News
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TC pays out $690K
Monday | Nov 22 2010TRAVELLERS Choice managing director Gary Allomes said the company emerged from the downturn of “2008/09 as a lean, financially disciplined organisation, strategically well positioned to take advantage of the steadily improving trading conditions we’ve experienced over the past 12 months”.
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AA Travelport fee stuns agents
Monday | Nov 22 2010THE new “booking source premium” which will be charged by American Airlines for agents booking its segments through the Galileo GDS (TD breaking news) is likely to see the carrier suffer a big drop in bookings, according to a number of furious agents who have contacted TD this morning.
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GA SkyTeam meet
Monday | Nov 22 2010GARUDA Indonesia will meet with officials from the SkyTeam airline alliance in Jakarta on Tue to sign an official memorandum of understanding, paving the way for the carrier to join the expanding SkyTeam, by 2012.
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Calypso owner sale
Monday | Nov 22 2010TOURISM Technology, the parent company of the Calypso reservation system, is now back in the hands of its founder Graeme Hunter, who together with gm Michael Dundon has bought all TT shares formerly owned by the collapsed Roamfree.
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Top Choice for fourth year
Monday | Nov 22 2010The number one Gold Choice member of the year with Travellers Choice was awarded to Toni Chambers from Broadway Travel and Cruise Centre in WA (see here).
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Skywest WA win
Monday | Nov 22 2010PERTH-based carrier Skywest Airlines has been chosen as the “preferred proponent” for a five year licence extension to operate flights from Perth to Albany; as the sole operator to Esperance; and to Learmonth/Exmouth in a shared operator capacity.
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$10m reno for QLD Island resorts
Monday | Nov 22 2010HIDEAWAY Resorts will plough $10 million into its two Qld island properties through extensive upgrades and enhancement programs, in a bid to “unlock the potential of both islands.”
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Excite names GM
Monday | Nov 22 2010AGENT-only online wholesaler Excite Holidays has named Joe Karbo as its new general manager, with md George Papaioannou saying Karbo will “lead the growth” of the company.
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DJ/EY SYD lounge
Monday | Nov 22 2010THE heads at Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have confirmed plans to build a joint lounge facility at Sydney Airport as part of the alliance’s synergies, as flagged by Travel Daily earlier this year (TD 03 Sep).
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We were ready – TC
Monday | Nov 22 2010ALTHOUGH the timing of the JTG-Stella merger may have caught many by surprise, “in many ways Travellers Choice had been preparing for it for several years,” according to Travellers Choice md Gary Allomes.