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LinkedIn tops IMEX social media buyer survey |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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The organiser of the IMEX travel mart in Frankfurt has surveyed over 1,000 buyers - after the show - for their views on social media and industry blogs.
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Qantas to add 66,000 domestic seats |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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The Qantas Group plans to increase capacity across its domestic route network by 9.6 per cent, with a number of new routes for both Qantas and Jetstar.
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Rex pleased by profit result |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Australian carrier Regional Express (Rex) says its full year profit after tax was 7.2 per cent at A$24.6 million.
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Wotif makes record profit |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Web-based accommodation firm Wotif.com has announced a record US$53 million full year after-tax profit, US$9.5 million more than last year.
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Hong Kong quick to ban Philippines trips |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Two hours after this week's hostage crisis in Manila, Philippines ended in a massacre, Hong Kong issued a travel ban for its citizens and cancelled travel insurance to the country.
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Airline banned night landings at crash airport |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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China's China Southern Airlines, the country's largest passenger carrier, said night-time landings at a new airport in north-eastern China were unsafe a year before a Henan Airlines' Embraer jet crashed there on Tuesday night, killing 42 passengers and injuring 54 others.
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Australia tops travel poll |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Australia and Japan have been named the most desirable holiday destinations in the Asia Pacific in an annual survey.
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Some 43 people are believed to have died in a plane crash in China when a Henan Airlines flight broke apart at the airport at the north-eastern city of Yichun.
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International airline consolidation needed - IATA |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief Giovanni Bisignani has reiterated the Association's belief that international consolidation of airlines is essential for the industry to move forward.
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ADAC reports sparkling July |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports have reported record passenger numbers for last month.
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Nigerian airlines okayed for own-plane US flights |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Nigerian airlines can now fly their own planes to the United States. Previously they were only allowed to wet lease planes from accredited countries' airlines.
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UK warned on possible autumn travel collapses |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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British travel industry authorities say there could be more travel company failures following the recent collapse of Kiss Flights.
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NZ man finds bird strike solution |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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A Canterbury, NZ scientist has come with a possible solution to airport bird strikes by using grass that birds don't like and which poisons insects that birds feed on.
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More passengers for Auckland |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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New Zealand's Auckland International Airport (AIA) says international passenger traffic excluding transits was up 4.9 per cent in July compared to July 2009.
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Singapore adds European jet service |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
Singapore Airlines is to offer private jet transfers in Europe.
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BA reports wider Q1 financial year loss |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
UK carrier British Airways says its first-quarter UK financial year loss - to end June - widened to GBP122 million compared to a loss of GBP106 million a year earlier. Sales fell 2.3 per cent to GBP1.94 billion.
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UK passengers would pay for protection |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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A survey by the Air Transport Users Council in the UK says fewer than 10 per cent of passengers would refuse to pay for protection from an airline failure as part of their ticket price.
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Aer Lingus tips break even |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
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Irish carrier Aer Lingus has reported a narrower first-half loss - due to cost and route cuts, lower fuel prices and better yield - and said it expects to at least break even for the year.
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Gdansk partners invited on study tour |
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 |
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Gdansk Convention Bureau is organising its first study tour to Gdansk & Region (Poland) for tour operators and media from 06-08 September.
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M.I.C.E News
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 |
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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has appointed Irene Chia its new business development director MICE for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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