News
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Intrepid GM’s bowled over
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010INTREPID Travel’s twenty one General Managers from its global network of sales and operations companies were all brought together recently for a week of meetings and planning for further growth in 2010 and beyond. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4443030480/
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FJ time changes
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010AIR Pacific has confirmed that a number of scheduling changes will apply to its flights during the week from 28 Mar, due to daylight saving ending in Fiji on that date, but slightly later in Sydney and Melbourne, on 04 Apr.
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ExcelleNT results
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010THE Northern Territory was the only place in Australia to grow its domestic visitor market for the year to 31 Dec, with 4.3% overall increase – 20,000 extra visitors.
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Big rush for QM2
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010MORE than 1300 people have already registered their interest to travel on the groundbreaking Queen Mary 2 circumnavigation of Australia, as first revealed in TD last week (TD 08 Mar).
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Michael J thriller
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010SOFITEL Macau has launched a tribute to Michael Jackson by opening a gallery containing 10 items of his, including the jewelled glove he wore when he premiered the moonwalk.
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AB axe 10 787s
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010AIR Berlin has announced it is ditching 10 of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, leaving the German carrier with 15.
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Dangerous carry-on
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010THE US Association of Flight Attendants is urging that reasonable limitations on carry-on baggage be mandated, after a survey found over 80% of members had sustained injuries due to oversized or over-weight on-board baggage.
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No participation fee
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010THE Travel Corporation’s World Rewards loyalty scheme is now offering vouchers to members which can be used towards bookings with participating comapanies including Trafalgar, Contiki, Insight, AAT Kings, Creative Hols and Uniworld.
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UA adds capacity
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010UNITED Airlines says that despite the addition of V Australia and Delta Air Lines to the Pacific route, it can “sustain further increases in capacity”.
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Major HWT online push
Wednesday | Mar 17 2010HARVEY World Travel has today launched a new search facility on its main consumer and agent websites which allows easy searching of cruise, coach and adventure holiday products.