News
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Orient Inca signing
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009THE Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. group has acquired the Hotel Rio Sagrado in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, boosting its number of properties in Peru to five.
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BA baulks on selling OpenSkies
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009BRITISH Airways may be backing down on its move to offload its OpenSkies all premium operation between Paris and New York.
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Fiji tempts TravelManagers
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009ALMOST 200 participants, including a contingent of TravelManagers from across Australia, recently attended a Fiji mega destination familiarisation sponsored by Tourism Fiji.
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Smoke in cockpit
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009A JETBLUE aircraft performed an emergency landing in Bermuda overnight after the pilots of the aircraft reported smoke coming out of the flight controls.
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EK A380s to Paris
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009EMIRATES will today commence a thrice weekly service between Dubai-Paris using one of its A380 superjumbos.
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Virgin links TNQ with NZ
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009THE Virgin Blue Group’s New Zealand based offshoot, Pacific Blue, will launch a twice weekly direct service between Cairns and Auckland, raising seats on the route by 79 per cent.
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Best in Travel 2010
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009AUSTRALIA has missed out on being named as one of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel or Best Value destinations for 2010.
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$600 Bench saving
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009BENCH International has discounted the price of its Grand Tour of South Africa by $600 per couple on select dates next year.
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Hyatt India move
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009HYATT Hotels Corporation will open five new hotels in India from mid-2010 in a move which the group says “illustrates our commitment to expanding our global footprint”.