News
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Preferred pays 15%
Tuesday | May 4 2010PREFERRED Hotel Group is giving local agents booking hotels and resorts from its collection in the Asia Pacific 15% commission, for guest stays up until 31 Aug.
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ATEC outraged by UK pax tax
Tuesday | May 4 2010THE Australian Tourism Export Council has blasted the proposed further increase of the UK’s Air Passenger Duty (TD 08 Mar), which is set to see a family of four travelling to the UK slugged with a £340 tax bill from Nov – more than four times the £80 level required in Jan 2007.
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FJ back to Kiribati
Tuesday | May 4 2010AIR Pacific will resume a once weekly service between Nadi -Kiritimati (Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean)- Honolulu effective 25 May, according to agent GDSs.
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RJ online check-in
Tuesday | May 4 2010ROYAL Jordanian is now offering an online check in system for pax to issue their boarding passes 24 hours prior to flying – visit rj.com.
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EY/T2 famil in Santorini
Tuesday | May 4 2010Etihad Airways, Stella Air Tickets and Travel2 hosted a 10 day famil to Turkey and the Greek Islands in April. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4578188240/
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Two classes for TG
Tuesday | May 4 2010THAI Airways will return its two-class 777-300 services to the Sydney-Bangkok route from 01 Sep, according to GDS displays.
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‘Ahlan WA Sahlan’ to Dubai
Tuesday | May 4 2010On the eve of the opening of the 2010 Arabian Travel Market, the Australian and New Zealand contingent came together for a welcome Persian dinner on a balmy evening in Dubai last night. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4577530523/
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JQ’s SMS trials
Tuesday | May 4 2010JETSTAR’S Melbourne Avalon-Sydney route will be the second trial for SMS mobile check-in, due to start this week, following QF’s launch last week (TD Wed).
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New Windstar ceo
Tuesday | May 4 2010AMBASSADORS International, the parent firm of Windstar Cruises, has named Hans Birkholz as its new president and chief executive officer, from 10 May.
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HIV ban outdated
Tuesday | May 4 2010CHINA has dropped its ban on visitors with the HIV virus after more than 20 years.