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Qatar to host travel management conference
Phil Davies - Sep 25, 2024
The Guild of Travel Management Companies expects 125 delegates to attend its four-day 2007 conference to be held in Qatar.…
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Airlines say "no" to call to drop fuel surcharges
Graham Muldoon - Sep 25, 2024
Treasurer Peter Costello has called on Australia's airlines to cut the fuel surcharges currently imposed on passengers due to the…
Virgin to screen in-flight Sky News text service
Phil Davies - Sep 25, 2024
Virgin Atlantic is to offer live text news on flights. The service will provide up to date news stories onto…
City guides to be available on PlayStations
Phil Davies - Sep 25, 2024
Interactive, portable and up-to-the-minute city guides for use on Sony’s PlayStation Portable are to be developed by travel content provider…
Big delays for passengers as fog blankets Wellington Airport
Graham Muldoon - Sep 25, 2024
Flights had to be diverted to Palmerston North today as fog plagued Wellington Airport. Fog covered the airport when the…
Operators urged to prepare for change in booking patterns
Bev - Sep 22, 2024
Booking patterns will change dramatically in the next few years, said FTO director general Andy Cooper at a Travelmole Travel…
Agents need to take advantage of demand for domestic holidays
Bev - Sep 22, 2024
Agents need to brush up on their knowledge of domestic holidays and alternatives to flying, said WA Shearings sales and…
Heathrow will suffer most from terror alert
Bev - Sep 22, 2024
Business travellers are avoiding transiting through Heathrow due to heightened security and long queues, according to Andrew Solum, director of…
Industry must prepare now for future terror alerts, say experts
Bev - Sep 22, 2024
Industry leaders have called on the government, UK airport operators and the travel trade to put contingency plans in place…
Confusion over airport security rules
Bev - Sep 22, 2024
The new rules on aviation security are confusing and contradictory, according to industry experts. Speaking yesterday at a Travelmole Travel…
Harsh lessons from a dreadful summer
Jeremy Skidmore - Sep 22, 2024
Comment by Jeremy Skidmore (www.jeremyskidmore.com) The travel industry will be glad to see the back of this summer as it…
Government relaxes aviation security restrictions
Bev - Sep 22, 2024
Less stringent UK airport security measures will be put in place from today (Friday). The Department for Transport has decided…
