News
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SYD best in 09 for Wotif
Friday | Jan 8 2010NEW South Wales and Sydney were the top tourism destinations for domestic holiday bookings processed in 2009 through online accom website Wotif.com, according to NSW state tourism Minister Jodi McKay.
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Air India GSA tender
Friday | Jan 8 2010AIR India has this week floated for a global tender to apply for its Global Sales Agent (GSA) on passenger and cargo services.
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AirAsia X KUL/SYD
Friday | Jan 8 2010AIRASIA X is hopeful of gaining approval to commence services in its own right between Kuala Lumpur and Sydney by mid this year, as revealed by TD (TD 20 Aug 2008).
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GAP’s growling deal
Friday | Jan 8 2010GAP Adventures is offering a $550 early booking discount on some of its cabins on the nine-day ‘Spitsbergen – The Realm of the Polar Bear’ cruise.
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JQ Asia expansion
Friday | Jan 8 2010JETSTAR Airways has begun placing its flight code on select services operated by Jetstar Asia from Singapore to Bangkok and Penang, in an extension of its codeshare agreement.
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IE dom commission
Friday | Jan 8 2010SOLOMON Airlines will offer agents 3% commission on domestic flight bookings from 01 Feb, not 5% as mentioned in TD yesterday.
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EK KK’s MEL/KUL
Friday | Jan 8 2010EMIRATES has confirmed it will be altering one of its thrice daily services between Melbourne- Dubai to operate via Malaysia from Feb, as exclusively revealed by TD earlier this week (TD 04 Jan).
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Accor appointment
Friday | Jan 8 2010CRAIG Wood has been appointed to the position of ceo for Accor Vacation Club (re-branded from Accor Premiere Vacation Club), with immediate effect.
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Clelia II in drydock
Friday | Jan 8 2010AUSTRALIA’S Orion Expedition Cruises was one of the first to be informed of the Clelia II incident in Antarctica which occured on Boxing Day (TD yesterday).
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Skroo: LCCs won’t survive
Friday | Jan 8 2010FLIGHT Centre Limited boss Graham ‘Skroo’ Turner says lowcost carriers (LCCs) will not survive in the Australian market if they don’t enlist the additional support from travel agents.