News
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Hardman to Value
Friday | Oct 1 2010VALUE Tours has appointed Jenny Hardman to the position of Head of Product & Marketing.
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Window Seat 01 Oct 10
Friday | Oct 1 2010TD’s inadvertent breaking news slip when announcing the appointment of Qantas Hols ceo Chris Rankin as the new head of Cruise1st (TD 23 Sep) created lots of opportunities for merriment (see here).
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Stella-JTG set for strength
Friday | Oct 1 2010ALMOST every senior executive in the merged Jetset Travelworld-Stella group (TD yesterday) holds shares in the expanded company, with an organisational structure of the group released late yesterday by ceo Peter Lacaze.
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JAL back to Brissie
Friday | Oct 1 2010JAPAN Airlines from today begin a new codeshare agreement with oneworld airline alliance partner Qantas on QF operated flights between Singapore and Brisbane.
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SriLankan just the first for Walshe
Friday | Oct 1 2010THE appointment of The Walshe Group to represent SriLankan Airlines in Australia and New Zealand (TD yesterday) is believed to be the first of a number of new gsa arrangements in the wings for the company.
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SYD backs DJ/NZ
Friday | Oct 1 2010SYDNEY Airport has come out in favour of the proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand, with is backing following similar support for the DJ pact with Etihad (TD yesterday).
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Life’s pretty cruisey with QH
Thursday | Sep 30 2010LAST night over 100 travel agents and industry guests joined Qantas Holidays and Viva! Holidays to officially launch the expansion of their cruise program in conjunction with recent cruise partner, Royal Caribbean International (RCI) – see here.
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Aoraki backpackers
Thursday | Sep 30 2010MOUNT Cook Backpacker Lodge will open its doors for the first time tomorrow, offering budget accommodation priced from $33 a night in a dorm bed.
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CX/AS codeshare
Thursday | Sep 30 2010CATHAY Pacific Airways and Alaska Airlines (and sister carrier Horizon Air) have confirmed the expansion of their codeshare agreement, as revealed by TD earlier this month (TD 09 Sep).
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Sponsored Flights
Thursday | Sep 30 2010TRAVELPORT has confirmed that its new ‘Sponsored Flights’ paid listings on the Galileo GDS (TD Tue) are part of travel agent flight availability displays in Australia and New Zealand.