News
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Ubid window wider
Friday | Jun 11 2010ONLINE accom aggregator Ubid4rooms.com has extended its booking window from 28 days to 90 days, as flagged by Travel Daily last month (TD 27 May).
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Tiger doubles fee
Friday | Jun 11 2010TIGER Airways Australia has doubled its levy for carrying sports equipment on flights to $60 per item because its previous fee was “underpriced”, according to comm. director Steve Burns.
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Smoke free Casinos
Friday | Jun 11 2010MACAU’S Casinos could be smoke free by 2013, with plans proposed by the enclave’s government to adopt a smoke free environment in the gaming rooms within three years.
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New TravelCorp ceo
Friday | Jun 11 2010THE Travel Corporation has appointed Brett Tollman as the businesses’ new president and chief executive officer effective 01 Jul, based in the USA.
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Window Seat 11 Jun 10
Friday | Jun 11 2010IT’S odd, but Tourism Australia and Tourism NT haven’t yet latched onto the massive tourism potential of the new ‘A-Team’ movie which debuted in Australia yesterday.
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Skal Congress confirmed
Friday | Jun 11 2010SYDNEY’S hosting of the 2010 Skal World Congress in Oct is going full steam ahead, after a visit this week by the organisation’s Secretary-General Jim Power to review arrangements.
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Star heads to ZQN
Friday | Jun 11 2010THE Star Alliance will be heading to NZ later this year, announcing plans to hold its CEO and Alliance Management Board meeting in Queenstown from 12-14 Dec 2010.
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UL looking at SYD
Friday | Jun 11 2010SRILANKAN Airlines has flagged plans to launch services from its Colombo hub to Sydney as part of a new five-year plan which will see the airline’s fleet doubled by 2015, its chairman has announced.
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Stella-JTG extension
Friday | Jun 11 2010THE ACCC says it plans to revise the proposed 24 Jun date for announcing its findings relating to the JTG acquisition of Stella Travel (TD Tue) after it asked for more information from the companies.
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TT adds four
Friday | Jun 11 2010AVALON Airport in Victoria is set to become a major hub for Tiger Airways, after the carrier this morning announced a further four routes from the new base (TD breaking news).