News
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New Indian operator
Wednesday | Jul 21 2010UPMARKET India travel operator Peirce & Leslie has entered the Australian market this week, offering a range of tailor-made tour products to suit local needs.
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ACCC probes Stella/JTG
Wednesday | Jul 21 2010THE Australian competition regulator has given the travel industry just over fours weeks to submit its support or opposition to the planned merger of Stella Travel Services and the Jetset Travelworld Group (TD 12 May).
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Rex Boeing deal
Wednesday | Jul 21 2010REGIONAL Express’ wholly owned Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA) has signed a new agreement which will see it train pilots for Boeing offshoot Jeppesen in Australia.
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QF check-in trial
Wednesday | Jul 21 2010QANTAS has confirmed that its Next Generation check-in experience will commence formal trials in Perth next week (TD 23 Jun) before rolling out to Sydney later in the year in the next phase.
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Emelias run rampant in SYD
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010LAST week Expedia sent out a group of ‘Emelias’ as part of a sales blitz in Sydney for its Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TD 12 Jul).
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Accor promotion
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010ACCOR has announced the appointment of Neil Paterson as the new Director of Sales for Victoria and Tasmania.
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AA/JetBlue FF pact
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010AMERICAN Airlines and JetBlue Airways have announced they will begin a frequent flyer relationship later this year enabling members of AAdvantage and TrueBlue to earn miles/points on select routes of each carrier.
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Jetstar Hot Fares
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010JETSTAR has introduced a new ‘Hot Fares’ option which provides a limited number of seats on select routes at discounted prices.
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Viva! Bali 2011-12
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010VIVA! Holidays is advising agents it has now loaded Bali product for the travel period from Apr 2011 through to Mar 2012 – go to vivaholidays.com.au/BaliProduct.
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Relais iPhone app
Tuesday | Jul 20 2010RELAIS & Chateaux has released an iPhone app. offering easy geolocations to the best places to dine or stay around the world – relaischateaux.com/appstore.