News
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Banff film festival
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010ADVENTURE World is offering packages to the 35th running of the Banff Mountain Film Festival in the Canadian Rockies, planned for 30 Oct – 07 Nov.
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Avalon impressions
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010AVALON Waterways is offering an eight-day Art & Impressionists cruise on 01 Nov 2011 which follows the journey of Claude Monet and the locations of some of his most famous pieces.
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Westin Panama x2
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010STARWOOD Hotels will debut its Westin brand in Panama, with two properties slated to open in the Central American country within the next two years.
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Zip lining in Victoria
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010VICTORIA’s Otway Fly Tree Top Walk says it will be home to the state’s first Zip Lining Eco Adventure Tour, beginning 20 Oct.
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CTM appointments
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010CORPORATE Travel Management has appointed Tony Bellas, an independent director of Watpac, as its chairman of the board.
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Avis still wants $
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010THE Avis Budget Group hasn’t yet thrown in the towel in its hope to acquire the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, last week submitting a revised proposal in a bid to better the Hertz offer.
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Castle food deal
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010HAWAIIAN hotel chain Castle Resorts and Hotels is offering a kids eat free deal at Denny’s restaurants on Hawaii’s Big Island, Maui and Oahu.
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Bright and shiny in QLD
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010Tourism Queensland yesterday hosted around 120 industry partners to the launch of the state’s new brand platform, ‘Queensland, Where Australia Shines’ on the Gold Coast (see here).
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Webjet suspension
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010A BRAZILIAN carrier named Webjet Linhas Aereas (and no relation to the major Australian online travel agent of the same name) has had sales of its tickets suspended by the government.
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Jetstar US feedback
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010JETSTAR says it doesn’t support a US Department of Transportation proposal which would see the introduction of a ban on serving of peanut products to protect allergy sufferers.