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National Travel Industry
Awards 2006
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 The
NTIA ( National Travel Industry Awards ) for 2006 have
just been announced at last weeks AFTA dinner.
(Australian Federation of Travel Agents) . We would like
to congratulate Emirates on taking the "Best
Airline International - On-Line" and Virgin Blue
for "Best Airline - National" and "Best
Airline - Regional". Both airlines have
demonstrated an outstanding level of performance in
service , product, safety standards and competitive
pricing. Travelogic are proud to be working closely with
them. This high level of performance supports our
efforts to continuously provide quality and value to
you."
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GlobalStar Improves
Global Access to Non-GDS Fares through AgentWare
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AgentWare, the leading
provider of dynamic search and booking technology plus
data intelligence for the travel industry, today
announced that its Trip Console search and booking
application is now available to GlobalStar Partners as
part of a new global agreement. Leveraging Trip
Console's up-to-the-minute intelligence, GlobalStar
Partner agents will have access to a complete, real-time
view of the current travel market and gain the ability
to immediately search and book more than 80 airlines,
consolidators and aggregators using AgentWare's unique
"click-once, search twice" technology.
more...
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BA Amended Baggage
rules
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BRITISH Airways will
charge a fixed fee of up to $300 per bag for excess
luggage, as part of a wide ranging review of its baggage
policy. From 11 Oct bags that exceed a customers’ free
allowance will attract the fixed fee which is dependent
on journey length. Other changes include a new maximum
weight of 23kg for any checked bag, regardless of the
class or route of travel, to comply with health and
safety recommendations. Long-haul routes have different
allowances depending on cabin, with First, Club World
and World Traveller Plus allowed two bags and World
Traveller allowed just one. On UK domestic routes the
allowance drops to one bag of 23kg, but on all flights
carry-on luggage allowances have also changed, with
weight restrictions removed and two pieces of
standard-dimensioned carry-on allowed. Passengers will
also be able to carry a piece of sporting equipment such
as skis or golf clubs at no extra charge, and there’s
a “substantial increase” in the baggage allowance
for people travelling with infants. BA said the new
policies would be easier to understand as well as
reducing queuing time at airports. The carrier said “Making
the airport experience simpler and speedier for our
customers is one of our key objectives as we move
towards the opening of Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5
in March 08.” BA also said in an ‘industry first’
it would give passengers the opportunity to pre-pay for
excess baggage online before arriving at the airport.
The fee per bag is £120 for longhaul routes, £60 for
short-haul and £30 for domestic, with a 20% discount
applying if prepaid online.
source = Travel Daily
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Emirates Opens Exclusive Lounges
in Munich and Frankfurt
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EMIRATES AIRLINES HAS
OPENED TWO new lounges, one at Munich International
Airport and the other at Frankfurt Main. Modelled on its
award-winning lounges at its Dubai International Airport
base, the two lounges represent another step in the
airline's multi-million dollar investment program to
install lounges at key airports throughout its network.
Amenities in the two lounges are similar to those found
in the Dubai lounge -- formal and informal dining areas,
comfortable leather seats, flat-screen TVs and full
shower facilities. Both hot and cold gourmet dishes are
available, with full bar service, including Champagne.
For the business-minded, both lounges offer five
computer workstations and two laptop workstations, each
with broadband and wireless LAN access. Emirates flies non-stop
between Frankfurt and Dubai and Munich and Dubai
twice daily, giving passengers an evening or morning
flight option. From Dubai, passengers can continue on to
a host of Emirates destinations, including Sydney,
Melbourne, Bangkok and Singapore
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Airlines to Phase Out Paper
Tickets by 2008
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LAST WEEK AT THE WORLD AIR
TRANSPORT SUMMIT IN PARIS, E-TICKETS MOVED from novelty
to de rigueur, as the International Air Transport
Association (IATA), which represents 261 airlines -- 94
percent of the world's total -- established that all its
member airlines should be paperless by 2008. E-tickets
were first issued by Alaska Airlines in 1995 and have
since grown in popularity, especially with low-cost
carriers. E-ticketing is expected to save the industry
approximately $3 billion a year.
