News
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Canada Oct stats
Wednesday | Jan 12 2011AUSTRALIAN visitor arrivals to Canada in Oct 2010 were up 6% on the same month last year to 13,510, according to Canadian Tourism Commission statistics.
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Qantas 8th A380
Wednesday | Jan 12 2011QANTAS is expecting to take delivery of its eighth Airbus A380, dubbed David Warren (named in honour of the inventor of the Black Box Flight Recorder) in Toulousse, France this week.
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TD/CW Breaking News – Carnival Spirit to be based in Australia
Wednesday | Jan 12 2011Carnival to base vessel in Australia in 2012
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Arabian certification
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011ARABIAN Adventures, a division of the Emirates Group, has been awarded the internationally recognised Certified Emissions Measurement & Reduction Schemes certification, making it the first DMC to achieve the status.
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UK Al Qaeda threat
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011THE British Government raised its counter-terrorism advice to ‘severe’ for the transport sector late last week, with a letter from the UK’s Department of Transport to the air transport sector warning of a possible al Qaeda attack “against a UK airport or aviation sector target”.
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Southwest rewards
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011SOUTHWEST Airlines’ revamped Rapid Rewards Program, set to be unveiled on 01 Mar, will allow members to redeem points on every seat with no blackout dates or seat restrictions.
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C’share disclosure
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011ONLINE travel agents that sell airline tickets are now required to provide clients with any codeshare flight information, within 60 days of tickets being purchased, following the adoption of a new law implemented by the DoT.
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Ramada appoints
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011WYNDHAM Hotel Group has named John Blacket as general manager for its newly badged property in Vanauatu, Ramada Resort Breakas Beach.
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New Jakarta airport
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011THE Indonesian Govt has plans to build another airport near Jakarta following concerns that the hub will not be able to accommodate the 15-20% year-on- year rise in passenger numbers.
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Expeditions saving
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011WORLD Expeditions is offering a special on two berths onboard select Antarctica trips.