZ Capital snubs alliance
Thursday | Jul 1 2010WELLINGTON Regional Chamber of Commerce has told the ACCC it expects the competition watchdog
to “refuse the authorisation” of the proposed alliance between Virgin Blue Group and Air New Zealand (TD 03 May).
In its submission this week, the organisation says many of the claimed benefits regarding frequency and fares of the DJ/NZ tie-up “are speculative”. -
TCF termination
Thursday | Jul 1 2010THE Travel Compensation Fund has announced termination of the agent trading as The Travel Boffin (ABN: 23 111 293 415) of Renmark, South Australia, effective 30 Jun.
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Aegean joins Star
Thursday | Jul 1 2010STAR Alliance has added its 28th member, with Aegean Airlines (A3) admitted into the network after completing an intergration and systems upgrade process over the past 12 months.