News
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Low LAN airfares
Tuesday | May 11 2010LAN has announced new fares to South America leading in at $1550pp incl taxes, from Sydney to Santiago, or from $1599pp from Sydney to Buenos Aires, Lima or Rio de Janiero.
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ETM appointments
Tuesday | May 11 2010ETM Group has announced the appointment of Martin Klopfer as manager for its conference and incentive team and Felicity Smith as an account manager.
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EK to Baghdad
Tuesday | May 11 2010EMIRATES is launching a thrice weekly service between Dubai and Baghdad from 01 Jul using an Airbus A330-200 jet, with the city becoming EK’s 103rd destination.
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Mother’s Day Vibe
Tuesday | May 11 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Jackie Colonnelli of Jetset MLC; Vicky Gilden of Jetset Tours and Sarah Allen of Corporate Travel Management who were winners in last week’s Vibe Hotel’s Mothers Day competition, which featured exclusively in TD.
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Special Ventures
Tuesday | May 11 2010VENTURE Holidays is offering Bali specials including a seven night stay at Rama Beach Resort in South Kuta or the Ramayana in Kuta for $1185ppts, incl airfares, accom, b’fast and transfers.
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AirAsia X on report
Tuesday | May 11 2010KUALA Lumpur-based AirAsia X is under investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau following two “serious incidents” when landing at Gold Coast Airport last week.
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Hopping over to KI
Tuesday | May 11 2010PICTURED are some of the 35 international travel agents that descended upon Australia recently as part of AOT’s Inbound Mega Famil including agents from UK, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, South Africa and North America. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4600596785/
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Macy’s tourism site
Tuesday | May 11 2010US DEPARTMENT store Macy’s has launched a special new website dedicated to domestic and international travellers.
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Dreamworld dives
Tuesday | May 11 2010REVENUE at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast fell 5.1% for the nine months to 31 Mar, according to the theme park’s owner, the Ardent Leisure Trust.
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Eurostar revamp
Tuesday | May 11 2010CROSS channel rail operator Eurostar has announced the introduction of a new ‘mid class’ service called Standard Premier – “designed to appeal to not only the more cost conscious business traveller, but also leisure travellers who want that little bit of extra space and service”.