News
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Working group sets priorities
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010THE first meeting of the new Tourism Access Working Group (TAWG) (TD yesterday) has agreed to work on four priority projects as part of the National Long-term Tourism Strategy (NLTS).
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Mantra addition
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010MANTRA Group has announced the addition of the 98-room Rainbow Shores Resort at Rainbow Beach to its portfolio.
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Australian visitors to Fiji up 42%
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010THE number of Australian arrivals to Fiji for the first four months of 2010 were up 42% to 78,430 compared to the year prior, according to the latest data released from Tourism Fiji.
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KQ keen on QF pact
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010KENYA Airways is in discussions for a potential codeshare pact with Qantas and other airlines incl China Southern, according to KQ’s chief exec. officer Titus Naikuni.
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New German air tax
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010GERMANY is looking to impose a new environmental air tax on pax flying out of any of the country’s airports, in a bid to raise around $1 billion Euro each year.
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AF A380 to Tokyo
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010AIR France has announced that its third Airbus A380 superjumbo destination will be Tokyo, with non-stop services from Paris to debut on 01 Sep this year.
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Manchester-Uluru
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010QANTAS and Etihad have this week commenced a new codeshare arrangement which creates connecting flights from Manchester in the UK to Alice Springs and Uluru via Sydney.
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Jetstar long-haul ex SIN
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010THE first destinations to be served from Jetstar’s planned long-haul A330 base in Singapore will be Melbourne and Auckland (TD breaking news), with the carrier set to debut daily direct Melbourne flights on 16 Dec.
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Travelscene Jets into NZ
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010TRAVELSCENE Holidays and Air New Zealand were the hosts of South Australian Travelscene members on a recent ‘Stay Connected’ educational to New Zealand’s North Island. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4686243009/