News
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Uniworld WA mgr
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010UNIWORLD Boutique River Cruises in Australia has appointed Peter French to the role of sales manager in Western Australia.
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Rail plus adds VIA
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010RAIL Plus’s ‘One Stop Shop’ is growing with the addition of Via Rail in Canada, now selling reduced senior fares on trains between Vancouver and Toronto, Edmonton and Jasper.
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eLearning entertains
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010TRAFALGAR is offering travel agents an entertainment pack, in their ‘ Let Us Entertain You’ competition, just by telling the tour operator what they think of the eLearning training program.
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Accor revenue up
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010ACCOR today reported a 3.1% increase in consolidated revenue for the three months to 31 Mar, saying this shows the “first signs of improvement in hotel key performance indicators, in particular in occupancy rates”.
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Absolute in Aust.
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010ABSOLUTE Hotel Services, which represents U Hotels and Resorts 31 properties in Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Laos, Indonesia and Thailand has expanded its int’l operation to include Sydney and Melbourne sales offices.
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Marriott Heads Down Under
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010The Marriott Global Sales Office has this week welcomed Andeas Kohn, director of marketing for Courtyard by Marriott Thai hotels in Kamala Beach, Patong Beach, Surin Beach and Cah Am Beach, and Orawan Thomchayakorn, senior sales mgr of the new JT Marriott Khao Resort and Spa in Phuket, to Australia to meet with customers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4540627432/
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Window Seat 21 Apr 10
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010A COUPLE stranded in Dubai by the volcanic ash cloud over Europe have held an online…
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Moneydirect for TTW
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010TRAVEL agents are now able to book cruises with Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Lines and make payment at the same time with Travel the World after the firm intergrated Moneydirect into its online booking engine.
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RSSC shipshape
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010REGENT Seven Seas Cruises hasn’t had to change its cruising schedule despite the global travel chaos due to this week’s European airspace closures (Cruise Weekly yesterday).
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$40k agent scholarship
Wednesday | Apr 21 2010THE Avis Travel Agent Scholarship of Excellence has this year been boosted by the participation of Southern Cross University, which has added $10,000 worth of tuition at its School of Tourism and Hospitality Management to the winner’s prize.