News
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Middle East famil
Monday | Apr 12 2010New Horizons Holidays, in conjunction with Emirates, Arabian Adventures and Oman Tourism, took this group of top achieving agents to the Middle East recently, including a visit to Oman which is the wholesaler’s latest destination in the Arabian Peninsula portfolio. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4515734287/
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iPads stay packed
Monday | Apr 12 2010THE US Transportation Safety Admininstration has confirmed that Apple’s funky new iPad gadget will not need to be removed from carry-on baggage by passengers passing through security checkpoints.
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NZ CO codeshare
Monday | Apr 12 2010AIR New Zealand and Continental Airlines have kicked off a reciprocal codeshare pact under which the NZ code will be placed on more than 540 flights per week to and from CO’s hubs in Houston, New York and Cleveland connecting to Air NZ services to and from LAX and SFO to Auckland.
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32 Reasonz winner
Monday | Apr 12 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Merilyn Porter of Harvey World Travel Sylvania who has been named as the winner of the recent Grand Pacific Tours 32 Reasonz agent promotion.
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flyDubai expanding
Monday | Apr 12 2010LOW cost Middle Eastern airline flyDubai has announced it will up its network of destinations to 15 cities, with services to Assiut in Egypt and Istanbul in Turkey, to launch effective 24 May 2010.
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FIFA Cup tour deal
Monday | Apr 12 2010SPORTSNET Holidays is slashing $3,000 off the normal price of its 14-night FIFA World Cup group tour to South Africa for travel industry staff, now available for just $6,989pp twin share.
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Amadeus growth
Monday | Apr 12 2010AMADEUS says it achieved a 33% Asia Pacific market share of travel agency air bookings in 2009, “cementing its leading position in the region”.
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DL ditch PDX/HNL
Monday | Apr 12 2010DELTA Air Lines has cancelled another relatively new route to Hawaii, with its daily Portland Oregon (PDX)-Honolulu service being pulled effective 31 Aug.
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Vietnam by bicycle
Monday | Apr 12 2010PASSENGERS booking on the 10 May or 18 Jun 15-day ‘Cycle Through Vietnam’ itinerary with Adventure World can save now $100pp, with the trip priced from $2,042 per per twin share.
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Aloha Down Under
Monday | Apr 12 2010HAWAII Tourism will host its 2010 Aloha Down Under road show next month, with events planned for Brisbane (04 May), the Gold Coast and Sydney (05 May) and in Melbourne (06 May).