News
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Garuda set to grow
Friday | Jun 18 2010INDONESIAN flag carrier Garuda has confirmed plans to fly to “Italy, London, Paris and Frankfurt” from Feb next year, according to the airline’s technical and maintenance director, Hadinoto Sudigno.
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“Healthy year” for CATO
Friday | Jun 18 2010THE Council of Australian Tour Operators has managed to maintain its membership numbers at 96 operators over the past 12 months, despite the ructions of the global financial crisis.
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Yahoo! Travelocity
Thursday | Jun 17 2010ONLINE global travel agency Travelocity has extended its contract with web-based travel information website Yahoo! Travel which will see the group remain as the exclusive booking provider for all air, car and hotel package options.
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SITE registrations
Thursday | Jun 17 2010REGISTRATIONS for the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (SITE) Conference to be held in Cape Town, South Africa in Dec have now opened.
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Virgin to Mexico?
Thursday | Jun 17 2010VIRGIN America is considering expanding its footprint across the country’s southern border into Mexico in the not too distant future, VX executives have said.
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Barangaroo revised
Thursday | Jun 17 2010LEND Lease yesterday said it has made “significant changes” to its proposed 22-hectare Barangaroo South development on the Sydney harbour foreshore, including scaling down the size of a new luxury hotel planned (TD 30 Dec).
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GSR Spirit sellout
Thursday | Jun 17 2010GREAT Southern Rail will extend The Southern Spirit 2011 season after its first journey, departing Adelaide on 29 Jan, was sold out within hours of its launch at Australian Tourism Exchange.
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Tiger gets IntuVue
Thursday | Jun 17 2010TIGER Airways has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Honeywell to provide its Airbus A320 aircraft with IntuVue 3D weather radar tracking systems.
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BridgeClimb Celebrations
Thursday | Jun 17 2010THE new free Sydney Harbour Bridge Visitor Centre yesterday welcomed NSW tourism minister Jodi McKay to launch a new short film called ‘Celebrations’. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4709095466/
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Window Seat 17 Jun 10
Thursday | Jun 17 2010WILL this find its way onto the in-flight catering offered by Virgin Galactic?