News
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“Oh, he’s just so cute & fluffy,… like the cub”
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010Peregrine Adventures and South African Airways recently hosted a group of Flight Centre Queensland agents to a famil in South Africa.
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Flight Centre buys into gapyear.com
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010FLIGHT Centre Limited is continuing its online strategy, with yesterday’s announcement that it had acquired a majority stake in UK-based social networking site, gapyear.com (TD breaking news).
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QH week 2 winner
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010QANTAS Holidays has named Lynne Bird from Jetset Devonport as its Week 2 winner in its month long competition, exclusively featured in TD in Oct.
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Tassie NZ no’s drop
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010THE number of travellers from New Zealand visiting Tasmania has dropped by 23% year on year for the twelve months ending Jun, according to Tourism Tasmania.
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Alaskan ambassadors
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010THIS week Aussie agents are being invited to learn all about Alaska, in a series of roadshows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne undertaken by the Alaska Travel Industry Assn (see here).
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Window Seat 19 Oct 10
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010AUTHORITIES in the Chinese city of Zhengjiang have launched a major tourism campaign, creatively centred around a vinegar drinking competition.
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TAAP surge
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010EXPEDIA says the strong Aussie dollar is driving ongoing demand, with last week seeing a record high for transactions through the Travel Agent Affiliate Program.
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Fantasy bookable
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010DISNEY Cruise Line’s newest vessel, Disney Fantasy, will begin taking bookings for the 2012 season from tomorrow, with the ship’s maiden voyage planned to sail the Caribbean on 07 Apr 2012.
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Major Jupiters expansion
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010TABCORP yesterday announced a $175m upgrade of the iconic Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast to “create an international entertainment and resort destination”.
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Wotif ceo extension
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010WOTIF.COM Holdings Limited has extended the contract of its managing director and ceo, Robbie Cooke, until 22 Jan 2014.