News
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BNE’s moving wall
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010BRISBANE Airport’s new domestic terminal carpark will feature an eight storey moving wall artwork, featuring the work of American artist Ned Kahn.
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SiteMinder US push
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010AUSTRALIAN hotel reservations IT system SiteMinder has made its first “big push” into the US market last week attending The Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference (HITEC) in Orlando, Florida.
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Fiji departure tax up
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010THE Fijian government has announced a 33% increase in the country’s departure tax as part of its revised 2010 budget.
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Pounding the ATE pavement
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010This group of delegates at the Australian Tourism Exchange last month got together for a run each morning of the event to help them get energised for the hectic days that followed.
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Cable Car London
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010LONDON is considering a new attraction over the Thames in time for the 2012 London Olympics – a A$45m cable car linking the 02 arena with the ExCeL conference centre – which could carry 2500 pax per hour.
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Vegas agent rates
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010HARRAH’S Entertainment Las Vegas is offering an industry rate of just US$25 per night at the Imperial Palace.
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Travelex UK loyalty
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010TRAVEL payments specialist Travelex has launched a new prepaid card in the UK which rewards customers with frequent flyer points when they load it with foreign currency.
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LH orders CRJs
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010LUFTHANSA has announced the purchase of eight new Bombardier CRJ900 Next Gen aircraft, with a list price of about US$317 million.
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Pilot error blamed
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010A FRENCH investigation into the crash of a leased Air New Zealand A320 in France 2008 (TD 28 Nov 08) that left 7 people dead including a number of Air New Zealand crew members has cited pilot error for the incident, saying the crew tried to perform a low-speed test in “inappropriate conditions” and at too low an altitude off the coast of France which resulted in the plane ditching into the ocean.
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Machu Train open
Tuesday | Jul 6 2010THE rail service between Cusco and Machu Picchu in Peru began full operations late last week after months of repair following the heavy rains which cut off the site earlier this year.