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Qantas to expand India Routes
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QANTAS has announced plans
for codeshare agreements with Indian carrier Jet
Airways, which will hugely boost its reach into the
burgeoning aviation market in India. The carrier has
applied to the International Air Services Commission for
rights to codeshare on daily Jet Airways services
between Singapore and Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai,
while Jet Airways would reciprocally codeshare on QF
flights from Singapore to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne,
Brisbane and Sydney. QF said it intends to exercise full
fifth freedom traffic rights to New Delhi and Mumbai,
but the Chennai services will be restricted to transit
passengers only, due to limitations in
Australia-Singapore air services arrangements.
source
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Fly
to London and get one leg upgraded*
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British Airways are
offering a one-way upgrade to the next cabin on
promotional fares if you book and pay by 31 August for
travel between now and 31 March 2007.
This means if you
book a World Traveller economy class promotional
airfare, starting from $2058, excluding taxes, you can
enjoy the experience of travelling one way in World
Traveller Plus, premier economy class, and enjoy a wider
seat with 7 inches more leg room in a separate cabin.
Or if you book a World
Traveller Plus promotional airfare, starting from $4070,
excluding taxes, you can travel one-way in style in our
Club World business class cabin, and enjoy the softest
ever, fully flat bed.
Not only that, anyone
who books a Club World business class promotional
airfare from $8,000 will travel one-way in the ultimate
comfort – FIRST.
These great airfares
also offer you a return sidetrip to UK/Europe to
one of 25 European cities including: Aberdeen,
Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Düsseldorf,
Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Helsinki, Inverness, Isle
of Man, Jersey, London, Manchester, Milan, Munich,
Newcastle, Nice, Paris, Rome, Shannon, Vienna and
Zurich.
Please contact your
travel consultant for further details.
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Hong Kong Prepares for Largest Shopping
Festival Ever
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IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE WANDERING
IN HONG KONG THIS SUMMER AND SEE FIREWORKS near the Tsim Sha
Tsui Clock Tower, that's not national pride the Chinese are
celebrating but the sheer joy of capitalism. It's all part
of the Hong Kong Tourism Board's fifth annual and largest
shopping festival called "Discover the Diverse Shopping
Experience," which runs from June 24 through Aug. 31.
Participating outlets run the gamut from open-air markets to
trendy boutiques and shopping malls. Additionally, the HKTB
is organizing its popular Grand Lucky Draw with prizes
totalling approximately $346,000. Grand prize is an Audemars
Piguet Jules Ademars watch that retails for a mere $75,641.
The fireworks are part of the Aqua Fantasia multimedia water
show, which presents colourful images and words on a
transforming water curtain at various times throughout the
day, with pyrotechnic displays on June 24 and 25, and July 1
and 2. Also, fireworks can be seen nightly near the
Convention & Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai during the
light and sound show "A Symphony of Lights."
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| Taking
Charge at 35,000 Feet |
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THE WHAT-WILL-THEY-THINK-OF-NEXT DEPARTMENT, someone has
figured out a way to pull power from the standard
1/8-inch headphone jack found in most commercial
aircraft today and use it to charge pretty much anything
from a Blackberry handheld to an iPod. The InFlight
Power USB works by trickle charging an adapter and then
passing the built-up charge to the attached device
before repeating the three- to five-minute cycle. The
standard USB version costs about $35 and can charge any
USB-chargeable device. Have a cell phone that needs
charging, too? Plug in one of the numerous adapters. The
InFlight USB charger comes bundled for iPods or
Blackberries for about $45, or with an adapter of your
choosing for $55. Additional adapters will run you about
$7 each. There are solutions for more than 700 devices.
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