News
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NRMA Travel back in black
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010NRMA’S Travel and Touring businesses including Adventure World, Value Tours, Creative Cruising, Coral Seas and Thrifty Car Rental have together combined to produce a positive result for the motoring organisation, according to figures in the NRMA annual report.
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Fuel case response urged
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010THE Federal Court of Australia has ordered that travel agents from across the country be invited to register their intention of making a claim against Qantas, in the long-running fuel surcharge court case.
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Webjet on Neilsen
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010WEBJET md David Clarke says figures from the Nielsen Online Retail Monitor (TD yest.), which gauges the top purchases made via the internet, are questionable.
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Rocky appointment
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010ROCKY Mountaineer has today named Dianna Schinella as sales manager for Asia Pacific, based in Sydney, in a move to strengthen and develop ties with local tour operators, wholesalers and agents.
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CO/TP codeshare
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010CONTINENTAL Airlines and TAP Portugal have signed a codeshare deal to cover a range of cities in the United States, Central America, Europe and Africa.
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Branson Centre
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010VIRGIN Unite, a non-profit organisation of the Virgin Group, will open the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean next year.
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Nigeria advisory
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010THE Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has added Nigeria’s Abia State to its list of ‘Do not travel’ areas due to the high risk of kidnapping.
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Intention to travel
Tuesday | Oct 12 201012.8 MILLION Australians are planning to take a holiday in the next 12 months, according to Roy Morgan Research figures released on Fri for the Aug 2010 quarter.
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SYD push for Cup
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010THE chairman of the Football Federation of Australia has used last weekend’s ‘Breakfast on the Bridge’ event in Sydney to ramp up his message to the world for Australia to be the host nation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Travel top for online purchases
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010THE growing influence of the internet on the Australian travel industry has been confirmed in the results of a survey released yesterday afternoon, which found that travel is now the top category for online purchases.