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Website: www.traveldaily.com.au | Phone: 1300 799 220 | Fax: 1300 799 221 | Email: [email protected] Page 7 KQ boost ATC refunds Helloworld glam in Tinseltown FULLY automated ticket refund systems in the Amadeus Ticket Changer (ATC) Refund have now been extended by Kenya Airways Tuesday 7th Oct 2014 across its entire global network, taking effect yesterday. Little Red into history The Amadeus ATC solution says BARELY 18 months after taking it guarantees automatic refund to the skies (TD 04 Mar 2013), calculation results, using fare data Virgin Atlantic will wind up its input by airlines in loaded tariffs. domestic offshoot Little Red due All types of tickets, fares and all to the carrier being unprofitable. types of customers are covered The final Little Red service to under the comprehensive system. Manchester will depart in Mar next year, with Edinburgh and See through the Eiffel Aberdeen to close from Sep 2015. VS chief executive Craig Kreeger A NEW see-through glass floor cited the lack of runway slot pairs platform has opened at the Eiffel made available by regulators as Tower in Paris as part of a major LOS Angeles style glitz and detailed her recipe for solidifying central to Little Red’s demise. $43 million upgrade also featuring glamour dominated at the closing the brand in the business and new solar panels and a museum. gala dinner for Helloworld’s leisure travel landscape as well as The new platform is located 57 annual Owners/Managers unveiling a number of initiatives Regional NSW guide metres above the ground. conference over the weekend. to benefit members’ businesses. NEWSPAPERS across Australia Other upgrades carried out on Over two days, attendees heard One of these included a major and New Zealand will include a the tower include the installation from a plethora of guest speakers training program which is set to new glossy magazine promoting of wind turbines and solar panels and attended a range of plenary soon roll out across the network. visitation to regional NSW in the to help generate its electricity. sessions designed to motivate Pictured above at the gala spring & summer months as part and empower for future success. event from left is David Padman, of a new Destination NSW promo. Week group savings These included Woolworths Helloworld; Neil Ager, Qantas; The magazine will offer details transformational guru Julie Julie Primmer, Helloworld; Rob on family friendly activities along TRIPADVISOR has released Coates, motivational speaker Harrison, Qantas; Elizabeth the coast and inland, major details of a new cost comparison Terry Hawkins and a powerful Gaines, Helloworld and Steve events to visit and local markets. study looking at price differences presentation from Chris Gardner Limbrick from Qantas. for groups & families staying in a about his real-life story portrayed hotel rather than a holiday rental in The Pursuit of Happyness. in various Australian locations. Helloworld ceo Elizabeth Gaines Comparing average prices of a DISCOVER week in a two-bedroom rental as It’s time opposed to a three-star hotel, the JetBlue El Al pact EUROPE study found the Sunshine Coast AMERICAN carrier JetBlue WITH FINNAIR offered the greatest savings, with Airlines and El Al Israel for a 41% price difference recorded. Airways have applied to the US summer Brisbane was next with a 40% Department of Transportation for price saving in favour of a rental. permission to codeshare, with El Melbourne offered the poorest Al planning to place its LY code savings, with only a 2% difference on some JetBlue services into JFK ECONOMY in price, only slightly worse than and Newark airports in New York. Port Stephens at 9%. The move is an expansion of FROM $1496 Overseas, the Indian city of Goa an existing interline agreement offered the largest savings, with between the carriers which has rentals working out 58% cheaper. been in place since 2010.

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The city stays are a highlight of the new season from from Alice Springs to Darwin, to The deal will see a major Russian Travel Centre and can be enjoyed on the Great pass directly over at a 900ft gap. renovation carried out on the Value Small Group Hotel & Cruise Tours, with five-star The ATSB found that an already property, while Hilton Worldwide 2015 upgrades also available. The guide also features the brand new Volga Dream II, which will set sail on the assigned transponder code had will continue to manage the Volga River next year and is the first Russian newbuild for many decades. been applied to the 717, resulting property for another 100 years. in the call sign being incorrectly Funds raised will allow Hilton to Le Boat - 2015 European Boating Holidays displayed to aircraft in the region. buy more property in the US. Canal boating in Europe next summer is a unique way to see the many quaint towns and landscapes, with many different options portrayed in the new brochure. AFTA UPDATE Two new bases are now open in Aquitaine, France The latest updates from AFTA’s and Vinkeveen, Holland, allowing for a wider range of Chief Executive, Jayson Westbury pickup and dropoff ports. Further, the guide details a new sailing route in Poland, the newly launched app A VERY big congratulations goes out to all involved in holding the 2014 for smartphones and a new dymanic pricing model. Helloworld conference in LA over this past weekend with a number of amazing presentations and extremely impactful speakers. Topdeck - Europe 2015 It was wonderful to see the new Helloworld brand centre stage and The largest range of itineraries ever is now on the table great to catch up with so many travel agents who are now on the from Topdeck, with 11 new tours taking the range to Helloworld journey. now over 106. Over 166 pages, the range includes LA is always a city that shines and with a heatwave included, it proved adventures such as sailing, visiting festivals, deeper itself to be a fantastic location for a travel conference. journeys into regional Europe and even an opportunity One speaker who has had a lasting impact upon me was Chris Gardner. to be in Gallipoli for the 100th ANZAC anniversary. New He is a motivational speaker who took the delegates on an emotional trips for 2015 include an 18-day Europe Unplugged to roller-coaster as he delivered his message based upon his own real life suit camping lovers. Also new is the 15-day Mountains experiences. Chris is an American entrepreneur, investor, stockbroker, and Beaches and the 5-day Road to Troy, with many dates guaranteed. author, and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son. Euro Disney bailout BKK expansion plan Most would know the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, which was WALT Disney Company is set A THIRD runway will be built at released in May 2006. The movie was based on his story. What most to spend over US$1.25 billion on Thailand’s main Suvarnabhumi don’t know is that in the movie, his son was played at around age 5. But a major financial restructure at Airport as part of a 62 billion baht in truth his son was actually only 14 months. Euro Disney to clear debt and buy (AUD$2.17 billion) expansion plan As Chris delivered his story and talked about happiness in life and the park from its current owners. to increase capacity at BKK. the need to take on responsibility for what one does in one’s life - his A capital raising from existing Currently able to cater to 45m message just rippled through me and I am sure everyone present. He is now the CEO of Happyness (with a Y). You can check him out on shareholders will be conducted, pax per year, Suvarnabhumi will twitter @CEOofHappYness. His struggles with life and his lessons of with the company buying out all grow to serve up to 80 million in success, his life’s journey with some of the most amazing twists existing shareholders unwilling to the next five years, the plan says. and turns, his ability to come from the bottom of the tree of participate in the plan. Further, three new regional life, to now be an influencer of life is inspirational. According to the Wall Street airports will be constructed in As a very regular conference delegate, Chris for me Journal, it is the fourth bailout for the country, while others will be is by far the one man that has changed my life. I have the park in the last two decades. upgraded to cater to more pax. already taken steps to change.

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