News
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AOT All Stars
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010AOT Holidays advises it has just sent out the invitations to its top 120 selling agents across Australia and New Zealand for its 2010 All Stars NT Red Centre event.
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UA/SN expand pact
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010STAR Alliance member carriers United Airlines & Brussels Airlines have expanded their codeshare agreement, now allowing UA pax to purchase SN operated services from Brussels to 24 European destinations.
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New TCF signings
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010THE Travel Compensation Fund admitted 5 new agencies in the second half of Mar, including head office locations for World Student Travel in Adelaide and Shangrila Travels in Bondi Junction.
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Feb arrivals rise 4%
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010SHORT term visitor arrivals into Australia rose to 485,800 people in Feb, up by 4% compared to the same month the year prior, and up 0.1% against Jan’s figures.
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Westfield signs up with ATEC
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010THE Australian Tourism Export Council has signed a deal with shopping centre giant Westfield Group in a move to boost Sydney’s appeal as “one of the world’s most desirable” shopping cities.
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Eurodrive extends
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010RENAULT Eurodrive is giving Australian holidaymakers another month to book a leased vehicle at discounted rates, due to the surge in value of the Aussie Dollar vs the Great British Pound.
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Carry-on bag fee
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010ULTRA low cost carrier Spirit Airlines has created a stir in the US, announcing it will begin charging passengers for carry-on bags which are stored in overhead luggage bins.
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HWT gets personal
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010HARVEY World Travel has added a collection of Personally Escorted Holidays for 2010 which are escorted by HWT agents “with expert knowledge of destinations.”
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Travel Daily on location in Hong Kong
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010Travel Daily editor Bruce Piper and number one son Ben are lucky enough to this week be participating in a fantastic family familiarisation in Hong Kong – along with the agents who won our exclusive Hong Kong competition which ran during Feb.
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Window Seat 07 Apr 10
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010GAP Adventures also joined the travel industry April Fool’s fun by launching a new 17-day themed adventure which takes passengers to galaxy far, far away.