News
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Pearl safari
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010A TRAVEL experience designed by women, for women will take place at the Pinctada Cable Beach five star spa resort in Jun.
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Aussies love The Capital and The Levin
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010THE proprietor of London’s five star The Capital and neighbouring The Levin hotels, David Levin, was down under last week to promote the properties which every year see about 20% of their occupancy from Australia. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/sets/72157623590088480/
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Chinese air surge
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010THE rapid growth of the aviation sector in China will see the country purchase 218 aircraft this year, accoreding to Li Jiaxiang, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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Turkey quakes
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010EASTERN Turkey has been rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.0 in magnitude, with up to 40 aftershocks.
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Pacific Blue revs up
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010VIRGIN Blue’s trans-Tasman offshoot Pacific Blue will give away thousands of tickets to the only NZ round of the V8 Supercar Championships next month.
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Black belt crew
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010THE US Association of Flight Attendants is lobbying Congress to fund “mandatory hand to hand combat training for all crew members” as part of a plan to improve security in plane cabins.
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Travel Daily en route to Abu Dhabi
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010TRAVEL Daily is fortunate to this week be invited along to ADTA’s travel agent mega familiarisation.
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Altea for Asiana
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010ASIANA Airlines and Amadeus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to commence detailed evaluation of the Amadeus Altea Customer Management System, to set timelines for an implementation of the software within the carrier.
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ESTA fee confirmed
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010US President Obama has signed into law the new Travel Promotion Act, which will see the funding of a new Corporation for Travel Promotion to encourage visitation to the USA, paid for by a US$10 charge for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization.
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Alaska extends sale
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010ALASKA Airlines has extended the sales and departure dates for its popular North American Pass, which offers fares to around 90 destinations in the US, Canada and Mexico from US$119 one way plus taxes.