News
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Trafalgar eLearning winner
Thursday | Jun 17 2010TRAFALGAR’s eLearning online training program competition, ‘Let Us Entertain You’ has been won by Tina Grieve from Travelworld Forster. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4710643166/
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Fever hits Kerala
Thursday | Jun 17 2010ONE of India’s most popular tourist destinations, Kerala State, is being hammered by a “massive” increase in cases of dengue fever, swine flu and chikungunya (rat) fever, with 13,000 people seeking treatment on Wed last week.
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10% off Dragoman
Thursday | Jun 17 2010DRAGOMAN has discounted its 26-day Best of Ghana and Mali tour by 10% for departures on 19 Jun, 17 Jul and 14 Aug, now priced from $1,630pp – for more info see adventureworld.com.au.
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MGM rebranding
Thursday | Jun 17 2010HOTELIER MGM Mirage has officially changed its name to MGM Resorts International (TD 22 Apr), after shareholders voted in favour of the new branding.
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Avis/Dollar review
Thursday | Jun 17 2010THE US Federal Trade Comm. has requested the Avis Budget Group to provide it with additional information about its potential take over of the Dollar Thrifty Group (TD 27 Apr).
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Window Seat 16 Jun 10
Wednesday | Jun 16 2010CARS can’t fly – but that didn’t stop two scenic flight pilots in Queenstown, NZ from racing a vehicle down the ZQN runway in the middle of the night.
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QF Tahiti waiver
Wednesday | Jun 16 2010QANTAS is providing passengers with tickets to Tahiti for travel on or before 17 Jun the option to defer travel or bypass the Pacific island as part of their itinerary, due to the strike ther (TD yest.), which has now ended.
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Domestic ‘holding strong’
Wednesday | Jun 16 2010FEDERAL tourism minister Martin Ferguson has hailed figures from the govt’s National Visitor Survey which he says show domestic tourism is performing well “despite challenges from a competitive international market”.
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MasterChef Joyce
Wednesday | Jun 16 2010ANTAS head honcho Alan Joyce and the carrier’s First and Business class menu designer, Neil Perry, will appear on tonight’s episode of Network 10’s wildly popular Masterchef cooking show.
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Bangu goes Dutch
Wednesday | Jun 16 2010LONG-TIME head of South African Tourism in Australasia, Bangu Masisi, has been appointed as the organisation’s country manager for the Netherlands.