News
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Aloft for India
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010STARWOOD Hotels and Resorts has announced that three new Indian properties under its “sizzling tech-savvy” Aloft brand will debut this year, with a total of six by 2012 in Chennai, Benagaluru (x2), Coimbatore, Ahmedabad and Chandigar.
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Humming along to Lady GaGa
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010This group of Carlson Wagonlit Travel consultants recently travelled to see pop diva Lady GaGa in a stretch Hummer limousine. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4518991637/
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Cruise n Coach
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010A TOURISM research project dubbed “Cruise n Coach”, funded by the Federal Government, Captain Cook Cruises and AAT Kings will be officially launched in Sydney this Fri by Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson.
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AA, ARC US agency crackdown
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010AMERICAN Airlines has written to more than 300 of its preferred travel agencies in the USA detailing a change in their contracts which modifies the definition of an “authorised sales outlet”.
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Rail Europe soars
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010RAIL Europe says it’s seen an “unprecedented surge in sales” for the first three months of 2010, with March a record month for many of its GSAs here.
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NZ boosts ADL/PER
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010AIR New Zealand has loaded increased flights to South Australia and Western Australia over the Northern Winter scheduling period from 31 Oct.
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Time to let down the hair
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010The Africa Safari Co. wound up its annual roadshow across Australia recently, with the company’s marketing manager, Wayne Hamilton, saying overall participation by agents was up on last year, despite a large number of ‘no shows’. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4519580246/
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AFTA Update 13 Apr 10
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010Fantastic news for the travel industry today with the release of the nominations for the National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA).
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Jetstar ZQN RNP
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010JETSTAR is in the final stages of approval for Required Navigation Performance operations into New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport, according to the New Zealand Herald.
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MU to SkyTeam?
Tuesday | Apr 13 2010CHINA Eastern Airlines may be joining airline alliance SkyTeam as early as this week, according to reports in French media.