News
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Accor appointment
Monday | Mar 21 2011ACCOR has appointed its first Fiji-born Hotel Manager, Jack Work at the Mercure Nadi, Fiji.
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VBA 47.39% foreign
Monday | Mar 21 2011VIRGIN Blue has today updated its foreign ownership figures, advising the Australian Stock Exchange that currently overseas shareholders hold 47.39% of the shares in the company.
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747-8I takes flight
Monday | Mar 21 2011BOEING’s next generation of jumbo-sized aircraft took flight this morning from Paine Field (near Seattle) with the 747-8 Intercontinental taking to the skies over the US.
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Expedia UK tax push
Monday | Mar 21 2011ONLINE travel giant Expedia is undertaking a campaign to raise awareness of flight booking fees in the UK, similar to its Australian survey last week (TD 14 Mar) targeting the fees charged by rivals such as Wotif and Webjet.
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Air NZ – Qantas ‘defamatory’
Monday | Mar 21 2011AIR New Zealand has blasted a Qantas media release about the settlement of QF’s cargo cartel legal action (TD Fri) as “misleading and defamatory”.
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Training Modules agent incentive
Monday | Mar 21 2011A NEW “one stop shop” website for travel agents is offering four holidays to Asia to encourage consultants to check it out.
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Indonesia update
Monday | Mar 21 2011THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has reissued its travel advice for Indonesia, with the update including information on a number of small explosive devices found in Jakarta targeting private residences, a government building, a religious organisation and an electrical substation.
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Webjet management
Monday | Mar 21 2011WEBJET today confirmed that David Clarke has transitioned into a new role as non-executive chairman, while John Guscic is now the company’s managing director, as announced earlier this year (TD 18 Jan).
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Balconies for Viking
Monday | Mar 21 2011THE European river cruising balcony revolution started by Scenic Tours looks to be spreading, with plans by Viking River Cruises to include balconies on some cabins of its “next generation” cruise ships.
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NZ$320k Walshe Group profit
Monday | Mar 21 2011SOUTHERN Travel, the NZ-listed parent company of the Walshe Group has released its results for the six months to 31 Dec, with the outbound Walshe division showing a slight dip in profit to NZ$320,000 for the period.