News
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New ancillary standards
Wednesday | May 12 2010AN INTERNATIONAL coalition of airlines, GDS firms, online agents and TMCs have agreed to support new industry standards to enable “shopping, booking, payment and reporting of ancillary services” offered by airlines.
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New EK NZ fares
Wednesday | May 12 2010EMIRATES restructured Tasman fares (TD Fri) have gone on sale today, with EK Vice President Australia, Stephen Pearse, saying the creation of a year-round pricing structure “makes it easier for customers to select the type of fare they wantfrom a range of competitive prices with consistent fare rules”.
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Lacaze to head JTG
Wednesday | May 12 2010STELLA Travel ceo Peter Lacaze is expected to be named as the head of the merged Jetset Travelworld Group and Stella Travel, according to speculation in today’s Financial Review.
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Expedia OZ/NZ gm
Wednesday | May 12 2010NICOLAS Chu has been named as general manager for Expedia Australia/New Zealand.
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Budget funds for quality
Wednesday | May 12 2010TOURISM businesses across Australia will carry a new ‘quality mark’ under the National Tourism Accreditation Framework, which has been funded to the tune of $5.5 million in last night’s Federal Budget (TD breaking news).
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Spit Spot packages
Tuesday | May 11 2010ACCOR Hotels is offering stay/see package deals from 30 Jul to the Mary Poppins Musical in Melbourne which include an ‘A’ Reserve ticket to the show.
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Siteminder expands
Tuesday | May 11 2010AUSTRALIA’S SiteMinder is on the move announcing plans to open its first overseas office this month in London.
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Intrepid city tours
Tuesday | May 11 2010INTREPID Travel has added 29 new Urban Adventures in 10 cities across North America (incl New Orleans, Toronto, Vancouver and Philadelphia) along with a new website to manage the city tours, at www.urbanadventures.com.
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Twin Parks air tour
Tuesday | May 11 2010NITMILUK Tours has released a ‘Twin Parks Spectacular’ air tour in the Northern Territory, which takes in Kakadu, Nitmiluk, Elsey and Gregory national parks.
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Ferrari World launch
Tuesday | May 11 2010ABU Dhabi’s highly anticipated Ferrari World theme park, the first of its kind in the world (TD 17 Mar) will open on Thu 28 Oct, three weeks before the second running of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.