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Wharf 8 to close
Thursday | Jun 10 2010CRUISE passengers will no longer be able to depart from Darling Harbour in Sydney from this weekend, with the final cruise to operate from Wharf 8 being P&O’s Pacific Jewel departure on Sat 12 Jun.
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EY considers pacts
Thursday | Jun 10 2010ETIHAD Airways boss James Hogan has said the Abu Dhabi-based carrier would consider acquistions in the future, but will focus its attention on making money as the primary objective.
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Best Job acclaimed
Thursday | Jun 10 2010TOURISM Queensland says its “ground-breaking” ‘Best Job in the World’ campaign last year has fueled an…
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JQ $39 SIN-MEL
Thursday | Jun 10 2010JETSTAR sold all of its special $99 Melbourne-Singapore launch fares on offer during a three hour frenzy last night – despite the carrier’s website crashing which led to a one-hour extension of the original sale period.
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Window Seat 10 Jun 10
Thursday | Jun 10 2010LAST night Malaysia Airlines hosted an agent screening of Sex and the City 2 in Sydney, at which Balljid Kour of Tourism Malaysia touted the virtues of Kuala Lumpur.
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Fares head back up
Thursday | Jun 10 2010DOMESTIC airfares last month reached their lowest level on record, according to the govt’s airfare index (TD 14 May), before increasing by around 24% in Jun.
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DJ res downtime warning
Thursday | Jun 10 2010VIRGIN Blue has warned that its booking and check-in system will undergo a major upgrade this weekend, resulting in a 24 hour downtime for bookings and expected longer check-in times.
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World Cup iPad
Thursday | Jun 10 2010THERE’S even more incentive for you to enter our exclusive World Cup tipping competition, with Compass Cars offering a runner-up prize of a funky new Apple iPad, as well as bottles of wine for top tippers each round.
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Tiger slams DJ-NZ tie-up
Thursday | Jun 10 2010TIGER Airways says the proposed trans-Tasman pact between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand will provide DJ with “an unwarranted and unjustified increase in profitability”.
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Caplan cashes in
Thursday | Jun 10 2010A HOTEL investment consortium led by Sydney travel agent Ben Caplan, who runs Wall Street Travel in the CBD, has sold the 115-room Metro Hotel on Pitt Street to Malaysian hotel investors the Mah family.