News
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Citadines agent offer
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010CITADINES Melbourne on Bourke has a travel industry offer of $99 per night, to celebrate its opening tomorrow.
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Macarthur DVD
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010A NEW 15min Visit Macarthur DVD highlighting the adventure, nature, cultural and historic activities on offer in the south-west of Sydney has been produced by Camden and Campbelltown councils and Tourism NSW.
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VX to Cancun
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010VIRGIN America has confirmed its intention to operate flights to Mexico (TD 17 Jun), overnight applying to the US govt for flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles to Cancun, and between San Fran. and San Jose del Cabo.
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Air commission cut
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010SWISS International Airlines and Lufthansa are looking at scaling down travel agent commission from 3% to 1% from Aug this year, according to reports.
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Business fares rise
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010BUSINESS class airfares are on the rise with an American Express Travel Business Travel Monitor report showing a 3% year-on-year increase on the price paid for an international ticket in the first quarter of 2010.
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Travelport hostels
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010AGENTS connected to Travelport now have access to 24,000 hostels and budget accom options in close to 200 countries through the newly launched Travelport Leisure portal (TD 11 Jun).
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England’s North Country closure
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010THE UK’S overseas marketing consortium, England’s North Country, has announced it will cease trading from today “due to funding issues”.
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GO Group expands
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010THE GO Group has expanded its airport shuttle service to include operations in Mexico City, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
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Hall $100K funding
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010GOOROMAN Park Homestead cafe and equestrian centre has received a $100K grant to build two country guesthouses, as part of the Australian government’s $8.3m TQUAL Grants scheme.
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JAL Haneda routes
Wednesday | Jun 30 2010JAPAN Airlines has loaded flight schedules into travel agent GDSs between Tokyo Haneda – Bangkok and Tokyo Haneda – Hong Kong, effective 31 Oct.