News
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EY-Alitalia deal
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010ETIHAD and Italian flag carrier Alitalia have launched an extensive codeshare pact, with the EY code appearing on Alitalia’s intra-European flights.
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Sabre Iceland buy
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010SABRE Holdings has announced the purchase of Iceland-based Calidris, described as a “revenue integrity and business intelligence solutions company”.
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Goverment calls for aircraft shoosh
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010THE Federal Government has announced it is banning noisy old aircraft from landing at most major airports around the country, effective 01 Sep 2010.
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Mantra hails court win
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010MANTRA Group says a court judgement in its favour last Fri will “secure the future of the accommodation industry” in Australia.
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Macau positive
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010MACAU-based Viva Macau Airlines has confirmed that almost 5000 passengers have been affected by the suspension of its flights (TD yesterday) but says it’s making every effort to resolve the situation.
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Tipping winners
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010THE first weekly winner of Travel Daily’s AFL footy tipping competition was Brett Binns of AAT Kings, who won a Captain’s Club dinner on board Captain Cook Cruises’ Sydney 2000.
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Orion III on the way
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010ORION Expedition Cruises founder Sarina Bratton is expecting a third ship to join the fleet within the next three years.
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FC restructures Explore
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010FLIGHT Centre has offered redundancy packages to a handful of senior staff at its trade-facing Explore Holidays wholesale operation, but remains committed to the operation.
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DJ boosts car hire
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010VIRGIN Blue has expanded its car rental partnerships, and is now offering Hertz and Thrifty in addition to Europcar on a newly launched car hire website.
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TA campaign launch
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010TOURISM Australia will tomorrow announce the long-awaited details of its new destination campaign to promote Australia to the world.