News
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BW recovers Aust
Thursday | Nov 11 2010BEST Western Australasia says hotel business is picking up with Corporate clients and families staying 3% longer and spending up to 5% more than the same time last year on daily accommodation, according to a recent BW survey.
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MEL reaches 27 mil
Thursday | Nov 11 2010MELBOURNE Airport has reported 27 million passenger movements for the first ten months of the year until Oct, supported by a record figure of 2.5m last month.
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Emirates winners in Spain
Thursday | Nov 11 2010EMIRATES has chosen its latest weekly winners in its ‘Emirates to Europe’ competition with the postcard destination being Spain as chosen by Phillip van Dueren, Outdoor Travel Melbourne (see here).
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Other A380 news
Thursday | Nov 11 2010LUFTHANSA has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380, named Tokio, in Hamburg on Mon.
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Topdeck Euro deal
Thursday | Nov 11 2010TOPDECK has cut the price of its 28-day Discover Europe tour by $406pp, to $4,713ppts, for bookings paid in full by 15 Dec.
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Mexicana restart?
Thursday | Nov 11 2010BANKRUPT carrier Mexicana may be revived by next month if its owner, Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion SA, can get the support from unions and creditors to agree to a 1.9 billion-peso (AU$155m) proposal deal, Bloomberg reports.
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Qantas GST fight
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Sydney is currently hearing a case in which Qantas is disputing whether GST is payable on cancellation fees and forfeited fares paid by no-show passengers.
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ZQN stays up in Sep
Thursday | Nov 11 2010TOTAL visitor nights spent in Queenstown, New Zealand were up 9% year-on-year to 196,686 in Sep 2010, on the back of a 9.5% increase in int’l visitor nights.
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Dengue fever in QLD
Thursday | Nov 11 2010TRAVELVAX Australia is advising people travelling to hotels and resorts in any setting in North Queensland to ensure they cover up to prevent mosquito bites, after 35 cases of Dengue Fever were reported as being ‘imported’ into the region this year.
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Stay in SIN longer
Thursday | Nov 11 2010SINGAPORE Tourism Board is ramping up its YourSingapore.com branding (TD 06 May) with a new ‘Scratch more than the Surface’ marketing campaign.