News
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3rd Shanghai Sofitel
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010SOFITEL Luxury Hotels has announced it’s planning to open a third hotel in Shanghai next year, the Sofitel Shanghai Jing’an.
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Myroombid launch
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010THE online travel auction market has a new player with the launch of www.myroombid.com last week, allowing people to book by nominating a rate they wish to pay for a hotel stay, which is then sent to a hotelier to respond with either an acceptance or a counter offer, as far as 18 months in advance.
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Let’s go shopping!
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010Krystal Davidson of HRG (see here) was the lucky winner of a $500 shopping spree in the recent ‘Sex And The City’ competition run by specialist travel recruitment firm AA Appointments.
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Orion accom deals
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010ORION Expedition Cruises is offering two or three night inclusive accom packages on all seven night voyages sailing in Nov and Dec 2010.
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Air France/KLM pay US$87m cargo fine
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010AIR France-KLM and its Dutch sister carrier Martinair will pay US$87 million (AU$99m) to settle claims over its alleged involvement in a air cargo fuel cartel, in the United States.
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Back roads Europe
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010THE Flight Centre owned Back-Roads Touring Company is offering five European tours in its just released 2010/11 winter program.
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Social media push
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010FINDINGS from a Roy Morgan Research poll released last week has shown about 30% (5.2 million) of Aussies have participated in some type of online social media activity over an average four week period, for the year ended Mar.
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Rescue situation at Pullman
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010The Pullman Sydney Olympic Park hosted the Channel Nine drama series Rescue Special Ops recently while they were filming an episode for Series 2, which debuted last night (see here).
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Strategic go ahead
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010STRATEGIC Airlines has been given the green light by the Intl Air Services Commission to begin flights between Port Hedland and Karratha in WA to Denpasar (Bali), as flagged by Travel Daily last month (TD 15 Jun).
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Europe guarantee
Tuesday | Jul 13 2010EVERGREEN Tours says it has guaranteed all May to Aug 2011 departures on its 24-day Eastern Europe Escapade river cruise tours due to popular demand.