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Fiji on track for ‘best-ever’ target |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
Figures released this week by Tourism Fiji show more than 21,203 Australians visited the destination in May 2010, an increase of 42.9 per cent over the same month in 2009.
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Crises and disasters meet for Melbourne |
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M.I.C.E News
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
Melbourne, Victoria has won the right to host the Thematic World Congress on Human Factors in Crises and Disaster Interventions 2013.
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Tasmania asks locals to provide MICE leads |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
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Business Events Tasmania has launched a new program designed to secure more business events for the state.
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
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Business Events Sydney (BESydney) says a record number of 50 hosted buyers will attend the Australian Business Events Expo (ABEE) being held this week at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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UK warns of trouble in paradise |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
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Britain has urged travellers to Maldives to be on their guard because of a political crisis triggered by a rift between the ruling party and the opposition.
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Turkish to offer premium/economy hybrid |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Turkey's Turkish Airlines is introducing a new passenger class on its trunk route flights.
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HK posts massive MICE gains |
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Figures released by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) show as many as 281,787 MICE visitors in Hong Kong in the quarter ended May 2010, up 28.9 per cent on Q1.
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New airline for Tanzania? |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Chinese investors have pressured Tanzania to set up a new state airline to replace the ailing Air Tanzania (ATCL).
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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A number of UK carrier British Airways' cabin crew based in Scotland, Ireland and Europe have lodged claims against the airline under the 1976 Race Relations Act.
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Government slams passenger drop-off tax |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Scotland's Edinburgh airport managers opposed the planned GBP1 passenger drop-off charge, but decided to press ahead with it despite concerns, media reports say.
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Boeing sees 20-year, US$3.6 trillion plane market |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Planemaker Boeing says it sees a US$3.6 trillion market for new planes over the next 20 years.
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Plane saling over for Boeing and Airbus? |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Planemakers Boeing and Airbus have acknowledged they soon will have to deal with competitors in the narrow body segment.
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Auckland Airport delays second runway |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
Auckland Airport, New Zealand will again postpone the building of its planned second runway.
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Aviation intelligence firm OAG has added more consumer products to its arsenal, including in-trip travel conveniences and tools designed to put more information in the hands of travellers and trip organisers.
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Stansted cleared for Code F planes |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
Stansted Airport, London, UK has been given permission by the Civil Aviation Authority to handle Code F aircraft. The clearance may allow Stansted to bid for future superjet business.
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Emirates spends US$2m on New Delhi lounge |
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Dubai-based Emirates Airlines says it will spend US$2 million building an airport lounge at Terminal 3 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India.
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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The board of Ghana International says it is waiting for Ghana's government to help the carrier.
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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The UK union that has been driving the British Airways cabin crew strikes, Unite, is now embroiled in another potential flight dispute.
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BTN News
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
Dubai-based Emirates airline is tipped to place a US$5 billion order for 20 Boeing 777 wide-body jets at the July 19-25 Farnborough air show in the UK.
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SAA celebrates Mandela’s 92nd |
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Saturday, 17 July 2010 |
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South African Airways (SAA) will celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 92nd birthday this Sunday by flying 92 children from the Qunu and Mvezo villages in the Eastern Cape to sing happy birthday to the former president.
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