News
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Azamara bargain
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010CREATIVE Cruising is offering a “last minute special” for a seven night Azamara Quest cruise which will cruise from Venice for Athens early next month.
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PATA looks for ceo
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010THE Bangkok-based Pacific Asia Travel Association has announced that it’s “actively looking” for a new chief executive officer following the resignation of incumbent Greg Duffell who will leave the organisation after 18 months of restructuring.
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MICE market grows
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010THE number of convention and conference arrivals to Australia has swelled by 15% year-on-year for the year ending 31 Jul, but the figure is still below numbers achieved in 2008.
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Travel Daily on location in Kuala Lumpur
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010PIONEERING low-cost carrier AirAsia is today celebrating a staggering milestone – the carriage of its 100 millionth passenger.
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Window Seat 13 Oct 10
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010LOVELORN tourists are likely to rush to the newest attraction in Croatia – the so-called “Museum of Broken Relationships” in the country’s capital, Zagreb.
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QH week 1 winner
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010CONGRATS to Margaret Griffin from Compass Travel & Cruising who has won a $100 Qantas Holidays voucher for submitting her ‘Tantalising Tassie’ itinerary in the wholesaler’s month long comp featured exclusively in TD.
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Cosmos price cut
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010COSMOS says it has cut prices on its latest Europe program by as much as 17% due to the strength of the Australian dollar against the Euro and British Pound.
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NRMA Travel back in black
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010NRMA’S Travel and Touring businesses including Adventure World, Value Tours, Creative Cruising, Coral Seas and Thrifty Car Rental have together combined to produce a positive result for the motoring organisation, according to figures in the NRMA annual report.
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Fuel case response urged
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010THE Federal Court of Australia has ordered that travel agents from across the country be invited to register their intention of making a claim against Qantas, in the long-running fuel surcharge court case.
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Webjet on Neilsen
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010WEBJET md David Clarke says figures from the Nielsen Online Retail Monitor (TD yest.), which gauges the top purchases made via the internet, are questionable.