News
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St Regis Tibet opens
Friday | Nov 26 2010STARWOOD Hotels & Resorts has opened the doors to its first St. Regis branded property in China and “the first-ever” luxury resort in Tibet, the 162-guest room and suites, St. Regis Lhasa Resort.
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Europe still favourite
Friday | Nov 26 2010EUROPE continues to be the most desirable destination for Australian travellers planning a holiday overseas in the next two years, according to the latest Roy Morgan Research.
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UA to Lagos in Dec
Friday | Nov 26 2010UNITED Airlines will operate services to Lagos in Nigeria from next month, around six months later than initially planned.
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Japan visitors drop
Friday | Nov 26 2010THE number of Aussie travellers heading to Japan during Oct has slumped 16% year-on-year to 16,700 movements, according to the latest preliminray statistics from Japan National Tourism Org.
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GA back to Darwin?
Friday | Nov 26 2010GARUDA Indonesia is featuring Darwin as a destination option on its list of cities serviced on its portal, under ‘Domestic Flights’.
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New Value website
Friday | Nov 26 2010VALUE Tours has rehashed its website to offer “improved user-friendly capabilities” when searching for international ski, self-drive and coach holidays.
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Hamilton Airport on Virgin/Air NZ
Friday | Nov 26 2010NEW Zealand’s Hamilton Int’l Airport has requested that the Australian Competition Consumer Commission “consider competitive contraints” in its determination for the proposed Virgin Blue/Air New Zealand alliance.
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Air Pacific changes
Friday | Nov 26 2010AIR Pacific has made changes to its regional marketing team by adding long time associates John Nickel and Humphrey Jansz to its Australian based team.
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TA laud AirAsia X
Friday | Nov 26 2010TOURISM Australia has praised AirAsia X’s decision to launch flights to Paris (TD 19 Nov) with managing director, Andrew McEvoy, saying it will bring many new overseas arrivals to Australia.