News
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EK sale extended
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010EMIRATES has extended its Melbourne to Singapore or Kuala Lumpur economy and business class fares to 08 Nov, with ex tax economy fares priced from $620 return or $400 one way, and $3200 return in business class.
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Premium rising
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010IATA says the recovery in air travel is slowing, with Aug economy passenger figures up 6.2% year on year, compared to an 8.1% increase in Jul.
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Tom accepts VN gong
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010THE Orient Express Travel Group was the recipient of the Global Sales Achievement Award at the Vietnam Airlines global sales meeting in Da’nang recently (see here).
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Counsellors warns
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010THE chairman of Travel Counsellors, David Speakman, has warned of the “demise of travel agencies and call centres” in the light of the UK amalgamation of the Co-Operative and Thomas Cook agency chains (TD 11 Oct).
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US Aus specialist fined $30,000
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010NEW York-based travel agent Pacific Holidays, a specialist in travel to the Pacific region including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tahiti, has been slapped with a US$30,000 by the US Dept of Transport for false advertising.
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Sky river cruise
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010BLUE Sky Holidays has added a new cruise package on the Mekong River in Vietnam onboard the Jayavarman, priced from $1,795 per person twin share, for bookings made by 30 Nov 2010 and departures between Jun and Sep 2011.
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Turkey Delights agents
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010Tempo Holidays hosted agroup of travel agents on an educational to Turkey recently.
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AFTA Update 19 Oct 10
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010I AM writing this week’s column from Geneva as I am attending the PAPGJC meeting, which is the forum for global dialogue between IATA, airlines and the travel agency community.
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Doubletree rebrand
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010HILTON Worldwide plans to introduce a new brand logo and name for its Doubletree portfolio of hotels in five countries from early next year.
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JQ Africa c/share?
Tuesday | Oct 19 2010JETSTAR appears to be looking to broaden its network to Africa, albeit through a codeshare with Qantas, according to the Qantas Industry site