News
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Business events kick start
Tuesday | Mar 2 2010TOURISM Australia will commit nearly $2m over three years to turnaround recent declines in the business events sector and boost the volume of conventions held domestically.
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TD really works!
Tuesday | Mar 2 2010EXPEDIA says the story about its new travel agent affiliate program (TD yesterday) produced an amazing response, with agents rushing to sign up for the program within minutes of Travel Daily being distributed.
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Viva! Philippines
Tuesday | Mar 2 2010VIVA! Holidays has released its new 2010-11 Philippines brochure, featuring a range of land content in Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, Mactan Island, Palawan and Manila in conjunction with Singapore Airlines and Philippine Airlines flights – see page ten of today’s Travel Daily.
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Creative Fiji out
Tuesday | Mar 2 2010CREATIVE Holidays is offering a number of exclusive Fiji deals in its new Fiji & South Pacific brochure, including a $1005 package including return FJ flights, four nights at the InterContinental Fiji, daily breakfast and transfers – see p11 of today’s Travel Daily.
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Borghetti to head Virgin
Tuesday | Mar 2 2010JOHN Borghetti was today named as the new ceo of Virgin Blue (TD breaking news) and will take up the role on 08 May.
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TD Breaking News – New Virgin Blue ceo
Tuesday | Mar 2 2010Virgin Blue appoints Borghetti as new ceo
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bmi off to Berlin
Monday | Mar 1 2010BMI has announced the debut of daily London Heathrow-Berlin Tegel flights from 28 Mar.
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Como offers Serenity Now!
Monday | Mar 1 2010SINGAPORE-BASED COMO Hotels & Resorts says it has the perfect antidote for the weary traveller – it offers complimentary yoga sessions at its eight properties worldwide.
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Travelport brings GDS ads in-house
Monday | Mar 1 2010TRAVELPORT has announced that it’s now selling advertising on its GDS products exclusively through its own internal staff, with the move part of ongoing development which will “bring the relevance and clarity of Google-like search advertising to the travel agent’s desktop.”
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Costa crash
Monday | Mar 1 2010THREE crew members were killed and several passengers injured when a Costa Cruises ship crashed into a pier at the Red Sea port of Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt.