News
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WA agents right on track
Thursday | Sep 2 2010Travel2, Rail Tickets and Emirates took their top selling agents from Western Australia to Europe for 10 days recently.
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HOT chief to CHC
Thursday | Sep 2 2010THE founder and chairman of New Zealand’s House of Travel group, Chris Paulsen, was last week appointed as a director of Christchurch International Airport.
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Window Seat 02 Sep 10
Thursday | Sep 2 2010ALL publicity is good publicity – at least that’s the hope of London’s upmarket Royal Garden Hotel, which has been getting a lot of global exposure this week – because its popularity with top sporting teams has meant it’s also where illegal bookmakers have attempted to corrupt cricket players.
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Look to the boomers
Thursday | Sep 2 2010BABY boomers aren’t just a desirable travel client demographic – they’re also a significant source of talent for staff-strapped employers, according to recruitment firm TMS Asia-Pacific.
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TA rolls out US campaign
Thursday | Sep 2 2010TOURISM Australia overnight launched its Nothing Like Australia campaign in the USA.
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QEII to name QE
Thursday | Sep 2 2010HER Majesty The Queen will name Cunard’s new Queen Elizabeth in Southampton on 11 Oct – details in Cruise Weekly.
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Milan to SCEC
Thursday | Sep 2 2010AUSTRALIAN “culinary identity” Lyndey Milan has been named as Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre’s new Food and Wine Ambassador, with the aim of helping the venue “develop a greater involvement in Sydney’s energetic culinary scene”.
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New Intrepid/APT WA site
Thursday | Sep 2 2010THE Intrepid Connections joint venture between APT and Intrepid Travel will work with the WA state government in a public-private partnership to develop a new sustainable nature-based tourism site in Western Australia.
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SQ and WA partner
Wednesday | Sep 1 2010SINGAPORE Airlines and the Western Australia State Government have signed a three year marketing agreement to promote the destination to potential visitors in Singapore, Germany and China.
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Website of the year
Wednesday | Sep 1 2010YESTERDAY’S Traveltech conference in Sydney also saw the announcement of the ‘Traveltech Web Awards.’
The overall winner was hotelscombined.com, with category winners also including Webjet, Jetstar, Habitathq, Lonely Planet, Wicked Campers, P&O, Contiki and World Nomads.