News
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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.
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Rocky appointment
Wednesday | Oct 13 2010ROCKY Mountaineer has today named Dianna Schinella as sales manager for Asia Pacific, based in Sydney, in a move to strengthen and develop ties with local tour operators, wholesalers and agents.
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CO/TP codeshare
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010CONTINENTAL Airlines and TAP Portugal have signed a codeshare deal to cover a range of cities in the United States, Central America, Europe and Africa.
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Branson Centre
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010VIRGIN Unite, a non-profit organisation of the Virgin Group, will open the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean next year.
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Nigeria advisory
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010THE Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has added Nigeria’s Abia State to its list of ‘Do not travel’ areas due to the high risk of kidnapping.
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Intention to travel
Tuesday | Oct 12 201012.8 MILLION Australians are planning to take a holiday in the next 12 months, according to Roy Morgan Research figures released on Fri for the Aug 2010 quarter.