News
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Business award for Sportsnet Holidays
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010MELBOURNE-based Sportsnet Holidays has been named Australia’s ‘Fastest Growing Private Business’ for 2010 in the Business Review Weekly/ANZ Bank private business awards.
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Taiwan tempts travel trade
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010LAST night the Taiwan Tourism Bureau (TTB) held a trade promotional event at Sydney’s Sheraton on the Park, attracting over 120 travel agents, suppliers and media guests (see here).
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Two new NCL ships?
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010NORWEGIAN Cruise Line is rumoured to have signed a letter of intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft for the construction of two new cruise ships, with the first to be delivered in 2013.
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WTM to kick goal
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010THE upcoming World Travel Market tourism expo in London will for the first time this year feature a special Sport Report, looking at the “dynamics and potential of the $600 billion Sport Tourism industry”.
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Fake Chinese pilots
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010ALMOST 200 commercial pilots in China have faked their resumes according to a report in the China Business News.
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DJ livery change
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010VIRGIN Blue Group of Airlines’ appointment of Hans Hulsbosch as Creative Director (TD Mon) will see DJ adopt a new brand “to take the airline into its next decade.”
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Google confident of ITA deal
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010INTERNET behemoth Google is under the microscope over its proposed US$700m purchase of flight search software company ITA (TD 27 Apr), with the US Justice Dept probing the deal.
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HWT’s Travel ESSential
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010Harvey World Travel has set loose a brand new mascot in a bid to raise greater awareness of the company’s Travel Essentials products.
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New Delaware chief
Wednesday | Sep 8 2010WAYNE Kirkpatrick will step down as the managing director of Delaware North Australia Parks and Resorts, moving into an advisory role from the end of Sep.