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Vale Geoff Smith

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

Geoff Smith, the man responsible for handling Tourism Fiji’s public relations portfolio in Australia for more than 25 years, passed away suddenly in Fiji on the weekend.

Dulles gets radiation monitor

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

The US’s Homeland Security Department has installed its first airport radiation portal monitor at Washington DC’s Dulles International.

Bmi signals possible redundancies

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

Britain’s Times media says airline Bmi has written to staff to tell them it can’t honour an earlier promise to deliver a pay increase this year.

MacAir grounding short-term?

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

Queensland regional carrier MacAir, which was placed in voluntary administration late last week, could be flying again within days – and possibly today, Monday - after Ernst & Young receiver Justin Walsh said he had issued a directive to ground the airline's 10 aircraft only while he sorted out "a number of issues".

Indiaâs agents up in arms

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

India’s travel agent community “took to the streets on Friday protesting against Singapore Airlines’ decision to scrap its five per cent agency commission”, the country’s Economic Times reported.

Austrian tightens belt

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

Austrian Airlines is to attempt to cut costs by EUR225 million this year and another EUR200 million by 2012.

Air NZ figures down

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

New Zealand carrier Air New Zealand carried 1,236,000 passengers in December, equal to a 5.1 per cent decline from a year earlier.

All Nippon revises forecast

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

All Nippon Airways, Japan's second-biggest airline, says its business will dip into the red for the first time in six years and it expects a group net loss of JPY9 billion for the year to March 31 instead of a previously projected profit of JPY17 billion. It had a JPY64.1 billion profit the previous year.

S7 cancels Dreamliner contract

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

Russian airline S7 has cancelled a contract to buy 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners for delivery in 2014 and will seek to lease the planes instead.

Ryanair dumps Aer Lingus bid

: BTN News; Monday, 02 February 2009

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has conceded defeat in its battle to take over Aer Lingus.

IHG to manage Crowne Plaza Doncaster

: MICE News; Friday, 30 January 2009

InterContinental Hotels Group Asia Pacific (IHG) has inked a deal to manage a new international hotel in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster.

Foster to head meetings

: MICE News; Friday, 30 January 2009

Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, New South Wales, has appointed Michael Foster as meetings director, responsible for the hotels dedicated meetings department and meetings facilities.

New agreement a boost for air travellers

: BTN News; Friday, 30 January 2009

Australia has joined other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in ratifying the Montreal Convention (MC) making it easier for air travellers to get better and faster settlement compensation for such things as flight delays, lost or damaged luggage and if they are involved in accidents.