News
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MH crew suspended
Monday | Aug 30 2010SIX Malaysia Airlines cabin crew have been suspended from duty during an investigation into the body of a dead passenger found in the toilet of their aircraft.
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Bench tees up
Monday | Aug 30 2010BENCH International has announced the establishment of a specialist desk to handle queries from agents and incentive organisers whose clients want to add golfing to their South African safari holidays.
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Avalon earlybird
Monday | Aug 30 2010AVALON Waterways says that 65% of global bookings for its new Avalon Panorama ‘Suite Ship’ have originated from Australia, with the river cruise operator overwhelmed with bookings since the 2011 program launched in May.
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FJ mates rates
Monday | Aug 30 2010AIR PACIFIC has released new ‘Mates Rates’ from Australia to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, on sale until 15 Oct for travel through to Apr 2011.
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Venture bonus
Monday | Aug 30 2010VENTURE Holidays is offering travellers to Malaysia bonuses on hotel stays including free upgrades and pricing packages.
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Keith Prowse update
Monday | Aug 30 2010THE Australian travel operations of Keith Prowse have not been affected by the travails of the group’s UK ticketing business, which has now formally been placed into receivership.
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Intrepid Africa Agents
Monday | Aug 30 2010This lucky group of Aussie travel agents were hosted to a famil to South Africa and Bangkok by Intrepid Travel and Thai Airways recently.
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Tony Park winner
Monday | Aug 30 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Nahdia Radher from Jetset Toowoomba, who was the final winner of a copy of The Delta, the new book from Aussie author Tony Park, in TD’s exclusive comp last week courtesy of The Africa Safari Co.
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Vision appointment
Monday | Aug 30 2010VISION Hotels and Resorts, which operates the Paradise Palms Resort and Country Club and The Lakes Cairns Resort and Spa, has named Darlene Holdsworth as its Director of Sales and Marketing, moving from her previous role with TTNQ’s MICE department.
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VS Caribbean boost
Monday | Aug 30 2010VIRGIN Atlantic has announced expanded services from the UK to the Caribbean over the 2011/12 season, with new services to Tobago, Grenada and Barbados and an extra weekly Havana flight.