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Smart Travel
Update
July 2004
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 Following
on from the very successful Berlin GlobalStar Conference
there are some new and very exciting initiatives taking
place to enhance our overall capabilities as a travel
management group. These include:
- Global data
consolidation and reporting
- Global virtual
service network
- Global fare database
A number of exciting
initiatives were unveiled culminating to a most
impressive global travel management service
(GlobalStar
Travel Management is a worldwide joint-venture
partnership of leading travel management companies with
combined sales in excess of $5 billion annually.) |
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Domestic airline tickets now
have a quarter of the price taken up by hidden taxes and
costs, airlines have revealed.
Travellers are paying the
price of airport deregulation, fuel hikes and increased
airport security through a myriad of "taxes"
buried in the final ticket cost.
Fuel levies on each of the
major airlines, introduced in recent months because of
rising fuel prices, are further bumping up the price of air
travel.
"As a general rule they
make up about 25 per cent of our fares, but it varies a bit
from airport to airport," said Jetstar spokesman Simon
Westaway of the charges. More...
Source =
Sean
Berry, The Sun Herald
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Air New Zealand today
announced it will deliver long haul customers one of
the most innovative and comfortable in-flight
experiences available.
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Ralph Norris today unveiled plans to
transform the long-haul flying experience for both
economy and premium customers.
"From the middle
of next year, Air New Zealand will offer its customers
travelling on long-haul services an in-flight product
that we believe will be second to none," Mr
Norris says. More...
Source =
Air
New Zealand
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For a
limited time British Airways is offering a Club World
(business class) nett to London from just $8065
including a complimentary upgrade to FIRST and a side trip
to one of 17 destinations in UK/Europe. More...
Source =
British
Airways
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HONG KONG - An ACNielsen Asia/Pacific Consumer Confidence
Survey has indicated that the tourism industry has good reason to
be optimistic about its near-term future.
Conducted in May 2004, the study surveyed 9,485 consumers in 13
Asian markets to obtain a measure of consumer attitudes toward the
economy and their attitudes toward a number of topical issues. More...
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Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos Available to
Customers
Starting in
August, Hawaiian Airlines' award-winning in-flight
service will set a new standard of quality for
Hawaii travel with the introduction of the
digEplayer personal entertainment system.
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digEplayer
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Developed by APS,
Inc., digEplayer is the world's first
self-contained, portable audio-video, on demand,
in-flight entertainment system. Hawaiian will be
the first airline to offer the digEplayer on
transpacific flights.
Customers will enjoy a selection of 10-15
first-run, full-length movies; 8-10 short subjects
or situation comedies; 20 music videos; and 100
audio tracks. The battery-powered, lightweight (3
lbs.) unit fits comfortably on a seatback tray or
customer's lap, and will be available free in
Business Class and for a USD$10 rental fee in
Coach Class, subject to availability.
More...
Source
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Malaysia
Airlines is introducing an extra weekly flight between Kuala
Lumpur and Karachi, Pakistan effective 6 July 2004 in its
Northern Summer operations till 26 October 2004 to match the
increased demand on this route.
The
extra flight MH 7340, operated using a 294-seater Airbus
A330-300 aircraft, departs Kuala Lumpur every Tuesday at
1840 hours and arrives Karachi at 2135 hours. The return
flight MH 7341 leaves Karachi at 2305 hours the same day to
arrive Kuala Lumpur at 0755 hours the next day. More...
source =
Malaysia Airlines
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QantasLink
will operate 50 seater Dash 8 aircraft for the first time
between Melbourne and Devonport, Melbourne and
Burnie-Wynyard and Melbourne and Mildura from 23 August,
replacing a number of the 36-seater aircraft currently
servicing the routes.
Qantas Executive General Manager Regional Airlines, Narendra
Kumar, said the introduction of the larger Dash 8 aircraft
meant the Tasmanian and Victorian cities would receive a
boost in seat capacity and service frequencies. More...
Source =
QantasLink
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Australia's
Qantas Airways was granted provisional capacity
rights on Friday to start flights from Sydney to
London via Hong Kong a month before rival Virgin
Atlantic steps up competition on the same route.
More...
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Passenger
numbers on Australian domestic airlines reached
more than 3.07million in April 2004, an increase
of 15.2% over April 2003. Latest figures for the
Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics
reveal the second-highest monthly growth rate in
passenger numbers over the past decade. More...
Source:
BTTB Online - July 2004
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So
come and experience something new !!!!!
- Starting
01 November 2004, Royal Brunei Airlines (BI) will wing
its way to Sydney 3 times a week from Magical Brunei on
the island of Borneo. More...
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CONTACT US ON +612 9230 7500
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Royal
Brunei Airlines
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I begin to write this story, I am about 14 hours
into my Singapore Airlines flight, and I'm still
not restless.
I've slept nearly
six hours on the lie-flat business class seat.
I've watched one of 60 movies and two of 92
television shows on an entertainment system that
lets me start, stop, pause, fast forward and
rewind to suit my own whims and schedule.
More...
To contact
reporter Andrew Compart, send e-mail to acompart@ntmllc.com.
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InterContinental
Sydney
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Experience
the exotic taste of an authentic Arabian banquet this winter
at InterContinental Sydney.
The
hotel has joined with Gulf Air to present an Arabian Food
Festival from 6 – 17 July in its delightful grand hotel
dining room, Café Opera. More...
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 Townsville
the gateway to such tropical delights as Magnetic Island is
a wonderful place to visit particularly to escape the cold
winter days.
Places to visit include
Museum of Tropical Queensland with breathtaking coral and
wonderful marine life or step next door to the HMS Pandora.
Favourite places to stop for a bite include Palmer Street
which holds some of Townsville's trendiest bars and
restaurants and C-Bar on the Strand which overlooks
beautiful waters and golden sand.
When visiting Townsville
make sure you check out the many valleys, mountains and
beautiful coastlines by hiring a small plane or head out to
"Maggie" Magnetic Island and try your hand at
snorkelling or kayaking.
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Travelogic
Leisure website
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Berlin: Claire Gray Travel Journal
Berlin is a vibrant city, well down
the road of establishing a new age, post war image. Stark
contrasts of ultra modern architecture around Potzdammer
Platz coexist right amongst the original 19th Century
buildings that escaped the widespread bombing in WW2. The city
is planned around a huge central garden called the Tiergarten
which gives the atmosphere a wonderful feeling of green open
spaces. World class museums and historical sites abound. Well
worth a visit.
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UNITED
KINGDOM
The
United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland, and the geography sweeps
from mountainous highlands, to green and pleasant
rolling countryside and vibrant cities. The country
is jam-packed with two millennia of heritage, making
visits of any length of time feel too short!
United
Kingdom Trivia:
Population: United Kingdom as a whole... 57.5
million
Broken up - England 49.5million, Scotland 5 million,
Wales 3 million, Cardiff 280 000, Edinburgh 450 000
and London alone has a whopping 7 million people !
Click
here for full map of United Kingdom (see
opposite)
More...
Source =
Drive
Travel
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