bmibaby to close?
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 08 May 2012
UK-based budget carrier bmibaby - now owned by British Airways parent IAG - will close in September unless a buyer is found.
Air France blames poor cargo, high fuel costs for Q1 loss
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Poor air cargo figures have helped push Air France-KLM to a worse-than-expected Q1 loss.
Smoking mobile phone highlights need for precautions
- BTN News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
An incident with an overheating mobile phone on board an aircraft highlights the importance of taking precautions with lithium battery-powered devices, especially when travelling, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
Alligator Airways grounded
- BTN News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has suspended the operations of Alligator Airways with immediate effect from Thursday 03 May 2012.
UK Meetings Show invests in hosted buyer program
- MICE News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
Meetings Show UK organiser Centaur says it is investing around GBP1million in a hosted buyer program for the July 2012 event, which is tipped to attract more than 1,500 buyers.
WorldMUN worth A$8m to Victoria
- MICE News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
Victoria's minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher has confirmed the Harvard World Model United Nations Conference 2013 (WorldMUN), one of the world’s largest student-led international meetings, will be held in Melbourne, Australia next year.
Terrigal Plaza upgrades Ashley
- MICE News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
Crowne Plaza Terrigal in New South Wales is in the final stages of a A$370,000 renovation of its Lord Ashley meeting space, and expects to officially launch the upgraded venue within months.
Crawford new APAC chair
- BTN News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
Australia Pacific Airports Corporation (APAC) Limited, which operates Melbourne and Launceston airports, has appointed David Crawford as its new chairman.
Minorities, women-owned businesses in spotlight
- MICE News
- Friday, 04 May 2012
Lambert-St Louis International Airport, Missouri, USA is hosting an aviation educational, training and business networking event for minority and women-owned business professionals.
5,000-plus delegates at Melbourne ISMRM
- MICE News
- Thursday, 03 May 2012
More than 5,000 clinicians and scientists from more than 50 countries around the world specialising in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will convene in Melbourne for theInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine’s (ISMRM) 20th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, to be held at Australia’s Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from Saturday 05 May.
ATF Travex set for Lao ITECC
- MICE News
- Thursday, 03 May 2012
The infrastructure problems and a shortage of accommodation that hit the Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) 2004 in Vientiane won't be a problem in 2013 when the Lao PDR capital hosts ATF and its associated travel mart Travex for the second time from 17 to 24 January.
Eco tourism meet calls for papers
- MICE News
- Thursday, 03 May 2012
Organisers of the Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference being held 15-17 October in Cairns, Queensland have called for expressions of interest in presenting a paper to delegates.
ACC reports positive medical result
- MICE News
- Thursday, 03 May 2012
A five day medical and health congress that concluded last week in Adelaide injected A$4.5 million into the South Australian economy by attracting over 900 delegates from 47 different countries.
