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Virgin Blue profit result
Graham Muldoon - Nov 16, 2024
Virgin Blue was not all hype and appeal today as it reported a 33.1 per cent fall in annual net profit,…
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Asian cruise line to deploy first ship in Med
Phil Davies - Nov 16, 2024
WTM Special Report: Star Cruises is to base a ship in Malta to offer eastern Mediterranean itineraries next summer. The…
Web ‘too crowded’ for more travel brands
Ginny McGrath - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: Lowcostbeds.com is launching destination-specific websites in the belief that consumers are bamboozled by online travel brands. Speaking…
Sell travel ‘like sweets at supermarket’
Ginny McGrath - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: Online Travel Company (OTC) has boosted look to book ratios by nearly 200 per cent after making changes to its…
Call to fight ‘obscenity’ of terrorism
Phil Davies - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Reoprt: India's tourism minister made an impassioned plea for the global travel industry to combat terrorism. Speaking during…
New trio of countries to become tourism superpowers
Phil Davies - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: China, India and Russia have been indentified as the new powerhouses in global tourism. The countries are…
Qatar seeks rights beyond UK
Phil Davies - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: Fast growing Middle East carrier Qatar Airways has revealed plans to enter the transatlantic arena. CEO Akbar…
Screen scraping not sidelined by XML
Ginny McGrath - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: Screen scraping is still widely used in the travel industry, despite the availability of XML. Speaking at…
XML standards will never be widely used
Ginny McGrath - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: XML standards are failing to keep up with the requirements of the travel industry. That’s according to…
‘Half of BA bookings online in two years’
Phil Davies - Nov 15, 2024
Half of British Airways bookings could be coming via the internet in less than two years. The airline's new chief executive…
MSC Cruises confirms euros 1bn ship order
Phil Davies - Nov 15, 2024
MSC Cruises has ordered two new generation ships, claimed to be the largest ships built to date for an Italian…
Air Berlin to launch Stansted-Alicante
Phil Davies - Nov 15, 2024
WTM Special Report: Air Berlin is to challenge easyJet on the Stansted-Alicante route from next summer. The German low cost…
