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Emirates, Etihad see employment openings |
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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UAE-based Emirates reportedly says it aims to more than double its employee numbers over the next decade from 40,000 now.
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TSA seeks US$71m worth of bomb dogs |
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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The USA's Transportation Security Administration has requested US$71 million from Congress to train and deploy 275 explosives detection canine teams -- bomb dogs and their handlers -- at transportation facilities.
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Tiger goes daily on Melbourne-Darwin |
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
Australia's Tiger Airways has added an extra weekly service on the Melbourne - Darwin route, taking services to daily from 07 August 2010.
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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Hayden Hughes has been appointed general manager of the Novotel Melbourne on Collins hotel, Victoria, Australia.
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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Destination Queenstown, New Zealand has reappointed Simon Green as festival director for the 2011 Queenstown Winter Festival.
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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Australian airline Qantas is to increase capacity to the North West regional centres of Karratha, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland in the coming months, including the launch of a new Port Hedland-Melbourne route in September.
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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Australian airline Qantas is to increase capacity to the North West regional centres of Karratha, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland in the coming months, including the launch of a new Port Hedland-Melbourne route in September.
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Revamp to boost Destination SA |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Destination SA, the premier event on the Adelaide Convention Bureau’s calendar showcasing business events and incentive travel, is tipped to be the largest in its seven year history, with a number of initiatives and record attendance expected.
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12,000-delegate Lions meet ‘a great success’ |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, host venue for last week's 93rd Annual Lions International Convention, has been praised by Lions executive officer Rob Oerlemans.
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Concourse on track for 2011 opening |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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The Concourse, Sydney’s newest entertainment and events venue, will be on show at the Australian Business Events Expo at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre from 22 July.
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Planners offered Accor deal |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Accor hotels across Victoria and Tasmania are offering a 30 per cent discount off best rate of the day for travel industry planners.
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Cunard announces Queens' schedule |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Cunard Line has announced 2012 world voyage program details for the new Queen Elizabeth and flagship Queen Mary 2.
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Germany's Frankfurt Airport says it has recorded a 1.4 per cent rise in its six-monthly passenger figures year-on-year with about 24.5 million passengers in the first six months of 2010.
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American given okay on Haneda |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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USA-based American Airlines has been given final approval by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate a daily, year-round nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Tokyo Haneda.
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Ryanair says takeover inevitable, adds Oslo |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
Irish budget airline Ryanair's ceo Michael O'Leary says it is "inevitable" that the Irish government will ask him to rescue struggling Aer Lingus.
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Walsh asks govt to drop APD |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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UK carrier British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has called on the British government to scrap Air Passenger Duty when Europe's carbon emissions trading systems begins in 2012.
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Three would-be bombers sentenced |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Three British Muslim men involved in the Al Qaeda-linked plot to destroy transatlantic airliners are facing life behind bars.
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Farnborough launch for B787 |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Planemaker Boeing plans to show off its B787 'Dreamliner' at the Farnborough International Airshow located outside London, UK.
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Ryanair to cut Dublin services |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to cut flights from the Irish capital Dublin by 15 per cent over the northern winter, blaming taxes imposed on passengers
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$20,340 raised for Cancer Council |
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Saturday, 10 July 2010 |
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Travelscene American Express members have raised A$20,340 for the Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea (ABMT) promotion.
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