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The fare war in the New Zealand domestic market has turned ugly, with Air New Zealand accusing new entrant, Pacific Blue, of misleading travellers by selling seats for services the airline plans to cancel, while promoting others below the true cost via its website. Air New Zealand also claimed

PATA produces groundbreaking report geared to harness future growth and development of US$100bn tourism industry With the world's attention firmly on China (PRC) in the run-up to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has produced a landmark report on how the

KTC offers special promotions at Thailand Travel & Dive Expo and Thailand Golf Mart 2008 Introduce “Marinemania Mini Theatre” zone showing rare photos with seminars. Promote the tourism industry and underwater preservation. KTC continues to pursue the tourism business with the

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates continues to enhance the experience it offers its customers on the ground with the introduction of a complimentary new luxury chauffeur service for its premium customers travelling to and from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. All

Makes every day low fares now even lower Australia's low fares airline, Jetstar, has launched an innovative new air fare product on international services between Australia and Thailand that provides customers with the choice to travel with carry on baggage only at a lower fare. With

Travel and tourism industry leaders offered glowing reviews for the first PATA CEO Challenge, held in Bangkok last week, describing it as "inspirational" and an "ambitious, brave and visionary event". Almost 97 per cent of delegates surveyed at the event, which focused on sharing industry

Among the many negative effects of the financial market's ongoing volatility is a substantial increase in distressed credits, according to an article published today by Standard & Poor's. The report, titled "U.S. Credit Comment: Distressed Issuers Evolve From Past Ratings," says that

Delegates at the inaugural Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) CEO Challenge 2008: Confronting Climate Change agreed to collaborate on a range of initiatives to confront climate change, such as Banyan Tree's green audit programme, Intrepid Travel's project management plan, and Expedia's World

Best Western International, The World’s Largest Hotel Chain with over 4,000 hotels in more than 80 countries participates at The 15th Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai from May 6-8th 2008. Best Western, which operates more than 120 hotels in Asia, aims to promote its hotels and resorts

Line of a hundreds traveling lover wrapped around THAI’s booth for purchasing special THAI air-tickets, the daily 48-THAI economy tickets of 4,800 Baht roundtrip to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, and etc at the ‘THAI’s Smooth as Silk’

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates will showcase its expanding route network, latest international sports sponsorships and award-winning products and services at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which takes place between 6 and 9 May at the Dubai World

Langham Hotels International (LHI) has been awarded the First Prize for two print advertising campaigns by the jury of Das goldene Stadttor – the premier travel industry advertising awards at ITB Berlin. This marks the second time that the company has walked away with top honours following

Though relatively new in the region, cruise travel is fast gaining popularity. Hong Kong is to build an international cruise terminal developing the city into the region’s leading cruise hub for local, regional and international visitors. For the first time there will be a Cruise Education

Mark Nejmeh, President, MagKinetics Inc. will travel to Dubai to seek an Angel for his development stage renewable energy company with their patent pending technology for "A system and method for creating electricity from moving vehicular traffic." MagKinetics has been patiently and thoroughly

HR professionals share ideas and best practices at PATA event in Colombo The labour pool will soon shrink in many Asia Pacific destinations, even while more than two-thirds of the world's new jobs will be created in the region. But this does not necessitate slower travel and tourism industry

A show of confidence in destination Sri Lanka and commendation for its leadership on confronting climate change. Colombo, Sri Lanka will host the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) 57th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Board of Directors meetings from today until Monday, April 7. At a

At a ceremony held in Istanbul today, Turkish Airlines was welcomed as the 20th Star Alliance member airline. With an additional 31 destinations – mainly in Turkey, Central Asia and the Middle East, customers now have more choice than ever before when travelling on the Star Alliance network.

Asia's travel industry needs to take heed of the results of recent polls showing that Asian consumers and businesses are increasingly worried about the impacts of climate change, the Pacific Asia Travel Association said today. "Some observers have suggested that Asia lags behind Europe and

Eurail One-Country Passes Prove to be a Great Success The Eurail Group, owner of the popular Eurail Pass for European rail travel, has announced a 5% increase in passenger numbers for 2007, notwithstanding forecasts of a lukewarm year for the travel industry. Passenger numbers exceeded

Booklet gives handy reference to Olympic & Paralympic Equestrian Events vocabularies The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has started the distribution of the latest edition of “Travelling Hong Kong Phrasebook” to taxi drivers for free. To tie in with the Olympic and Paralympic