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All I want for Xmas is NZ
Monday | Nov 23 2020THE spirit of Christmas is very much alive for Kiwi flagship carrier Air New Zealand, which recently announced Australians have a one-in-five chance of scoring a free return trip to the Land of the Long White Cloud.
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Auf Wiedersehen, GNTO!
Friday | Nov 20 2020LAST night the 250th birthday of Germany’s famous composer Beethoven was celebrated at the Sydney Opera House, in a bittersweet commemoration which also marked the closure of the German National Tourist Office (GNTO) in Australia.
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QF celebrates Qld route
Friday | Nov 20 2020AUSTRALIA’S domestic travel sector is beginning to slice its way back to some sort of normality, with a celebratory cake-cutting taking place at the Sunshine Coast Airport this week to mark a key step in the rebound.
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If the Atout shoe fits…
Thursday | Nov 19 2020PATRICK Benhamou from Atout France was looking particularly sharp – or should we say shark – last night at a lavish launch of a new shoe from French fashion house Christian Louboutin.
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InterCon Sydney upgrade
Thursday | Nov 19 2020THE historic InterContinental Sydney will soon be redeveloped under a major $95 million refurbishment project after the property’s owner, Mulpha Australia, was granted approval this week from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.
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Voyages sees green shoots
Wednesday | Nov 18 2020LAST night a community rooftop garden in the Sydney suburb of Eveleigh was the venue for an exclusive event hosted by Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia.
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Okinawa cooks up a storm
Wednesday | Nov 18 2020OKINAWA Tourism introduced travel agents to the destination’s unique cuisine this week, in an event at the Sydney Cooking School where guests got up close and friendly with noodles, pork soup and bitter melon.
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Crowne Adelaide uncut
Tuesday | Nov 17 2020FEDERAL Minister for Finance, Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham was on hand to cut the ribbon to the recently relaunched Crowne Plaza Adelaide yesterday.
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TEQ support rattles on
Tuesday | Nov 17 2020TOURISM and Events Queensland (TEQ) CEO Leanne Coddington (pictured right) was accompanied by a band of key Queensland tourism officials on the Sunshine Coast this week, as they showed their support for the embattled region and learned more about its many tourist attractions.
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Tourism scorecard still a fail
Monday | Nov 16 2020THE Australian Chamber – Tourism has welcomed recent easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but has warned that there is still work to be done as a matter of urgency to ensure that a Dec target for opening can be reached.