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29,000+ reasons!
Friday | May 14 2010TOURISM Australia couldn’t be happier with the success of its ‘There’s nothing like Australia’ campaign, with entries now topping out at 29,042 at TD’s time of publication today.
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Fares getting lower
Friday | May 14 2010DOMESTIC airfares have never been cheaper – that’s the finding of the government’s airfare index for May, released this week.
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ACCC rejects car collective
Friday | May 14 2010THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it plans to reject a proposal by a group of car rental companies to collectively negotiate with Perth Airport.
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TAM signs to Star
Friday | May 14 2010THE Star Alliance now has a presence in South America with TAM Brazilian Airlines overnight officially joining the group, adding 40 destinations in Brazil and 10 ports across the continent.
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DJ PR change
Friday | May 14 2010VIRGIN Blue head of public affairs, Heather Jeffery, has announced she’s stepping down after five years.
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World Visa Reward
Friday | May 14 2010WORLD Rewards says its launch of Visa Debit Cards as rewards has been a “huge success” with agents since its introduction in Oct last year.
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Queenstown boom
Friday | May 14 2010NEW Zealand’s South Island adventure capital Queenstown has seen a 8.8% year-on-year jump in visitor nights for Mar, with more than 70% of those stays coming from international travellers.
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Haneda going Int’l
Friday | May 14 2010THE Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has today announced that Tokyo’s Haneda Airport will open to int’l scheduled services from 31 Oct, easing pressure on Narita.
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Godmother named
Friday | May 14 2010TWIGGY, the London teen who entered the int’l modelling scene in 1966, has been named as the Godmother of The Yachts of Seabourn’s newest vessel, the Seabourn Sojourn.
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Flaming Flighties in Forest
Friday | May 14 2010Flight Centre Metropolis Future Team Leaders converged in Port Douglas, Queensland last weekend for a conference. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4611620840/