News
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Bumper Sep in HKG
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010AUSTRALIAN visitor numbers to Hong Kong during Sep 2010 were up 19.6% year-on-year to 64,830 movements on the 2009 figure, according to latest stats from the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
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QF yachting deal
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010QANTAS has been named as the Official Airline Partner for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships being held in Perth in Dec 2011.
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Rockies ski ready
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010THE ski season has officially opened at The Lake Louise Ski Area in Banff National Park, with Sunshine Village to follow on 11 Nov, and Mt Norquay in early Dec.
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China Southern $3.7b Airbus order
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010SKYTEAM airline alliance carrier China Southern Airlines has placed an order with Airbus for 36 SAS aircraft, made up of six widebody A330s and 30 A320s, worth a list price of US$3.8 billion.
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C&K boost product
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010LUXURY tour operator Cox & Kings has added new destinations to its recently launched 2011/12 Worldwide brochure.
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AM signs with DTW
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010DISCOVER the World Marketing has been reinstated by Aeromexico as its GSA in Australia.
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Leather-bound in South Africa
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010South African Tourism recently hosted a group of lucky Harvey World Travel consultants on a famil, visiting Johannesburg, Pilanesberg and Cape Town, with agents experiencing the local and tourist attractions the country has on offer.
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Samoa revival hope
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010SAMOA Tourism Authority has forecast an annual average growth rate in visitor arrivals of between 3% and 7% for 2010, despite latest figures showing inbound traffic slid 8.5% year on year in Aug 2010.
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New Tiger tracks
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010TIGER Airways has used today’s official launch of its Melbourne Avalon base to announce two new routes from its third Australian base, to Canberra and Brisbane, as flagged by TD yesterday.
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NCCC appointment
Tuesday | Nov 9 2010THE National Convention Centre Canberra has named Robert Doyle as sales manager, responsible for driving businesses to bring events to the nation’s capital.