News
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Spaced out at Hilton
Friday | Feb 19 2010HILTON Hotels in the UK will launch a new “The Space” lobby lounge design concept aimed at making the public areas more conducive to business.
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Why don’t you VisitUSA?
Friday | Feb 19 2010THE members of the Visit USA Organisation Australia committee will be having a good lie down today after the annual Visit USA roadshow wrapped up in Sydney last night.
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Coup leader at sea
Friday | Feb 19 2010CAPTAIN Cook Cruises hosted a very special guest on the inaugural Fijian cruise of its MV Reef Endeavour earlier in Feb.
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UK insurance move
Friday | Feb 19 2010NEW legislation in the UK will ban age discrimination within the financial services industry from 2012 – which will have a major impact on travel insurance.
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VA industry fares
Friday | Feb 19 2010V AUSTRALIA has released new travel industry fares for its flights to Phuket ($449 economy + taxes), Fiji ($299+), Los Angeles ($499+) and Johannesburg ($699+).
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Myers OC rep
Friday | Feb 19 2010JULIETTE Myers has been appointed as the Australian representative for the Anaheim Orange County Visitor and Convention Bureau.
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Window Seat 19 Feb 10
Friday | Feb 19 2010OUTSPOKEN chief of Irish lowcost carrier Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, is involved in a dispute with the founder of rival easyJet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, over an advertising campaign which Stelios says is defamatory.
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Screening shocker
Friday | Feb 19 2010OFFICERS at the US Transportation Security Administration have once again shown their softer side (not) with the bizarre treatment of a fouryear-old disabled boy.
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QF flight drama
Friday | Feb 19 2010A QANTAS A330 service to Shanghai yesterday caused significant media consternation when it was forced to return to Sydney Airport due to a failure of its wheels to retract on takeoff.
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Better year to fly
Friday | Feb 19 20102009 was the second best year in aviation history to take to the skies in a Western-built jet, says the Int’l Air Transport Association.