News
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Aircalin appoints
Friday | Sep 24 2010NEW Caledonia’s Aircalin has appointed Brett Walsh as its new Sales Manager for Australia, moving from his previous role of senior leisure sales executive for THAI Airways International.
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Globus froths it up
Friday | Sep 24 2010GLOBUS yesterday held a function to launch its 2011 Italy and Spain brochure.
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Japan to Brazil
Friday | Sep 24 2010ANA and TAM will operate a codeshare route between Japan and Brazil via London Heathrow, effective 15 Oct.
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Amadeus forecasts
Friday | Sep 24 2010AMADEUS says that face to face travel agents are “set to become more highly valued” in the coming years, in a major report into the future of the travel industry over the next decade.
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BA deal gets closer
Friday | Sep 24 2010SPANISH carrier Iberia has confirmed that after reviewing British Airway’s “pension recovery plan” it will not be exercising its right to terminate the merger agreement between the airlines.
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AirAsia still wants to fly DRW-DPS
Friday | Sep 24 2010AIRASIA Indonesia has confirmed that it is still “actively looking at launching a Bali-Darwin service before the end of the year,” but looks unlikely to start operations in Oct as previously announced (TD 17 Jul).
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Carlson adds USA
Friday | Sep 24 2010CARLSON Hotels has signed an agreement to manage a 501 room upper scale hotel at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, The Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Mirvac agent rates
Friday | Sep 24 2010MIRVAC Hotels and Resorts has released travel agent rates for 47 hotels in Australia and NZ, with prices from $99 at Citigate, $129-$149 for Sebel, Quay West and Sea Temple, and $199 at the Como Melbourne and Hotel Lindrum.
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Florence invite
Friday | Sep 24 2010THE Italian Government Tourist Office will hold a presentation on Florence for tour operators on 20 Nov at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
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Pullman adds two
Friday | Sep 24 2010ACCOR’s upscale Pullman brand has added two new projects to its portfolio in Vietnam.