News
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BA normal longhaul
Thursday | May 20 2010BRITISH Airways will operate a full longhaul schedule at London Heathrow today after reinstating services previously cancelled due to the threatened cabin crew strike, which was called off at the last minute due to an injunction.
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Moritz adds a B
Thursday | May 20 2010ACCOR’S St Moritz Hotel in Queenstown, NZ has “added an extra B to the concept of bed and breakfast”, with a special Bed, Breakfast and Butler package.
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Lufthansa’s first A380
Thursday | May 20 2010GERMAN flag carrier Lufthansa overnight became the fifth airline to have Airbus A380 superjumbos in its fleet, after taking delivery of the 28th A380 to come off the production line. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4631760364/
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Fiji primed for M.E.
Thursday | May 20 2010THE Middle East has been identified as an emerging market for Fiji inbound tourists, with the country’s tourism body ramping up its presence recently by appearing at the Arabian Travel Mart in Dubai for the first time.
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Bumper Mar for Fiji
Thursday | May 20 2010AUSTRALIA visitor arrivals into Fiji for the month of Mar were up by nearly 9,000 people on 2009, to 22,646, according to statistics.
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Window Seat 20 May 10
Thursday | May 20 2010SELF-DRIVE tourists visiting Austria are now likely to be able to travel safely, after transport officials secretly hired a full-time team of druids to drain ‘negative energy’ from accident blackspots.
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Another ‘Denarau’
Thursday | May 20 2010FIJI’S second purpose built integrated island resort, Naisoso Island, is ahead of schedule and under budget, according to its managing director, Bob Lowres.
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Direct airline sites score
Thursday | May 20 2010Roy Morgan spokesperson Jane Ianniello said the figures showed the strong tendency for Australians to use airline websites for sourcing travel information, claiming “Airlines have replaced travel agents as the main method of booking a holiday.”
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Bangkok a no-go
Thursday | May 20 2010AUSTRALIAN travellers are being warned not to travel to Bangkok after a major escalation yesterday of political tensions.
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Thirty ’09 collapses
Thursday | May 20 2010THE Travel Compensation Fund today released its 2009 annual report, revealing that last year 3532 Australian travellers received compensation for lost money after their agent collapsed.