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Green travel list LAST call for nominations

Valere - Apr 05, 2026

Nominations for green travel list must be in by Saturday 9 April When we think about innovation, the first thing…

New Icelandic attraction rises from the ashes

Bev - Apr 05, 2026

Airline executives are not likely to be queuing up to get into Icelandâ€™s latest tourist attraction. The country has opened…

Virgin Blue means business with new A330

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

Virgin Blue will go head-to-head with Qantas for business class passengers when it launches Sydney-Perth flights using wide-bodied Airbus A330…

Accor puts service focus on Indian, Chinese travellers

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

The Accor Asia Pacific hotel group has launched an employee programme in Australia that will focus on guests from the…

Qantas trains strike-breakers in the US

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

A Qantas spokesman has confirmed reports that managers have been sent to the US for training in ground-handling operations as…

Cruising hits a record high

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

Almost half a million Australians took a cruise in 2010, a reports from International Cruise Council Australasia (ICCA) shows. Cruise…

Branding makes for a bumpy landing in Vietnam

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

The challenges of running a low cost airline alongside Vietnamâ€™s domestic carriers have been exposed yet again by AirAsiaâ€™s threat…

Ghosts of the deep: Air France bodies located

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

Bodies of those killed in Air France's 2009 plane crash off Brazil are expected to be recovered within weeks, French…

Safety checks ordered on older Boeing 737s

Ian Jarrett - Apr 05, 2026

Aviation authorities in the United States have ordered emergency checks on older Boeing 737-300/400/500 series following Fridayâ€™s midair rupture of…

Female African tourism entrepreneurs get UN Support

Valere - Apr 04, 2026

UNWTO will support female entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania World Tourism Organization and Banesto Foundation collaborate on sustainable tourism…

Tourism out of control

Valere - Apr 04, 2026

Hugh Riley opened the conference Virtues of environmentally balanced tourism extolled at Caribbean conference The 12th Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference…