News
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FLT buys in China
Thursday | Feb 23 2017FLIGHT Centre has confirmed a “small but potentially important investment for the future,” with the acquisition of a company called Shenzhen Sunny Holiday International, as earmarked at its AGM in Nov (TD 10 Nov).
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Staff static at FLT
Thursday | Feb 23 2017FLIGHT Centre increased its sales staff globally by 3% during the first half of the financial year, but overall team numbers were flat during the period as the company “successfully focused on productivity…rather than network expansion in some countries”.
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Corporate TTV in line
Thursday | Feb 23 2017TOTAL transaction value for Flight Centre’s corporate operations in Australia for the six months to 31 Dec was in line with the previous corresponding period at just under $1.2 billion, in what the company described as a “subdued trading environment”.
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QR to Yanbu, Tabuk
Thursday | Feb 23 2017QATAR Airways is set to commence new thrice weekly services to Yanbu and Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
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TIME mentees celebrate
Thursday | Feb 23 2017YET another group of mentees from the Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) program have graduated.
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Aussies love Hawaii
Thursday | Feb 23 2017AUSTRALIANS forked out a whopping US$877 million on trips to Hawaii last year, a 3.8% increase on the previous year’s figures, according to the latest results released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).
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QF wi-fi experiment
Thursday | Feb 23 2017QANTAS has operated a special charter flight to test its new inflight wi-fi services, enlisting staff to surf the net on a three-hour flight from Sydney.
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CX adds Betsy Beer
Thursday | Feb 23 2017CATHAY Pacific is debuting Betsy Beer, the world’s first hand-crafted beer brewed for the skies.
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Women-only hotel
Thursday | Feb 23 2017LANGHAM Hotels ceo Robert Warman has told Arabian Business the firm is mulling a female-only hotel resort in Doha.
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KE gets first 787-9
Thursday | Feb 23 2017KOREAN Air has taken delivery of its first 787-9 Dreamliner jet from aircraft manufacturer Boeing.