News
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Domestic flight numbers boom
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010STATISTICS revealed by the govt today indicate that domestic air travel is soaring, with figures for Aug 2010 up 7.5% year-on-year, to 4.6 million passengers.
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Macquarie CWT deal
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010MACQUARIE Bank is understood to have signed a deal in the Americas with Carlson Wagonlit Travel as its new travel management company.
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Wotif sees slowing
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010ONLINE accommodation provider Wotif.com yesterday confirmed that profit for the current six months will be lower than for the corresponding period last year.
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Airport election
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010THE chairman of the Australian Airports Association, John McArdle from Adelaide Airport, has been reelected unopposed.
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Cox & Kings India
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010COX & Kings Australia has released its first ever India brochure including Bhutan and Nepal and featuring 19 escorted small group and private tailor made itineraries.
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Express direct
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010ORIENT Express Travel Group’s agents will be able to pay for air tickets through its Express Ticketing system after appointing Moneydirect as its preferred payment solution.
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Indonesia quake
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia overnight, with nine Australian surf tourists caught up in the resulting three metre waves that pushed another boat into their charter vessel at a break near the island of Pagai near Sumatra.
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HAL gets Le Cirque
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010HOLLAND America Line has partnered with the illustrious Le Cirque restaurant to introduce a new culinary experience onboard its fleet of 15 vessels.
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Contiki “augmented reality”
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010PROSPECTIVE Contiki Tours travellers will be able to experience upcoming trips in advance, with a new feature in the firm’s 2011 Europe brochure utilising funky web technology to really put them in the picture.
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AFTA Update 26 Oct 10
Tuesday | Oct 26 2010Fresh off the jet from the Travelscene Amex conference in Buenos Aires and the PAPGJC meeting in Geneva which have taken me around the world in nine days, I am feeling a little jet lagged and it is nice to be home.