News
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Qantas fast-tracks fleet
Wednesday | May 2 2018QANTAS has confirmed the end of an era, bringing forward plans to retire its ageing Boeing 747 fleet in 2020 as it marks its centenary.
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Melb agent sentenced
Wednesday | May 2 2018MELBOURNE-BASED travel consultant Zvi Dov Bartak has been sentenced to community service and ordered to repay his clients almost $25,000, in a hearing in the Moorabbin Magistrates Court last month.
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Pacific Aria redeployment
Wednesday | May 2 2018P&O Cruises has pulled preliminary port bookings for Pacific Aria in Cairns for 2019, with the line saying the sale of Pacific Eden to Cruise & Maritime Voyages (TD 08 Mar) meant Aria would be “needed elsewhere”.
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Hyatt Centric Melbourne
Wednesday | May 2 2018HYATT has announced plans to develop a second Centric property in Australia, having signed a management agreement with the developers of a 280-room hotel planned for Melbourne’s CBD.
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HLO offloads US wholesaler
Wednesday | May 2 2018HELLOWORLD Travel has taken a further step in its plan to dispose of non-core investments with the sale of its stake in US-based outbound wholesaler Down Under Answers (TD breaking news).
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Win a Reefsleep
Wednesday | May 2 2018CRUISE Whitsundays is giving travel agents a chance to win a Reefsleep overnight adventure for two on a pontoon 40 nautical miles off the Queensland coast.
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LH/SQ comp winner
Wednesday | May 2 2018LUFTHANSA and Singapore Airlines have revealed the winner of their monthly competition which featured exclusively in Travel Daily during Mar.
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Albatross giveaway
Wednesday | May 2 2018AGENTS who book customers on any of Albatross Tours’ 2018 Pre-Christmas, Christmas, New Year or Winter Wonderland tours before 31 May will go in the draw to win themselves a European Festive tour for two, valued at up to $9,000 – see page nine.
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Serko eyes the ASX
Wednesday | May 2 2018SERKO is plotting a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Jun, and has applied to the exchange to list as an ASX Foreign Exempt Listing.
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QR hi-speed wi-fi
Wednesday | May 2 2018PASSENGERS flying on Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 aircraft will be among the first to experience high speed broadband connectivity while in the air, thanks to Immarsat’s GX Aviation Technology.