News
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Cruise n Coach
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010A TOURISM research project dubbed “Cruise n Coach”, funded by the Federal Government, Captain Cook Cruises and AAT Kings will be officially launched in Sydney this Fri by Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson.
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AA, ARC US agency crackdown
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010AMERICAN Airlines has written to more than 300 of its preferred travel agencies in the USA detailing a change in their contracts which modifies the definition of an “authorised sales outlet”.
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Rail Europe soars
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010RAIL Europe says it’s seen an “unprecedented surge in sales” for the first three months of 2010, with March a record month for many of its GSAs here.
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NZ boosts ADL/PER
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010AIR New Zealand has loaded increased flights to South Australia and Western Australia over the Northern Winter scheduling period from 31 Oct.
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Time to let down the hair
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010The Africa Safari Co. wound up its annual roadshow across Australia recently, with the company’s marketing manager, Wayne Hamilton, saying overall participation by agents was up on last year, despite a large number of ‘no shows’. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4519580246/
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AFTA Update 13 Apr 10
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010Fantastic news for the travel industry today with the release of the nominations for the National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA).
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Jetstar ZQN RNP
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010JETSTAR is in the final stages of approval for Required Navigation Performance operations into New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport, according to the New Zealand Herald.
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MU to SkyTeam?
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010CHINA Eastern Airlines may be joining airline alliance SkyTeam as early as this week, according to reports in French media.
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What are these agents dune?
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010Travel2 in conjunction with Emirates and Air Tickets recently hosted this group of top Victorian agents for a massive 10 day famil in Dubai, London, Brussels and Paris. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4519549720/
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P&O UK blackout
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010PASSENGERS aboard P&O Cruises UK’s Aurora and Arcadia will have an exciting experience to report when they get home, after being told to keep cabin lights off and stay off the decks during an overnight transit of the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.