News
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PacificFlier wants 3
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010FLEDGLING carrier PacificFlier has requested authority from the US Dept of Transportation to add extra services between Koror, Palau and Guam.
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Smiles as big as the Pacific
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010Last night Singapore-based Pan Pacific Hotels Group hosted a cocktail reception in Sydney to promote the relaunch of Parkroyal and Pan Pacific hotels in Sydney and Perth (see here).
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Qantas falls in satisfaction poll
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010QANTAS has dropped to eighth position in terms of customer satisfaction in an updated Roy Morgan poll released yesterday.
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EY to Alexandria
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010ETIHAD is launching four weekly services between Abu Dhabi hub and Alexandria, Egypt from 12 Jul, its second Egyptian service behind Cairo which began in 2004.
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Window Seat 07 Jul 10
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010AUTHORITIES in Chicago have announced plans to boost revenues at the city’s two airports, O’Hare and Midway, by launching new roaming ‘beer carts’ which would sell alcoholic beverages to passengers as they wait to depart on flights.
City mayor Richard Daley said the proposal “supports our goal to provide the highest level of service to the travelling public”. -
Caplan sells another
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010SYDNEY travel agent Ben Caplan of Wall Street Travel this morning confirmed the sale of the 220 room Metro Hotel Sydney Central for $39.5 million.
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TSAX targets Facebook
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010ALMOST a third of all visitors to the Travelscene American Express website have been led there from social networking phenomenon Facebook, with TSAX conducting more than 200 Facebook marketing campaigns over the last 12 months.
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AAT Kings’ bus fire
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010AAT Kings says its Australian tours will continue to operate as normal despite one of the tour operator’s sightseeing Mercedes Benz coaches being gutted by fire in Sydney last night.
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PPHG plots Aussie return
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010THE Pan Pacific Hotels Group will open three Australian properties by Jan, as the Singapore-based hotelier moves to re-establish its roots in the local market.
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EY recruitment
Wednesday | Jul 7 2010ETIHAD Airways has launched a new recruitment campaign for its Australian operations, with more than ten roles available in Melbourne and Sydney including sales managers, administrative staff and reservations agents.