News
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Samsonite solar
Friday | Apr 16 2010TRAVEL luggage maker Samsonite will this year introduce a new range of laptop bags that integrate light weight Ascent Solar panels, designed to give travellers their own portable power supply for electrical devices when they are on the move.
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InterContinental tops hotel survey
Friday | Apr 16 2010PATRONS of InterContinental Hotels have a higher satisfaction rating than people who stay at other hotel and resort brands, according to a survey released yesterday by Roy Morgan Research.
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QF Thai deferral
Friday | Apr 16 2010QANTAS has issued a fare waiver for Thailand due to the continuing civil unrest there.
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German winners
Friday | Apr 16 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Darryl Sloshberg of Sabra Travel in Bondi (NSW) and Libby Prescott of Harvey World Travel Brookside (QLD) who were the lucky winners in the German National Tourist Office competition that appeared in TD yesterday, winning tickets to the Audi Festival of German Films.
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Agents flat out in Dubai
Friday | Apr 16 2010Adventure World recently hosted this group of agents in Dubai after they enjoyed a Royal Caribbean cruise in the Arabian Peninsula aboard Brilliance of the Seas. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4530436655/
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Wotif home-based agents
Friday | Apr 16 2010THE Wotif Group is set to shortly launch its own branded network of home-based travel brokers, who will operate under a new travelmax brand.
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TG boosts SAS pact
Friday | Apr 16 2010THAI Airways International has put its TG code on selected SAS flights between Scandinavia and the UK, including services between London Heathrow and Copenhagen and Stockholm, as well as Manchester-Stockholm.
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JetBlue hotel deal
Friday | Apr 16 2010HILTON Worldwide has become the first hotel partner with US carrier JetBlue Airways’ loyalty program, TrueBlue.
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Aus air fuel card
Friday | Apr 16 2010A US bank has begun issuing a special credit card to operators of private aircraft in Australia.
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New Qld tagline
Friday | Apr 16 2010QUEENSLAND is set to replace its long-standing ‘Where Else But Queensland’ marketing campaign after 13 years, with a fresh brand and strategy to be unveiled in Sep.