News
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Newcastle Sebel
Monday | Nov 1 2010MIRVAC Hotels & Resorts has today opened its newest hotel, The Sebel Newcastle Beach, NSW, about two hours north of Sydney.
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Shanghai exits Star
Monday | Nov 1 2010SHANGHAI Airlines yesterday terminated its relationship with Star Alliance, after the carrier’s merger with China Eastern Airlines and move to join SkyTeam in 2011.
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BA back in black
Monday | Nov 1 2010BRITISH Airways has reported a pre-tax profit of £158m for the six months to 30 Sep – the first time it’s shown a profit in two years.
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Celebrity winner
Monday | Nov 1 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Michelle Alcorn from National Seniors Travel, who was the lucky winner of our Sonia Kruger celebrity interview competition on Friday.
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Q400 Taronga livery
Monday | Nov 1 2010QANTASLINK has introduced a new Bombardier Q400 aircraft to the Dubbo route which features images of Taronga Western Plains Zoo animals (pictured here).
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10% off Peregrine
Monday | Nov 1 2010PEREGRINE Adventures is offering an earlybird discount of 10% across close to its full range of product for 2011, made from today until 20 Dec, for travel before 30 Sep next year.
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Parkroyal openings
Monday | Nov 1 2010PAN Pacific Hotels Group has today reintroduced the Parkroyal hotel brand to Australia, with the re-opening of Parkroyal Darling Harbour and Parkroyal Parramatta.
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Brochures ‘vital’
Monday | Nov 1 2010A SURVEY of AFTA members undertaken earlier this year in conjunction with the Council of Australian Tour Operators has found that four out of five agents believe printed brochures are either “very important” or “essential” in assisting with day to day sales. The full report is now available for download by clicking here.
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All smiles at Magellan
Monday | Nov 1 2010THE Magellan Travel Group distributed $1.6m in trading surpluses to members in 2009/10, with the details included in a comprehensive financial report presented during the group’s recent third annual conference at the Henry Jones Art Hotel in Hobart last month (see here).
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Celebrity Interview with Sonia Kruger
Friday | Oct 29 2010Travel Daily catches up with co-host of Channel Seven’s Dancing with the Stars, Sonia Kruger.