News
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Harbour hotel land on the block
Wednesday | Jan 20 2010THE NSW Govt has announced it will sell 99-year-leases on a number of Sydney properties currently owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
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Flight Centre set to climb
Wednesday | Jan 20 2010FLIGHT Centre has upgraded its profit expectation for 2009/10 from the previous $125m-$135m target to a new forecast of $160m-$180m (TD breaking news).
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Globus earlybirds
Wednesday | Jan 20 2010GLOBUS has today released its second round of earlybird offerings on Globus and Cosmos European tours and Avalon Waterways river cruise products, with savings up to $2,437pp, if booked by 31 Mar.
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QR adds Bangalore
Wednesday | Jan 20 2010QATAR Airways will launch a daily direct service between Doha and Bangalore from 22 Feb, the carrier’s 11th destination in India and first new route of 2010.
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GAP growing down under
Wednesday | Jan 20 2010AUSTRALIAN travel agents are at the forefront of a surge in sales for small group tour operator GAP Adventures, as the local market climbs into the position of number two for global sales for the firm.
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QF A380 daily to LA
Wednesday | Jan 20 2010QANTAS has confirmed that the recent delivery of the carrier’s fifth and sixth A380 aircraft will now see it operate daily superjumbo services between Los Angeles and Sydney, up from the previous four times per week.
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QF A380 MEL-LHR
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010THE inaugural Qantas A380 service from Melbourne to London via Singapore departed last night, with the move seeing QF now offer A380 services on four routes – two from MEL and two from SYD.
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GHM drops Saujana
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010LUXURY hotel development and management company, GHM, has announced the termination of its contract with The Saujana and The Club at The Saujana, effective from 01 Mar 2010.
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Sportsnet kicks World Cup goal
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010SPORTSNET Holidays is claiming a “major coup” after being appointed as one of just two authorised agents in Australia and NZ for sales of the Official Hospitality Program of this year’s the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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AFTA Update 19/01/10 – the latest insights from AFTA’s Chief Executive, Jayson Westbury
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010Over the weekend there was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald and it may have been in other weekend papers which talked about “Online or Agent?” The article gave some interesting statistics about consumer trends and how there is a return in some instances back to the traditional travel agent. It also said, and I quote “The convenience of internet bookings still can’t compare with talking to an expert travel agent”.