Archive | February, 2014

Qantas announces 5,000 job cuts and cost cuts

27 Feb

QantasQantas has announced 5,000 job cuts after suffering heavy financial loss. This is being done with plans to cut cost by A$2bn ($1.79bn: £1.80bn) over the next two years.

 

Source:-Travelandtoureurope.com

Ryanair Adds Extra Summer Flights From Stansted

27 Feb

RyanairRyanair, added extra flights on 9 Stansted routes to Bologna, Dublin, Lanzarote, Marrakech, Paphos, Riga, Salzburg, Santiago & Tours, offering passengers even greater choice this summer at Stansted Airport.

 

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NSW secures Australian premiere of world-acclaimed Matilda The Musical

27 Feb

Destination-NSW-300x103The Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) stage musical adaptation of the much-loved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl, Matilda, will play at the Lyric Theatre from August 2015.

 

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Dubai International starts 2014 with record 6.4 million passengers

27 Feb

dubai-airportDubai International started the New Year with record monthly traffic, exceeding 6.4 million passengers in January.

 

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Darren Hall: Continuous mordernization of fleet keeps Philippine Airlines in the news

27 Feb

darren-hallIn the recently concluded AIME, Travel and Tour World had a candid conversation with Mr. Darren Hall – the Sales Executive Director of Philippine Airlines. Darren talked about the future plans of the airline and the success stories from 2013.

 

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Citrix and CA Technologies Sign Agreement to Integrate NetScaler and SiteMinder

27 Feb

ca-technologyCitrix and CA Technologies announced an agreement to enable integration of the Citrix NetScaler SDX service delivery networking platform with CA SiteMinder, a leading access management solution.

 

Source:-Travelandtoureurope.com

NSW Government supports Bingham Cup Sydney 2014

27 Feb

Destination-NSW-300x103The biennial event is named after Mark Bingham, a member of the San Francisco gay rugby union team who died on board United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 tragedy.

 

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Tourism Ireland Welcomes +8.2% Growth in Overseas Visitors for November 2013-January 2014

27 Feb

tourism-ireland1Figures issued by the CSO today show that overseas visitor numbers to Ireland increased by +8.2% for the November 2013-January 2014 period.

 

Source:-Travelandtoureurope.com

UNWTO to support new tourism strategy of Qatar

27 Feb

unwtoUNWTO is supporting Qatar to implement its new tourism strategy through collaboration in the areas of legislation, institutional strengthening, statistics, marketing and capacity building. During an official visit to the country, where he met H.E.

 

Source:-Travelandtoureurope.com

Network Rail Transparency update – February 2014

27 Feb

Network-Rail-150x150Network Rail has today published new and updated information on its online transparency portal:

 

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