News
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Sherry says sorry
Thursday | Oct 28 2010THIS time it’s the turn of Carnival Australia ceo Ann Sherry to make a public apology for the cancellation of yet more Pacific Jewel cruises (TD breaking news).
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15 years of JSA
Thursday | Oct 28 2010QANTAS and British Airways are this week celebrating the 15th birthday of their Joint Services Agreement, with the carriers saying the pact had grown into “one of the world’s most successful airline alliances”.
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Flight Centre up on 08/09
Thursday | Oct 28 2010FLIGHT Centre’s year to date profit is up about 15% on the same period two years ago – which was previously the company’s best ever first quarter.
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Ready, Set, Mo!
Thursday | Oct 28 2010NEXT month Travel Daily in partnership with P&O World Cruises is calling on all Aussie agents to “show they care with a little facial hair”.
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TD Breaking News – Flight Centre “considers options” re fuel surcharges
Thursday | Oct 28 2010Flight Centre looks at fuel surcharge recovery
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Renewed focus on TSAX marketing
Thursday | Oct 28 2010TRAVELSCENE American Express will ramp up marketing projects from a range of angles to benefit members, Head of Marketing Adam Vance has said.
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Skywest jet flight boost
Thursday | Oct 28 2010WA-BASED carrier Skywest has announced plans to introduce jet services to the newly upgraded Geraldton Airport early in 2011.
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Horizons to Calypso
Thursday | Oct 28 2010NEW Horizons Holidays has announced that it will be transferring to the Calypso wholesale reservations system, with a specially developed version of Calypsonet dubbed ‘myhorizons’ to launch 01 Nov, for packages for travel from 01 Apr.
MD Gary Hilt said the move followed an upgrade of the firm’s internal booking system. -
NZ’s new campaign
Thursday | Oct 28 2010TOURISM New Zealand saw 1,121,761 Australian visitors to the country for the year ending Sep, an increase of 7.3% year on year, with a greater jump in figures expected with the launch of new advertising campaign “What’s ours is yours”.
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Record high KE Q3
Thursday | Oct 28 2010KOREAN Air has achieved a record high level for international passenger and cargo traffic for the quarter ending 30 Sep, with 3,126.2 billion KRW (AU$2.83b), a rise of 26.2% year-on-year.