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Scoot takes over Jeddah run

: Health & Leisure; Friday, 16 October 2015

Singapore Airlines' LCC subsidiary Scoot is to operate services to Jeddah, taking over from the parent company.
Customers who have made advance bookings to or from Jeddah on Singapore Airlines will be re-accommodated on Scoot’s services, or may opt for a refund.

Australians win Taiwan’s Asia Super Team contest

: MICE News; Friday, 16 October 2015

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- from Kelvin King in Taipei

2015 honours for Meet Taiwan’s Asia Super Team CSR-oriented incentive initiative asiasuperteam.meettaiwan.com have gone to the Australian team of four from Melbourne-based tech start-up AFTR.

Led by company co-founders Teresa Truda and Zia Word, along with senior staffers Bryce McCoy and Anthony Sharples the Australians headed the results in almost all sections of the challenge including a colourfully over-the-top Chinese opera performance in Taichung’s Cultural and Creative Industries Park which triggered tears of laughter among judges, media and the crowd.

London's boom continues with record numbers

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

London’s tourism boom has continued during the second quarter of 2015, with the city welcoming a record 5.1 million international visitors between April and June this year, six per cent more than the same period last year, according to the Office for National Statistics’ International Passenger Survey.

INCON launches Digital Infrastructure award

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

INCON, the global partnership of Conference Organisers, has launched the 2016 Global Digital Infrastructure Award for meetings venues around the world.

Sunshine Coast Airport continues its upward climb

: Health & Leisure; Thursday, 15 October 2015

Sunshine Coast Airport recorded more than 250,000 passengers at the airport in the first three months of the financial year - a 12 per cent increase on the previous quarter and the highest September quarter traffic on record.

Free security meet for transport industry starts 02 December in London

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

The Transport Security Expo 02-03 December at Olympia London, UK will focus on key issues and threats to transportation networks.
Now in its 13th edition, it has become a global platform for governments, industry and academia to network and hear about the latest developments in transport security.

Halstead new Study Queenstown bdm

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

New Zealand’s Destination Queenstown (DQ) has appointed Aaron Halstead as business development manager, Study Queenstown.

Cathay changes war zone routes

: BTN News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has stopped flying over Iran and the Caspian Sea after Russia stepped up its military campaign against fighters in Syria.

Delta banking on Open Skies deal with Brazil

: BTN News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

USA-based Delta Air Lines says it expects the United States and Brazil to reach an aviation deal that removes restrictions on flights between the countries in the next year or so, allowing Delta and its Brazilian airline partner Gol to apply for immunity from antitrust law and better coordinate their US-Brazil flights.

Seaport sells Wings

: BTN News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

SeaPort Airlines of Portland, Oregon USA has sold its commuter airline Wings of Alaska to Fjord Flying Services, an air charter company in the state.

Hawaiian Airlines moves to in-house Australasian model

: BTN News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

Hawaiian Airlines is restructuring its operations in Australia, moving to an in-house comercial business model and parting company with World Aviation Systems.

Helloworld to make money from clients' direct bookings

: BTN News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

Australasia's Helloworld agency chain is offering its consumer customers a smartphone app that allows its members and franchisees to earn commission on mobile bookings made by the clients.

Wainwright to lead AIME 2016

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 October 2015

Reed Travel Exhibitions has appointed Ian Wainwright to lead the 2016 Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME 2016) and hired Elena Peridis as its new Marketing manager.