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Register for World Cup tipping
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010AS foreshadowed earlier this week, Travel Daily is running a special tipping competition for the Australian travel industry wanting to make the most of the FIFA World Cup which kicks off in South Africa this Fri.
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Crown Spice Temple
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010MELBOURNE’S Crown will open a second Neil Perry restaurant alongside the existing Rockpool Bar & Grill at Crown Towers in Oct, called Spice Temple and based on Perry’s existing Sydney restaurant of the same name.
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EK orders 32 more
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010EMIRATES officially announced overnight that it is increasing its total firm order of Airbus A380s by 32 superjumbos, to 90, as flagged yesterday in Travel Daily.
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Qantas FF icons
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010QANTAS Frequent Flyer has launched a new set of icons to keep its members on track and earn more points by effectively spotting deals the 400 partners are offering.
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GPT selling Rock?
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010THE GPT Group is believed to be close to selling the Ayers Rock Resort, according to The Australian Financial Review.
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Medina for mums
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010MEDINA Apartment Hotels have created a virtual meeting place on Facebook called MumSpace, providing a forum for mothers to “share, purge, rant, chat and just enjoy conversations”.
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Kingfisher invited
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010INDIAN carrier Kingfisher Airlines was yesterday formally invited to join the oneworld airline alliance, following a Memorandum of Understandings that was signed between the two earlier this year (TD 24 Feb).
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EK A380 to Milan
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010EMIRATES will operate one of its giant Airbus A380 superjumbos from Dubai to Milan Malpensa on flights EK093/094 on 29 Jul, in a one-off service, replacing the current A330-200 on the route.
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PNG numbers rise
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010AUSTRALIAN arrivals into Papua New Guinea have risen 25% in the first quarter of 2010, with this market contributing over half the total number of short-term arrivals to the country.
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Oh what a feeling!
Tuesday | Jun 8 2010SUNLOVER Holidays were the hosts of the Travellers Choice Bronze Award winners who were rewarded with a trip to the Whitsundays recently. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4684362599/