News
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Brendan president
Tuesday | May 11 2010BRENDAN Vacations has named Nico Zenner as the tour operator’s US president, effective 01 Jun, taking over from Don Cooper.
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Ski issue winner
Tuesday | May 11 2010WE had a huge response to the competition in our special Southern Hemisphere Ski Issue, in which readers were offered the opportunity to win a holiday for two in Queenstown, NZ courtesy of Value Tours, Air New Zealand, Rydges Lakeland Resort and NZski.com.
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GPT retains Rock
Tuesday | May 11 2010THE GPT Group says it will hold onto the Ayers Rock Resort as a non-core asset until “market conditions improve”, but still ultimately plans to sell off the Voyages branded property.
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SYD whale watching
Tuesday | May 11 2010CAPTAIN Cook Cruises will offer four daily Whale Watching cruises sailing from Sydney Harbour between 15 May-28 Nov, giving guests a chance to see Humpback and Southern Right whales just off the NSW coastline.
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Leafy green Fiji
Tuesday | May 11 2010TOURISM Fiji has released a new initiative to go along with its ‘Clean Me, Green Me, Fiji Me’ for the low carbon travel and tourism sector, by supporting the Fiji Government’s plan to plant one million trees across the destination by 2011.
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AC goes cashless
Tuesday | May 11 2010AIR Canada has introduced a cashless cabin on all services, meaning passengers now need to provide payment for all in cabin purchases with a credit card.
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TAAP US launch
Tuesday | May 11 2010EXPEDIA’S Travel Agent Affiliate Program that launched in Australia earlier this year (TD 01 Mar) is to be rolled out in the United States.
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New Durban airport
Tuesday | May 11 2010DURBAN King Shaka Int’l Airport was officially opened on Sat in South Africa by president Jacob Zuma, after a ‘soft’ opening at the beginning of the month.
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Ghan, lick it!
Tuesday | May 11 2010GREAT Southern Railways’ iconic rail services, The Ghan and Indian Pacific will appear on 55 cent stamps issued by Australia Post from this month.
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Low LAN airfares
Tuesday | May 11 2010LAN has announced new fares to South America leading in at $1550pp incl taxes, from Sydney to Santiago, or from $1599pp from Sydney to Buenos Aires, Lima or Rio de Janiero.