News
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KLIA tkts thru MAS
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010TRAVELLERS flying with Malaysia Airlines can now buy tickets on the KLIA Ekspres rail service from Kuala Lumpur Int’l Airport to downtown via its website, www.malaysiaairlines.com.
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HAL cancel policy
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010HOLLAND America Line has now made it possible for guests to cancel their cruise or cruisetour for any reason and receive a refund of up to 90% of the cruise cost, so long as they have bought HAL’s Cancellation Protection Plan.
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Bag a deal with Hotels.com
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010Johan Svanstrom and Katherine Birch of Hotels.com yesterday hosted a function in Sydney to release the company’s latest Hotel Price Index (HPI).
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Spring to life promo
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010THE NSW Govt will support the Shellharbour region by providing funding of $45,750 for a new tourism marketing campaign.
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First Nordic A380
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010LUFTHANSA will operate the first Airbus A380 service to Finland’s capital city tomorrow.
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Corroboree push
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010NORTHERN Territory Tourism Minister Malarndirri McCarthy will use her trip this week to the UK (TD yesterday) to promote next year’s Corroboree trade show event being held in Darwin.
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BA long-haul pledge
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010BRITISH Airways says that in the event of further industrial action by its London Heathrow-based crew it will “aim to operate 100 percent of long-haul flights,” including to Australia.
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Wildman appoints
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010THE Northern Territory’s soon to open Wildman Wilderness Lodge has named Cameron Harms as general manager.
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Hertz takes Dollar
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010CAR rental juggernaut Hertz has won the battle with Avis Budget to acquire the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, with the two companies going head-to-head to take over Dollar since Apr, as flagged by TD in Apr (TD 27 Apr).
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Radical preview
Tuesday | Sep 14 2010RADICAL Travel is giving away free movie tickets to the first 100 travel agents who fax a request for its new 2011 Europe brochure, ahead of its release in Oct.