News
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Kakadu drops 20%
Friday | Sep 3 2010KAKADU National Park visitor numbers have dropped by 20% this year, according to staff at the popular NT tourist attraction.
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Travel Corp event
Friday | Sep 3 2010TRAVEL consultants are being advised to save the date for the 2011 Europe trade show featuring Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Contiki, Busabout Europe and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, between 18 Oct and 08 Nov 2010.
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Celebrity Interview with Rob Palmer
Friday | Sep 3 2010Travel Daily interviews celebrity carpenter and last weekend’s Dancing with the Stars winner Rob Palmer.
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Qantas ROE update
Friday | Sep 3 2010QANTAS has revised its Rate of Exchange, effective 01 Sep 2010, to 1.092542.
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Sweet bmi giveaway
Friday | Sep 3 2010BMI is giving away four places for travel agents at each of two upcoming update events at the Lindt Cafe.
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UAE inbound stats
Friday | Sep 3 2010ONLY 6.1% of a total 728,000 passengers heading to Australia from the UAE in 2009 actually ended their journey here, ranking Australia as the 6th most popular int’l destination for UAE travellers.
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Delta’s new interior
Friday | Sep 3 2010DELTA Air Lines has unveiled plans for its fleet of 16 Boeing 747-400 aircraft, which will see a revitalisation of their interiors.
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Behind the scenes
Friday | Sep 3 2010TODAY Travel Daily TV features a ‘behind the scenes’ video of the filming of the Talking Travel segment highlighting the new TV campaign promoting Tempo Hols’ Egypt program. See traveldaily.com.au for the video.
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Polar Air cargo fine
Friday | Sep 3 2010POLAR Air Cargo LCC has agreed to pay the US Dept of Justice a US$17.4m fine for its involvement in an air cargo cartel that fixed fuel surcharges on commercial services to Australia, between Jan 2000 and Apr 2003.
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QR still keen on SYD
Friday | Sep 3 2010QATAR Airways is still hopeful of launching direct Doha-Sydney services this year, according to the joint Virgin Blue/Etihad Airways submission to the ACCC lodged this week.