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AmWest, Qantas approve deal
America West Airlines and Qantas Airways announced a new code sharing agreement that will give the Tempe airline additional traffic and provide Qantas access to America West customers who want to go to Australia, New Zealand and other destinations in the South Pacific. From AmWest, Qantas approve deal
Date: January 25th, 2005 | No Comments
Travel rise helps firm sell more ID cards
Franz Jost is grateful that international travel, particularly in Europe, has picked up.
It’s keeping his company, International Student Exchange Cards, busier than it has been in the past three years. And it has helped him add an additional employee.
“Overall, our sales are ahead of pre-9/11 levels but only due to foreign sales,” said Jost, president of the Scottsdale-based company, which employs six people. “Our U.S. sales are lagging, but we hope that in 2005 (that) U.S. sales will get back to what they were in 2001.” From Travel rise helps firm sell more ID cards
Date: January 20th, 2005 | No Comments
Watch out in Fiji: Aussies
AUSTRALIANS have been warned of the crime situation in Fiji in a travel advisory by the federal government. From Watch out in Fiji: Aussies
Date: January 19th, 2005 | No Comments
Cdns now altering instead of cancelling travel to tsunami-ravaged countries
Less than two weeks after the south Asian tsunami, tourism officials say Canadian travellers are altering instead of outright cancelling plans to visit areas devastated by the disaster. From Cdns now altering instead of cancelling travel to tsunami-ravaged countries
Heading down under instead?
Date: January 17th, 2005 | No Comments
US giant scoops up travel firm Synergi
A company listed on the Nasdaq in the United States has bought Auckland corporate travel business Synergi Travel.
Synergi was at the centre of a bitter sideshow to the Gullivers Travel Group share float.
The buyer is Navigant International. From US giant scoops up travel firm Synergi
Date: January 13th, 2005 | No Comments
Singapore adds more Brisbane, Melbourne flights
Singapore Airlines is planning to fly extra services to Brisbane and Melbourne as part of its new northern summer schedule. From Singapore adds more Brisbane, Melbourne flights
Date: January 23rd, 2005 | 1 comment
Aussie detained for trampling on flag
A BACKPACKER, believed to be from Queensland, is in a police lockup in a remote area of Argentina, facing a possible jail term for allegedly desecrating the country’s flag. From Aussie detained for trampling on flag
Date: January 19th, 2005 | No Comments
Middle market endures tourism's volatile times
Yet evidence points to other longer-running hostels suffering occupancy drops recently and margins being squeezed on massive tour package discounts.
The rest of Queensland’s tourist sector this summer also forms a mixed picture.
Visitors are increasing at Gold Coast theme parks, and areas close to discount airline operations appear strong. But occupancy rates at five-star hotels have been down and travellers might be spending less in some places.
Tourists, meanwhile, are praising the Great Barrier Reef and the friendliness of locals. Yet gripes emerge about bed-bugs, bad tours and even parking hassles. From Middle market endures tourism’s volatile times
Date: January 17th, 2005 | No Comments
Qantas denies monopoly
QANTAS has staunchly defended newspaper allegations that it enjoys a monopoly on government travel and it has denied its first and business-class service is below global standards. From
Qantas denies monopoly
Date: January 14th, 2005 | No Comments
�Australia Avoids Insurance Claims Through Travel Warning�
The Indonesian government suspects that the travel warning issued by the Australian government to its citizens, warning them not to visit Indonesia due to terrorist threats, is aimed at anticipating possible insurance claims From “Australia Avoids Insurance Claims Through Travel Warning”
Date: January 8th, 2005 | No Comments