News
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Britrail reductions
Thursday | Jan 21 2010ACP Rail has announced a 5% saving on first class BritRail Passes and Point to Point tickets, while other rates are frozen at 2009 levels.
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New Air France seat
Thursday | Jan 21 2010AIR France has launched what it’s describing as “the lightest and most comfortable short-haul seat in the world,” which will be gradually introduced on its domestic network from 30 Jan.
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Disney Hawaii hotel
Thursday | Jan 21 2010WALT Disney Resorts & Parks has revealed the name of its “highly anticipated” Hawaiian resort as Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina.
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Exploring for Nessie
Thursday | Jan 21 2010EXPLORE Holidays sent four of its sales staff on a six-day educational to the UK recently to sample some of the wholesaler’s products in the UK and Scotland.
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GAP calls for an end to discounting
Thursday | Jan 21 2010GAP Adventures boss, Bruce Poon Tip, says the travel industry needs to look towards phasing out the number of ‘stay pay’ and last minute deals that are strangling the market.
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Safety area saviour
Thursday | Jan 21 2010A RUNWAY safety zone is being credited with the prevention of a “catastrophic tragedy” at an airport in Charleston, USA yesterday, after a Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet aborted its take off at the last moment.
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Window Seat 21 Jan 10
Thursday | Jan 21 2010EUROPEAN rail travel certainly gets some people excited, but this is a little extreme.
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New Disney OZ md
Thursday | Jan 21 2010THE Walt Disney Company is looking to boost is positioning in the region, yesterday announcing the appointment of John Cracknell as its new managing director for both Australia and New Zealand.
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Delta waits, hopeful
Thursday | Jan 21 2010DELTA Air Lines and SkyTeam are waiting in anticipation for Japan Airlines to accept their offer to bail out the struggling carrier, after it announced it had entered into court-led financial restructuring (TD yesterday).
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ESTA ‘service fee’ plan
Thursday | Jan 21 2010THE US Department of Homeland Security says it’s anticipating having to start charging a “small service fee” for its Electronic System for Travel Authorization, which will also shortly become compulsory for all travellers to the US under the Visa Waiver Program (TD 11 Jan).