News
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DC Payments reacts
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017THE proposed collective boycott of DC Payments by the Australian Hotels Association relating to the supply of ATM services to AHA members (TD 10 Feb) should be thrown out by the competition regulator, the firm has insisted.
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Karma on the GDS
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017KARMA Resorts’ Karma Kandara in Bali and Karma Reef in Indonesia’s Gili Islands are now able to be booked via the GDS using the chain code ‘GD’.
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WAS no longer has AS
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017WORLD Aviation Systems has announced it is no longer the general sales agent for Alaska Airlines (AS) in Australia and New Zealand, effective immediately.
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WWT’s Hicks departs
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017WENDY Wu Tours group ceo Joe Karbo will step in as acting md of the company’s UK arm following Laurence Hicks’ decision to depart the company on 20 Mar.
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Ireland giveaway
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017TODAY’S the last opportunity for agents to enter Tempo Hols & Tourism Ireland’s competition to win a place on a luxury coach tour around Ireland, promoted exclusively in Travel Daily – see the back page for all the details.
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PPHG names new ceo
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017PAN Pacific Hotels Group has appointed Lothar Wilhelm Nessmann as its new ceo.
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Virgin axes PER/AUH
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017VIRGIN Australia has pulled the pin on the Jun launch of thrice weekly flights between Perth and Abu Dhabi (TD breaking news).
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Get moving on cruise infrastructure – RCL
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017ROYAL Caribbean president Adam Goldstein says the cruise giant sees massive potential in the Australian market – but only if longstanding infrastructure constraints can be resolved.
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Rex defies profit slump
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017REGIONAL Express (Rex) has announced a profit turnaround in the first half of the financial year, defying the slump that has hit the major domestic carriers.
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Star Ratings Aus buckles
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017THE digital-age has claimed its latest victim with Star Ratings Australia announcing it will wind up at the end of the financial year, after some 70 years’ operation.