News
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EY reduces SFO-AUH
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016ETIHAD Airways will reduce the frequency of its Abu Dhabi-San Francisco route from daily to thrice weekly on board Boeing 777-200LRs from 01 Feb 2017.
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Freestyle Hols sold
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016TUI Eruera, md of the new owner of Freestyle Holidays (TD breaking news) says he sees the deal as an “opportunity to invest and incorporate new technology platforms to accelerate growth”.
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QF int’l adjustments
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016QANTAS has today announced it will increase capacity on the Perth-Singapore route on flights QF71/72 from 15 Dec to 22 Jan by upgauging from Boeing 737-800s to Airbus A330-200s, to meet “strong demand” over the Christmas/NY travel period.
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Google price tracking
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016GOOGLE has announced a price tracking function for its Google Flights service, updating users on likely fare increases.
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QF Beijing bargain
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016FLIGHTS on Qantas’ brand new Sydney-Beijing service, exclusively revealed by Travel Daily last week, are on sale for the bargain price of $588 return in Economy class and $3,088 in Business.
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HLO financing vote
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016HELLOWORLD will hold its annual general meeting in Sydney on Tue 22 Nov, with a formal notice of meeting released on the ASX yesterday.
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Global Stars to Perth
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016THE first edition of Helloworld’s rejigged wholesale Global Stars incentive for top selling travel agents (see page 1) is set to be hosted in Perth next year.
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QH extending hours
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016HELLOWORLD’S wholesale division will operate seven days per week from next year, with the expansion of call centre hours revealed last weekend at this year’s Global Achievers event in Honolulu last weekend.
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Network next week
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016THE next Travel Daily/JITO industry networking night on Tue 25 Oct features an opportunity to win a trip for two to New York.
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Virgin Voyages firms 3 ships
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016VIRGIN’S Richard Branson has officially signed a ship building contract with Italian company Fincantieri for his cruise venture, Virgin Voyages.