News
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Smisek to speak
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010THE ceo of the newly merged United and Continental Airlines, Jeff Smisek, is set to visit Australia next month.
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Bye-bye Blitz
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010THE former owner of Sydney eastern suburbs agency Travel Blitz, Ricky Brisson, says that the business will close at the end of the month.
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Burma exit tax
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010THE Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade is reminding Burma-bound travellers that there’s a departure tax of US$10 for pax exiting the country on an international flight.
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HWT loyalty push
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010HARVEY World Travel is set to significantly expand the agent loyalty components of its Phoenix program, with the imminent launch of a system which allows individual consultants to accrue points under the scheme.
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CA to DUS and MXP
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010AIR China is boosting capacity to Europe, with a new thrice weekly Beijing-Milan Malpensa route from 15 Jun, complementing its current five times weekly Shanghai-Malpensa operation.
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Hanging with the Coopers
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010Jenny and Jim Cooper of Queanbeyan City Travel & Cruise took out five top achiever awards from preferred suppliers on top of their prestigious Gold office award at last weekend’s Travellers Choice Shareholders Conference in Melbourne.
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Tennis educational
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010QANTAS Holidays, Tourism Victoria and Novotel Melbourne are offering 19 top selling agents a place on an educational to the Australian Open 2011 and the Mornington Peninsula 15-18 Jan – qantasholidays.com.au/agents.
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Another Choice
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010CHOICE Hotels has added its 15th airline partner to its Choice Privileges program, airberlin.
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Tiger flags fourth Australian base
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010TIGER Airways ceo Crawford Rix has confirmed that the carrier is currently “evaluating options for our fourth Australian base”.
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Expedia deals
Tuesday | Nov 23 2010EXPEDIA yesterday announced the acquisition of mobile travel application producer Mobiata, which it said would accelerate its ability to enable mobile travel shopping and booking across multiple platforms.