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Window Seat 20 May 10
Thursday | May 20 2010SELF-DRIVE tourists visiting Austria are now likely to be able to travel safely, after transport officials secretly hired a full-time team of druids to drain ‘negative energy’ from accident blackspots.
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Another ‘Denarau’
Thursday | May 20 2010FIJI’S second purpose built integrated island resort, Naisoso Island, is ahead of schedule and under budget, according to its managing director, Bob Lowres.
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Direct airline sites score
Thursday | May 20 2010Roy Morgan spokesperson Jane Ianniello said the figures showed the strong tendency for Australians to use airline websites for sourcing travel information, claiming “Airlines have replaced travel agents as the main method of booking a holiday.”
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Bangkok a no-go
Thursday | May 20 2010AUSTRALIAN travellers are being warned not to travel to Bangkok after a major escalation yesterday of political tensions.
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Thirty ’09 collapses
Thursday | May 20 2010THE Travel Compensation Fund today released its 2009 annual report, revealing that last year 3532 Australian travellers received compensation for lost money after their agent collapsed.
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PAL naming rights
Thursday | May 20 2010PHILIPPINE Airlines has signalled that it’s certainly very serious about the Australian market after taking the naming rights on its office building at 49-51 York Street in the Sydney CBD.
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Travel Daily on location in Denarau, Fiji
Thursday | May 20 2010THE majority of delegates at this year’s Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange are being hosted at the Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa, Denarau Island over the course of the tradeshow, with a number of pre and post tour famil opportunities offered also to showcase the destination.
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EK boosts MEL
Thursday | May 20 2010EMIRATES has announced a 23% capacity boost on its flights from Melbourne to Auckland, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai, with all three daily MEL flights to be operated by 777-300ERs by early Aug, adding 1400 extra weekly seats.
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Banyan Tree Fiji?
Thursday | May 20 2010THAILAND’S luxury hotelier Banyan Tree is one of five brands considering a 5-star development on Fiji’s Naisoso Island integrated resort project, currently under construction, TD can reveal.
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NRMA appointment
Thursday | May 20 2010NRMA Group has named Graham Perry as the new gm of its NRMA Travel retail operation.