1. Australian arrivals hit 47pc for Fiji
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Fiji has again smashed all previous Australian visitor figures for a month of June with numbers released by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics this week showing the destination recorded a total of 27,651 a

2. Canberra calls on local talent
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Canberra, Australia is to call on academic institutions and prominent thinkers to front a new push to win a greater share of the conferences and events market for the nation's capital. Canberra-base

3. Two major 'nature' meetings won by Melbourne
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Melbourne, Australia has secured two major international conferences on aquaculture and plant biotechnology.The International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) Congress 2014 and the Australas

4. IATA on NBTA program
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The National Business Travel Association of Australia and New Zealand (NBTA AUS/NZ) has organised a forum on the workings of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the latest trends in

5. IASC to look again at South Africa code share
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...ill this week review its ruling on the code-share agreement between South Africa's South African Airways and Australia's Qantas on the South Africa route. The Commission originally had said it saw V ...

6. Singapore Air to promote WA
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Singapore Airlines and Australia's WA state government have inked a three-year deal to promote the Australian destination in Singapore, Germany and China.

7. Duo link for passenger safety service
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A new "strategic traveller safety partnership" between travel technology firm ConTgo and Australian emergency management group Dynamiq is aimed at providing "proactive traveller safety

8. Better July for Qantas
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Australia's Qantas has released its July traffic statistics, with group passenger numbers up 9.1 per cent year on year. Numbers rose at Qantas domestic, QantasLink and Jetstar, while Qantas interna

9. 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

10. Skywest seeks Broome-Singapore rights
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The Singapore-based parent of Australia's Skywest Airlines says it expects to post a S$7.46 million net profit after tax for the 2010 financial year. Unaudited results showed revenue of S$178 milli

11. V Australia exits Johannesburg, Phuket
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...in Blue Group is to use A330-200 aircraft for its domestic network and also has announced it is axeing two V Australia international routes. Virgin Blue Group chief executive John Borghetti said th...

12. Virgin details Etihad partnership
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...inked a deal establishing a commercial partnership that will enable Virgin Blue’s international arm, V Australia, to launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and the two airlines to offer a j...

13. Rex pleased by profit result
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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. Executive chairman Lim Kim Hai said Rex was able to take advantage of the Federal g

14. 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

15. More passengers for Auckland
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...show consistent growth, the North American and European markets remain fragile," AIA said. Fewer Australians used the airport - down 2.5 per cent - but there was 12-month rolling growth wi...

16. Chia to head IHG region
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... Group (IHG) has appointed Irene Chia its new business development director MICE for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. In her new role, Chia will drive the development ...

17. Peru schedules tourism events
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Visitor numbers to Peru increased by 3.9 per cent in 2009 over the previous year,  with Australia a stand-out supplier of visitor arrivals  and up 8.4 per cent over 2008. GTI Tourism Aust

18. Qantas adds more premium seating
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Australian airline Qantas plans to retrofit six two-class B747s to include 40 Premium Economy seats, with the new configuration to be available on the Tokyo, Japan route from October 2010 and the Fran

19. Qantas pulls five Bombardiers
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Australia's Qantas has temporarily grounded five of its Bombardier Q400 planes to fix a problem with their landing gear. Qantas said it planned to have two of the five flying again by this weekend.

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

21. Permaculture meet to attract 300
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...olistic Steiner education at Candlenut.   Major-general Michael Jeffery, former governor general of Australia, will speak at the event’s opening ceremony, with other speakers including ...

22. MEA, EAN in alliance deal
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Meetings and Events Australia (1800 members) and the Executive Assistants Network (2700 members) have inked a strategic alliance. Under the deal, MEA will provide introductory events training course

23. Transport dragging the chain on green initiatives
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... 60 per cent, followed by 52 per cent of European firms, 47 per cent of North American firms, 30 per cent of Australian and New Zealand businesses and 18 per cent of Asian firms. "The overw...

24. Jetstar pledges NZ fares to stay low
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Australia's Jetstar says its NZ fares will not increase when Pacific Blue exits the New Zealand domestic market from October. Qantas-owned Jetstar also says it will expand its domestic service and

25. Virgin Blue shuffles the deck
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Australia's Virgin Blue Group of Airlines has announced the first phase of a network review that includes Pacific Blue withdrawing New Zealand domestic services and expanding as an international mediu

26. Premium coming back for Qantas
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Australia's Qantas says premium travel is fighting its way back. Ceo Alan Joyce has said he sees signs of improvement on key international routes, with yields rising 12 per cent in the last few mon

27. NBTA ‘green’ entries close
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...r NBTA; finance commentator Michael Pascoe; Blair Weir, regional director of sales and marketing for Sofitel Australia and Chris Woodruff, chief executive of Melbourne Airport. ...

28. Queenstown posts double-digit visitor growth
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... to the ski season, more direct domestic and tran-Tasman flights and a particularly strong response from the Australian market. “Winter has also started strongly in the conference and ince...

29. Qantas turns in A$377m before-tax result
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Australia's Qantas has reported an underlying profit before tax of A$377 million for the full-year ended 30 June 2010. Its freight volumes were up seven per cent, it has A$3.7bn cash on the balance

30. Virgin loyalty programs go global
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Australia's V Australia/Virgin Blue, UK-based Virgin Atlantic and the USA's Virgin America are linking their frequent flier programs to allow all their passengers to earn and claim benefits. Each a