News
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SOH open day
Wednesday | Oct 6 2010THE iconic Sydney Opera House will open its doors to the public for free on 24 Oct, allowing access to backstage areas which are usually off limits, featuring ballet rehearsals, performances on the Opera House stage & more.
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Motoring groups appoint Thrifty
Wednesday | Oct 6 2010AUSTRALIAN Motoring Services – the umbrella organisation of Australia’s seven state-based motoring clubs – has signed a “breakthrough” deal with Thrifty Car Rental, which will see the car rental company supply its services to the groups’ 6.8m members.
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Delta SFPD fees
Wednesday | Oct 6 2010DELTA Air Lines has issued an agent update on its Secure Flight Policy, advising that that “failure to provide Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) may result in PNR cancellations and booking policy violation debit memos.”
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The Travel Corporation at HWT Frontliners
Wednesday | Oct 6 2010The Travel Corporation was one of the supplier partners in attendance at the Harvey World Travel Frontliners conference in Darwin last month (see here).
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Evergreen adds Egypt program
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010SCENIC Tours Group’s Evergreen Tours brand has launched an all new touring program to Egypt and Jordan, boosting the company’s portfolio of destinations to six.
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Garuda pre seating
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010GARUDA Airlines says it can now pre seat and confirm pax seat allocation on most flights.
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Bridgeclimb’s 12 yr
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010BRIDGECLIMB Sydney celebrated its 12th anniversary on 01 Oct, having hosted 2.5 million guests on the bridge from 137 nations.
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DFAT on Ecuador
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010THE Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade has increased its overall level of advice for travellers to Ecuador to ‘Reconsider your need to travel’ as a result of last week’s political violence (TD Fri), causing “civil unrest, the risk of crime, and the general threat of domestic terrorism”.
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Wicked Christmas
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010The Sofitel Brisbane Central is offering a Wicked Show and See package including accom and two ‘A’ Reserve tickets to the show priced from $220ppts.
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Raptured by the GNTO
Tuesday | Oct 5 2010GERMANY Tourism hosted a special workshop last month to showcase its product to over 140 wholesalers and travel agents from around the world, who were unable to attend the Travel Mart in Apr due to the volcanic ash cloud over Europe (see here).