News
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Qualmark trial success
Thursday | Mar 16 2017QUALMARK, Tourism New Zealand’s official quality assurance organisation has conducted a Sustainable Tourism criteria which looks at what quality tourism business looks like in NZ, based on four key categories including economic, environment, social/people and health and safety.
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Italian airport strikes
Thursday | Mar 16 2017ITALIAN Air Traffic Controllers will go on strike from 1200 until 1600 on Mon 20 Mar.
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Airbnb Japan nod
Thursday | Mar 16 2017AIRBNB has been given the green light to do business in Japan after years of operating in murky territory.
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US visits boost hotels
Thursday | Mar 16 2017THE US proved to be the most valuable overseas market for Australian hotels last year, with demand from its visitors up 55%.
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Accessible Tourism
Thursday | Mar 16 2017TOURISM Australia will hold a webinar on accessible tourism at the end of this month, explaining opportunities for destinations and businesses to cater to disabled travellers.
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More SYD/ZQN flts
Thursday | Mar 16 2017“HIGHER than expected demand” on the Sydney- Queenstown route has seen Qantas add two extra weekly flights between the cities during the Jul/Aug ski season peak, taking total capacity to 10/week.
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Etihad A380 to Paris
Thursday | Mar 16 2017PARIS has been added to Etihad Airways’ A380 destinations over the northern summer under a seasonal capacity adjustment.
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VA/NZ biofuel RFI
Thursday | Mar 16 2017VIRGIN Australia and Air New Zealand have issued a Request for Information (RFI) as it continues to investigate options for a locally produced aviation biofuel.
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ADL/AKL 787 special
Thursday | Mar 16 2017AIR New Zealand is celebrating the deployment of Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the Adelaide-Auckland route between 29 Oct-28 Feb (TD yesterday) with Economy base fares priced from $162 + tax.
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Borg to Club Med
Thursday | Mar 16 2017DAMIAN Borg has been appointed as Head of Sales and Customer Service for Club Med in Australia and New Zealand.