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Choice undercover
Monday | Sep 20 2010THE head honcho of hotel group Choice Hotels International will be the latest company boss to shed his true identity to gain an employee’s perspective of how a business is run, when he appears on US TV’s Undercover Boss this week in America.
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Breakaway winners
Monday | Sep 20 2010THE final five winners in Travel Daily’s mini-competition to win a yearly membership to Breakaway Travelclub (TD Fri) were: Stacey Camilleri, Harvey World Travel Mackay; Toni Pope, Phil Hoffmann Travel Glenelg; Jon Simmons, Pinpoint Travel Group; Kristen Crossley, HWT Caloundra and Kylie Hibbit, Harvey World Travel Bateau Bay.
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Deb’s Flyin to Hawaii
Monday | Sep 20 2010Hawaiian Airlines has named Debra Hitchcock of Travelworld Kallangur in Brisbane as the latest winner in The Flyin’ Hawaiian agent giveaway.
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India warning
Monday | Sep 20 2010THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade this morning released an updated travel advisory for India following the shooting of two tourists at the Jama Masjid Mosque.
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Strategic contests
Monday | Sep 20 2010STRATEGIC Airlines says it is in talks with the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation to have its charter aircraft cleared to fly in France, after the local aviation authority declined to renew its Air Operators Certificate last week, as flagged by TD on Thu.
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US Air int’l expands
Monday | Sep 20 2010US AIRWAYS is expanding int’l operations from its Charlotte hub, with new seasonal services to be introduced to Madrid and Dublin, effective 04 and 06 May 2011.
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AC ballet tkt names
Monday | Sep 20 2010AIR Canada was swamped with entries in its travel agent promo that featured in TD on Thu, to give away 10 double passes to the see the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in Brisbane on 29 Sep.
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SYD stats still rising
Monday | Sep 20 2010SYDNEY Airport recorded its best ever arrivals figures for Aug last month, today reporting a 8.2% year on year increase in domestic/ regional pax movements, up to 2.03 million during the period.
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Cheering for California
Monday | Sep 20 2010California Tourism officially launched its first ever TV advertising campaign in Australia, with a function in Sydney on Fri afternoon attended by people from across the industry.
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Window Seat Mon 20 Sep 10
Monday | Sep 20 2010WORRIED about getting ripped off by taxi drivers when travelling? There’s an app for that.