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Osborne joins Frasers

BTN News
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
louiseLouise Osborne has been appointed director of sales Victoria and ACT for serviced apartments specialist Frasers Hospitality.

Osborne will be based at Fraser Place Melbourne and will represent the company's three properties in Australia including Fraser Suites Sydney and Fraser Suites Perth.

Frasers Hospitality’s portfolio including those in the pipeline stands at 81 properties in 44 gateway cities, and more than 13,000 apartments worldwide.

Miller takes Sabre role

BTN News
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
NaomiNaomi Miller has been appointed marketing and communications manager for Sabre Pacific.

Based in the company's Sydney, Australia office, Miller will handle marketing and communications strategies across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Miller was previously digital marketing manager at Jetset Travelworld Group and also has held senior marketing positions for travel companies including Travelscene Corporate, American Express, Zuji and Flight Centre.

Knowlson moves to Pullman

BTN News
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Lisa-Knowlson 1Australia's Pullman Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns, Queensland has appointed Lisa Knowlson as director of sales.
Previously general manager of the Mantra Amphora Resort and Spa at Palm Cove, Knowlson made the move to Tropical North Queensland 15 months ago.
Before moving to Cairns, she  was general manager of the Aanuka Beach Resort at  Coffs Harbour and gained more than eight  years’ experience in a number of sales roles for The Mantra Group and Rydges Hotels in New South Wales and Queensland.

Duchess names Princess

Health & Leisure
Monday, 17 June 2013
RoyalPrincessIn a ceremony in Southampton, UK, the Duchess of Cambridge (left) headlined the naming ceremony for the new Princess Cruises vessel Royal Princess, sending a nebuchadnezzar-size bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne to break against the hull.

“We can think of no more fitting godmother for our magnificent new Royal Princess,” said Princess Cruises president and chief executive Alan Buckelew.

The event capped off a week of festivities to launch the ship, including a special gala evening.

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Rafter to speak at FIA meet

MICE News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Manta-ConferenceA conference booked on behalf of Financial Index Australia (FIA)  has won a special guest speaker performance by Australia's Mantra Hotels and Resorts ‘ambassador’ - former tennis star Pat Rafter - at its company conference in October.

Pictured is the conference organising team from FIA - Olivia Thambidurai, Danielle Paterson and Elizabeth Neal with Mantra Group’s senior national account manager, Rachael Grimsey (second from right).

Read more ...

Electric taxiing tests ongoing

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Honeywell and Safran have completed level one testing of their electric green taxiing system (EGTS), and will demonstrate the technology using an Airbus A320 at the Paris Air Show June 17-23, 2013.

Read more ...

Asia key to airline fleet growth

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
US planemaker Boeing has upped its estimate of airplane demand over the next 20 years by 3.8 per cent to 35,280, with the bulk of the demand from the Asia-Pacific region.

Read more ...

Universal Desktop winning friends

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Travelport GDS (Galileo, Apollo and Worldspan) says more than 8,000 travel agents worldwide are using Travelport Universal Desktop, a solution that unifies selling and merchandising and provides access to multisource content in a single platform.

Read more ...

New Holiday Inn for Sydney

MICE News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Sunnybrook Hotel, located at 355 Hume Highway, Warwick Farm, NSW, Australia is to undergo a multi-million dollar refurbishment and reopen in September as Holiday Inn Warwick Farm.

Read more ...

GDS ask: Does industry need NDC?

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Travel's global distribution systems (GDSs) are questioning the need for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC), saying NDC is duplicating many existing or planned GDS capabilities.

Read more ...

Etihad-Jet deal delayed

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has failed to gain blanket approval from India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to acquire a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways.

Read more ...

Virgin seeks car rental arm

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
UK-based Virgin Group says it wants to enter the US rental car business, perhaps by buying Advantage from Hertz.

Osborne joins Frasers

BTN News
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
louiseLouise Osborne has been appointed director of sales Victoria and ACT for serviced apartments specialist Frasers Hospitality.

Osborne will be based at Fraser Place Melbourne and will represent the company's three properties in Australia including Fraser Suites Sydney and Fraser Suites Perth.

Frasers Hospitality’s portfolio including those in the pipeline stands at 81 properties in 44 gateway cities, and more than 13,000 apartments worldwide.

Miller takes Sabre role

BTN News
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
NaomiNaomi Miller has been appointed marketing and communications manager for Sabre Pacific.

Based in the company's Sydney, Australia office, Miller will handle marketing and communications strategies across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Miller was previously digital marketing manager at Jetset Travelworld Group and also has held senior marketing positions for travel companies including Travelscene Corporate, American Express, Zuji and Flight Centre.

Knowlson moves to Pullman

BTN News
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Lisa-Knowlson 1Australia's Pullman Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns, Queensland has appointed Lisa Knowlson as director of sales.
Previously general manager of the Mantra Amphora Resort and Spa at Palm Cove, Knowlson made the move to Tropical North Queensland 15 months ago.
Before moving to Cairns, she  was general manager of the Aanuka Beach Resort at  Coffs Harbour and gained more than eight  years’ experience in a number of sales roles for The Mantra Group and Rydges Hotels in New South Wales and Queensland.

Duchess names Princess

Health & Leisure
Monday, 17 June 2013
RoyalPrincessIn a ceremony in Southampton, UK, the Duchess of Cambridge (left) headlined the naming ceremony for the new Princess Cruises vessel Royal Princess, sending a nebuchadnezzar-size bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne to break against the hull.

“We can think of no more fitting godmother for our magnificent new Royal Princess,” said Princess Cruises president and chief executive Alan Buckelew.

The event capped off a week of festivities to launch the ship, including a special gala evening.

Read more ...

Rafter to speak at FIA meet

MICE News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Manta-ConferenceA conference booked on behalf of Financial Index Australia (FIA)  has won a special guest speaker performance by Australia's Mantra Hotels and Resorts ‘ambassador’ - former tennis star Pat Rafter - at its company conference in October.

Pictured is the conference organising team from FIA - Olivia Thambidurai, Danielle Paterson and Elizabeth Neal with Mantra Group’s senior national account manager, Rachael Grimsey (second from right).

Read more ...

Electric taxiing tests ongoing

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Honeywell and Safran have completed level one testing of their electric green taxiing system (EGTS), and will demonstrate the technology using an Airbus A320 at the Paris Air Show June 17-23, 2013.

Read more ...

Asia key to airline fleet growth

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
US planemaker Boeing has upped its estimate of airplane demand over the next 20 years by 3.8 per cent to 35,280, with the bulk of the demand from the Asia-Pacific region.

Read more ...

Universal Desktop winning friends

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Travelport GDS (Galileo, Apollo and Worldspan) says more than 8,000 travel agents worldwide are using Travelport Universal Desktop, a solution that unifies selling and merchandising and provides access to multisource content in a single platform.

Read more ...

New Holiday Inn for Sydney

MICE News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Sunnybrook Hotel, located at 355 Hume Highway, Warwick Farm, NSW, Australia is to undergo a multi-million dollar refurbishment and reopen in September as Holiday Inn Warwick Farm.

Read more ...

GDS ask: Does industry need NDC?

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Travel's global distribution systems (GDSs) are questioning the need for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC), saying NDC is duplicating many existing or planned GDS capabilities.

Read more ...

Etihad-Jet deal delayed

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has failed to gain blanket approval from India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to acquire a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways.

Read more ...

Virgin seeks car rental arm

BTN News
Monday, 17 June 2013
UK-based Virgin Group says it wants to enter the US rental car business, perhaps by buying Advantage from Hertz.