News
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Meet TM’s youngest recruit
Thursday | Dec 30 201010-YEAR old Neve Dowling was recently spotted at the European Travel Expo on the Gold Coast lending a helping hand at the TravelManagers information desk.
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Air France payout
Thursday | Dec 30 2010AIR France has been ordered to pay damages of over $700,000 to relatives of some of the Brazilian passengers who died when one of its flights crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last year.
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QF ok’s instruments
Thursday | Dec 30 2010MUSICIANS who fly with Qantas are now allowed to carry specific sized musical instruments in the aircraft cabin, after it reversed a previous policy that meant pieces, other than violins and violas, had to be carried in the luggage hold.
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GOL ticketing deal
Thursday | Dec 30 2010BRAZILIAN low-cost airline, GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, has entered into an agreement with one of the country’s domestic airlines, Passaredo Linhas Aereas.
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US blizzard costs
Thursday | Dec 30 2010US AIRLINES are counting the cost of this week’s blizzard (TD yesterday), with some analysts predicting the snowstorm may cost carriers up to $150 million.
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AA ousts Expedia
Thursday | Dec 30 2010AMERICAN Airlines is informing customers using its website that they should defer booking with Expedia, as the spat between the airline and online travel agents continues to harvest (TD yest.)
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Bali accom moratorium
Thursday | Dec 30 2010INDONESIAN officials are urging the Bali administration to suspend new hotel developments after a recent study identified that the island has sufficient hotel room supplies to last until 2015.
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Safari over the Maasai Mara
Thursday | Dec 30 2010Agents participating on The Africa Safari Co’s 10th famil in 2010 were treated to a sensational hot air balloon ride over Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Park last month.
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Canada/UAE spat
Thursday | Dec 30 2010CANADIAN travellers visiting the United Arab Emirates will need to pay at least CAD$250 to enter the region from 02 Jan, as the result of a dispute over landing rights between the two countries.