News
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Joyce reassures travellers
Thursday | Apr 22 2010QANTAS is working to secure extra aircraft landing slots at London Heathrow and Frankfurt in a bid to lift stranded and delayed passengers at airports in Asia due to the six day shutdown of European airspace this week.
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4200 entries already
Thursday | Apr 22 2010MORE than 4200 people have uploaded photos and descriptions of their favourite places in Australia in the first phase of Tourism Australia’s new ‘There’s Nothing Like Australia’ campaign.
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Travel Daily TV exclusively presents interview with Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce
Thursday | Apr 22 2010Click here to view volcano aftermath interview.
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Dollar set to dive
Thursday | Apr 22 2010CHRIS Richardson from Access Economics this morning said he expects the Australian dollar to slide to below US60c – but not for the next year or so.
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$4m China tourism boost
Thursday | Apr 22 2010FEDERAL Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson this morning announced $4m in extra funding over four years to extend the China Approved Destination Status Scheme for Australian tourism operators.
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Rudd backs industry
Thursday | Apr 22 2010PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd made a surprise appearance this morning at the ATEC Symposium in Hobart, having been accosted on the street by a delegate last night and invited to make a speech to the conference.
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Gong for AIME
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010THE Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) has won the ‘Exhibition of the Year’ award for the second year running, with the announcement made last night in Melbourne at the 2010 Meetings & Events Australia National Awards.
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Great Ocean Walk
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010TOURISM Victoria and Virgin Blue will next month launch a three-week campaign to promote the Great Ocean Walk in Sydney and Brisbane, incl a National Geographic Channel promo.
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$42.6m NT funding
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010THE Northern Territory Govt has allocated $42.6 million in budget funding to continue to promote the NT around the globe as a premier tourist destination.
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Tasty Europe Tours
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010TEMPO Holidays has released a seven day ‘Flavours of Barcelona and Valencia’ tour priced from $1186ppts.