China Southern to offer Aust-Europe services
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 17 January 2012
China Southern Airlines is to market services to London from Australia, using its new London Heathrow slot pairs for three weekly ex-China services as of September.
Virgin adds A330 services
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Virgin Australia has announced new wide-body A330 operations from Melbourne as of May 14, with double daily Melbourne-Perth return flights and a day later, a daily morning peak-hour return service between Melbourne and Sydney.
US firms examine American options
- BTN News
- Monday, 16 January 2012
US firms are declaring their interest in AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, with media reports suggesting US Airways Group, Delta Airlines and private equity firm TPG Capital are among them.
Crowne Plaza Semarang opens
- MICE News
- Monday, 16 January 2012
A new 270-room hotel opening in Central Java on January 22 will be the seventh property in Indonesia operated by the InterContinental Hotels Group.
Cruise corridors for ASEAN region
- MICE News
- Sunday, 15 January 2012
ASEAN countries are to develop three cruise corridors as part of a strategy of bolstering cruise traffic in the region, with leisure and MICE sectors targeted. The strategy also features co-operative marketing efforts, notably joint participation in key cruise industry events.
Peacock to chair HBAA
- MICE News
- Sunday, 15 January 2012
Chris Peacock, co-founder and director of Conference Care, is to lead the UK-based Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) as chairman for the next 12 months.
Technology set to transform travel?
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 January 2012
A new global study released today outlines how transformative technologies and evolving social values and trends will combine to establish a new era of collaborative travel over the next decade and beyond.
Lan affiliate to operate Miami service
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 January 2012
Lan Colombia, a new Lan affiliate carrier, is to launch seven weeekly direct flights from Bogota to Miami, USA from 01 February.
Big occupancy differences for WA regions
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 January 2012
ASEAN's 'Feel the Warmth' faces industry heat
- MICE News
- Saturday, 14 January 2012
A new phase of ASEAN tourism marketing, taking on joint marketing outside the region, has been heralded by ministers meeting at the ASEAN Tourism Forum in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Air France Group tightens reins
- BTN News
- Saturday, 14 January 2012
Europe's Air France-KLM Group says it will cut fleet size and capacity, freeze pay and hiring and enter into productivity talks with unions as it restructures to meet predicted challenges to the sector.
India into Australia's top 10
- MICE News
- Saturday, 14 January 2012
Changes to visitor arrivals source markets for Australia have seen New Zealand stay in top spot with more than 100,000 visitors, while the UK and China tied for second place with about 50,000 each, although that may prove to be a crossover figure.
AirAsia X exits Europe, India
- BTN News
- Saturday, 14 January 2012
Malaysian low-cost long haul carrier AirAsia X is to pull out of Paris, France; London, UK and Mumbai and New Delhi, India, citing taxes and other government impediments to growth as well as falling passenger demand from Europe.
