IA attendance at Meetings 2012 'a success'
- MICE News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
The Melbourne, Australia-based Incentive Association (IA) has reported back on its recent participation at Meetings 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sabre Pacific launches Facebook page
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
Gai Tyrrell, the Australia-based chief executive of travel IT firm Sabre Pacific, says the company has embraced social media to create an open dialogue with travel agents and provide them with an efficient platform to receive up-to-the-minute news from the travel industry.
Thai police hunt killers
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
Police in Thailand are still searching for two men who fatally stabbed a Western Australian travel agent in Phuket, Thailand during a bag snatch.
Airlines ‘committed to mobile’
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
The way airlines do business is undergoing a fundamental transformation, with more mobile apps being developed to cover passenger interaction as well as core aspects of carrier operations.
PMA wins Taiwan account
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
Taiwan Tourism Bureau has officially appointed Sydney-based PMA Communications Group (PMACG) its Australia/New Zealand promotional agency.
Tiger’s grounding still affecting Aust totals
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
There were 4.61 million passengers carried on Australian domestic airlines (including regional operations) in April 2012, marginally fewer than the number carried in April 2011, according to figures compiled by the the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).
Russia’s MICE sector headed for double-digit growth
- MICE News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
The MICE sector in Russia is anticipating growth in excess of 17 per cent in the next year despite economic problems in neighbouring EU countries, a new report says. While Russia is a challenging market, double digit-growth is believed to be generally attainable.
ICAO aims for 2013 ETS alternative
- MICE News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
The head of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations body that oversees civil aviation, says he expects to have a draft proposal on measures to tackle emissions from aviation by March 2013.
Air NZ targets wealthy Asians
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
New Zealand's Air New Zealand is to target growth in the Asia Pacific region over the next 10 years, its next ceo Christopher Luxon says.
Hawaiian launches Brisbane flights
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
US carrier Hawaiian Airlines is to launch three-times-a-week non-stop flights between Brisbane, Australia and Honolulu from 28 November this year.
Air Canada flies green
- MICE News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
Air Canada has trialled biofuels on an Airbus 319 flight between Toronto and Mexico City, using recycled cooking oil and jet fuel for the journey.
JAL to re-list
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
Japan's Japan Airlines is to apply to re-list its shares after raising about US$8 billion in an initial public offering.
Air Zimbabwe out of IATA
- BTN News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012
Zimbabwe's debt-ridden Air Zimbabwe has been forced out of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) after the airline failed to renew its registration with IATA's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
