News
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Galactic takeoff
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010SPACE tourism aspirant Virgin Galactic is hailing the first manned free flight of its SpaceshipTwo spacecraft on Sun in the USA (TD yesterday) as a major milestone.
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FC strong growth
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010FLIGHT Centre is seeing double digit monthly increases in bookings, with no signs of slowing before the end of the year, according to ceo Graham Turner.
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Jetstar faces wage push
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010STAFF at Jetstar have overwhelmingly endorsed a new proposed Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) which includes a push for 5% annual pay rises.
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Fiji OZ arrivals soar
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010AUSTRALIAN visitor arrivals to Fiji continue to set new milestones with the latest statistics, for Jul 2010, showing a 19% increase in arrivals, to 29,436 people, versus the same period last year.
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A Travel2 taste of Thailand
Tuesday | Oct 12 2010TRAVEL2 and THAI Airways International hosted 20 top achieiving travel agents from NSW/Vic/Tas on a “Taste of Thailand” educational, during which participants experienced the best cooking schools and restaurants in Chiang Mai and Bangkok (see here).
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A$ value on Acela
Monday | Oct 11 2010RAIL Plus is predicting that the strength of the Australian dollar will increase demand for the US Acela Express during the Dec/Jan holiday season.
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Europe bargains
Monday | Oct 11 2010BEYOND Travel is offering savings up to $1,000 off its Russian tours on bookings deposited by 29 Oct, for travel between May and Oct next year.
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Wendy Wu incentive
Monday | Oct 11 2010TRAVEL agents across the country are this week receiving special ‘Launch Boxes” with the latest Wendy Wu Tours brochures (TD Thu) and details of an incentive with 11 major prizes of holidays in China.
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Qantas waives QF Club joining fee
Monday | Oct 11 2010QANTAS is continuing its push for the corporate travel market, overnight announcing a special offer waiving the joining fee for its Qantas Club lounges.
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No Leave, No Life message working
Monday | Oct 11 2010TOURISM Australia’s ‘No Leave, No Life’ campaign to encourage Australians to take pent up annual leave for holidays appears to have delivered its message, with latest statistics showing the number of stockpiled leave has shrunk from 123 million days in Mar last year, to 118m in Jun.