1. UNWTO releases global tour numbers
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...mance of emerging economies expanding at eight per cent compared to six per cent in advanced economies. Asia and the Pacific (+14 per cent) and the Middle East (+20 per cent), where results were alrea...

2. Two major 'nature' meetings won by Melbourne
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...biotechnology.The International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) Congress 2014 and the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Tradeshow 2012 both will be held in the Victorian...

3. Budget airport delay for KL
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...port, above its MYR1 billion budget. The final cost could be higher than MYR2.5 billion. AirAsia, the region's no-frills airline, says a bigger terminal is crucial to its survival with pas...

4. 25 properties join Choice
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Australia’s largest mid-market hotel franchisor, Choice Hotels Australasia (CHA), says its direct measurable business grew solidly in the year ending June 2010. Speaking at CHA’s annual c

5. Tune opens first UK hotel
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...oup, the private investment group of Tony Fernandes, founder and chief executive of low-cost airline AirAsia.  ...

6. Two Asiana executives on cartel charges
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Two former Asiana Airlines executives have been indicted in the USA for a price-fixing scheme involving airfares for travel between the United States and South Korea. The pair were charged with &qu

7. IT&CM China claim 400pc exhibitor increase
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...theme  “Leading China’s Next MICE Wave”. The event is organised by TTG Asia Media and MP International. It has the support of the Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administra...

8. ITB Asia names specialist speakers
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ITB Asia Singapore has attracted more than 25 speakers to address its specialist forum on October 20-21, dedicated to understanding and growing the association meeting sector in Asia. Annual and bi-

9. Australia tops travel poll
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Australia and Japan have been named the most desirable holiday destinations in the Asia Pacific in an annual survey. China was third, replacing Hong Kong. The online poll of 6,714 travellers

10. Air NZ boosts Japan charters
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...rate from Japan to New Zealand this summer in response to a resurgence in demand from the high spending Asian tour market. Between 26 December 2010 and 03 April 2011, the airline will operate 14 retu...

11. Multiple events to celebrate PATA’s 60th
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...sary and Conference in Beijing, April 09-12; the PTM 2011 in New Delhi, September 06-09 and the Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference in Darwin, Australia, September 27-30. ...

12. Permaculture meet to attract 300
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Specialist education centre Candlenut Steiner School will host the 10th Australasian Permaculture Convergence (APC) next month, attracting speakers from around the world including actress and prominen

13. Air Asia Q2 profit up 43pc
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Malaysia's AirAsia says second-quarter 2010 net profit rose 43 per cent from a year earlier due to a recovering economy that boosted passenger traffic and load factors.

14. Africa tipped to be a flying tiger
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...ty in recent months, driven partly by Africa's large mineral reserves businesses. Traffic between Asia-Pacific and Africa is forecast to grow at nine per cent per year over the next decade, acco...

15. Transport dragging the chain on green initiatives
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...r cent of North American firms, 30 per cent of Australian and New Zealand businesses and 18 per cent of Asian firms. "The overwhelming conclusion is that the sector as a whole needs to tran...

16. Virgin Blue shuffles the deck
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...international medium-haul airline with operations across the Tasman, the Pacific Islands and South East Asia. Virgin Blue has lost money contesting the New Zealand domestic market since 2007 and t...

17. Humler new Ritz-Carlton president
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... Hotels Group, takes over from Simon Cooper, who becomes Marriott's president and managing director for Asia Pacific. ...

18. Queenstown posts double-digit visitor growth
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... year and forward bookings are tracking well for the season. “In terms of long-haul markets, Asia has bounced back from its 2009 flu-impacted lows, but North America and Europe remain chall...

19. UBM 'delighted' with RDG buy
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...ts and suppliers as well as the regional Routes series of events Routes Europe, Routes Americas, Routes Asia, Routes Africa and Routes CIS. The UBM deal also includes Airport Strategy and Mar...

20. SAA beats 10-year record
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...ights leaving on time is an exceptional outcome,” said Thevan Krishna, SAA’s head of Australasia. “Our previous best result was 88 per cent in 1999, so we are delighted with t...

21. Beijing only top 10 airport to grow
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...rports Council International. North America was down 5.2 per cent, Europe down 5.4 per cent, but Asia-Pacific was up 4.9 per cent, Middle East up 7.7 per cent and Latin America-Caribbean up 1.5...

22. AEG Ogden development role for Mohren
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... “We are currently expanding the number of facilities we have under management across the Asia Pacific region, so Frank’s extensive experience in opening and operating major venues...

23. Tiger back in the black
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Singapore-based Asian budget carrier Tiger Airways has reported a fiscal first quarter net profit of S$1.9 million against a S$6 million loss in the same period last year. Revenue rose 45 per cent t

24. IATA wants security focus for Indonesian carriers, govt
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...effective infrastructure and environmental sustainability are needed," said Bisignani "Asia Pacific is leading airline recovery with a forecast profit of US$2.2 billion and strong tra...

25. Business travel boosts Travelport result
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Travel technology provider Travelport says business travel and the Asia region helped it post a one per cent increase in net revenue for Q2 2010. The GDS provider recorded US$598 million profit fo

26. BA Passenger traffic falls
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...e in premium bookings. The carrier's treasurer George Stinnes said traffic tumbled 14 per cent on Asia-Pacific routes and 1.2 per cent to the Americas. "We are trying to balance fare...

27. Cebu Pacific adds services
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... passengers than Philippine Airlines in the first quarter of 2010, has increased frequencies to several Asia Pacific destinations. Its twice-weekly flights from Manila to Kota Kinabalu will go to t...

28. AirAsia into Korea
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Malaysia-based AirAsia has announced a new route connecting its Kuala Lumpur base and Seoul, South Korea from November 1.

29. Finnair to lease two A340-300s
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... Finance Corporation (ILFC) from late this year. “We have recently announced an increase in Asian traffic and we need additional capacity. This decision will enable us to satisfy growth ne...

30. 2,000 buyers already for AIBTM 2011
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... planners with domestic and international business as well as those from Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Asia and Europe. Exhibitors signed up to date include Atlantic City, Denver, Chicago, ...