News
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Record arrivals for 2009
Monday | Feb 8 2010AUSTRALIAN traveller numbers don’t appear to have been badly impacted by the economic crisis, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics today announcing record figures for both arrivals and departures during 2009.
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FC’s Travel Expo takes off!
Monday | Feb 8 2010HUNDREDS of travel specialists came together at The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre last weekend for Flight Centre’s successful travel expo, where they showcased their latest range of products and destination information to the general public.
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Fiji arrivals recovery
Monday | Feb 8 2010VISITOR numbers to Fiji were down 0.5% to 232,680 people for the year ending 31 Dec, compared to the nation’s record breaking 2008 season – a massive recovery considering arrivals were down 27% for the Jan-Mar period in 09.
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Just ropable about Canada
Monday | Feb 8 2010LINDSAY Jardine from the Calgary Stampede and Monique Morrison from Tourism Calgary were two of the presenters at this month’s 2010 Canada Corroboree.
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Shangri Chongqing
Monday | Feb 8 2010SHANGRI-LA Hotels & Resorts has signed a deal to manage a new 469-room property currently under construction in the central business district of Chongping.
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Yim Kids fundraiser
Friday | Feb 5 2010FOUR Accor Asia Pacific staff are off to Thailand next month to compete in the Accor Race to Survive, an endurance event across Phuket which raises funds for the Yim Kids charity.
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New YVR Fairmont
Friday | Feb 5 2010FAIRMONT Hotels & Resorts will open its fourth Vancouver Fairmont branded property in Mar, the 377- room Fairmont Pacific Rim, located just near the city’s Coal Harbour.
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Falls Ck snow guns
Friday | Feb 5 2010VICTORIA’S Falls Creek Alpine Resort will have an extra 28 snow guns installed for the 2010 season, after an extra $2.5m investment by Living & Leisure Australia.
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Winter is an ideal time to Explore Austria
Friday | Feb 5 2010EXPLORE Holidays continues to provide its sales and marketing employees with firsthand destination knowledge, sending another team of staff to Austria recently.
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BRU Q4 result
Friday | Feb 5 2010BRUSSELS Airport, managed by Australia’s Macquarie Airports, has achieved an EBITDA result of €203.1m (AU$321m) for the full year ending 31 Dec.