News
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LHW agent offer
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Leading Hotels of the World is offering Australian travel agents an extra 5% commission on its newly renovated Superior hotel rooms at The Sukhothai Bangkok.
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MacBook TSA OK
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE latest micro-thin Apple MacBook Air laptop is allowed to stay in passenger baggage through US airport screening, according to the Transportation Security Administration’s blog.
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Summer in Sydney
Thursday | Nov 11 2010TOURISM NSW has unveiled three new marketing campaigns to entice visitors to Sydney over the new year, Vivacity, has begun with television ads and will kick off the New Year’s Eve fireworks, Sydney’s Festival’s Festival First Night and The First Emperor: China’s Entombed Warriers at the Art Gallery of NSW.
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More DL UK routes
Thursday | Nov 11 2010DELTA Air Lines has been granted approval by the US Dept of Transportation and European Union to begin services between Miami and Boston to London Heathrow Airport, from 27 Mar.
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Skywest traffic slips
Thursday | Nov 11 2010WA-BASED regional carrier Skywest traffic measured by Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by about 1% during Oct while capacity rose 4% over the same period – meaning load factor decreased by 2.7 points to 54.1% for the month.
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PNG travel advisory
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has today advised of a restriction on all cross-border travel under the free-movement provisions of the Torres Strait Treaty in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, due to an outbreak of cholera in Daru.
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Social Media forum
Thursday | Nov 11 2010THE Tourism Industry Council of NSW will hold an Industry Forum on social media at the Mercure Parramatta on 19 Nov, email – paula@ticnsw.com.au to register.
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Future Darling Harbour hotel
Thursday | Nov 11 2010PROPERTY developer Lend Lease has revealed images (here) of its proposed ‘floating hotel’ project for Sydney’s Darling Harbour, part of the $230 million Barangaroo project.
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New TA ambassador
Thursday | Nov 11 2010TOURISM Australia has appointed co-founder of Earth Hour, Andy Ridley, as its first Ambassador for Australia in its New7Wonders of Nature campaign.
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Mammoth opening
Thursday | Nov 11 2010MAMMOTH Mountain in California has officially opened to a fresh foot of snow which was dumped earlier this week after a storm covered the Main Lodge as well as the top of the mountain.