ISSN 1834-3058 ,è---/è / è è ,]-9 U Australia & New Zealand U Salary $85k (neg) Travel DailyAU U Leading Travel Company First with the news Thu 06 May 10 Page 1 Contact Wendy at TMS [email protected] EDITORS: Bruce Piper and Guy Dundas T: 9231 6444 E-mail: [email protected] Ph: 1300 799 220 U U * , U -9 U U U -è U - China Eastern pact Royal THAI purple QANTAS has extended its Expedia aims for the top TODAY the front page of Travel relationship with China Eastern ONLINE agency Expedia will Currently in Australia Expedia Daily has turned purple in honour Airlines, which is now a partner of today launch a major marketing estimates that about 26% of travel of THAI Airways International’s the Qantas Frequent Flyer campaign, with the company’s bookings are made online, versus 50th birthday (TD yesterday). Program. new Asia-Pacific head, Dan Lynn, more than 40% in the USA. 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Thu 06 May 10 Page 2 call or email:[email protected] EDITORS: Bruce Piper and Guy Dundas Click for Etihad Interactive Tour E-mail: [email protected] Ph: 1300 799 220 Celebrity drink deal CELEBRITY Cruises has launched Dixon hails Brett Godfrey Window pre-booking for a range of on- A MAGNANIMOUS Geoff Dixon the carrier, with their feelings board beverage packages on its last night acknowledged retiring based “a little bit on bias, a little Seat full range of cruises, expanding Virgin Blue ceo Brett Godfrey’s bit on marketing, and on a real an initiative which debuted on major contribution to the degree of hope that the bastard ONE of the speakers at last Celebrity Millennium last year Australian aviation industry over would fail”. night’s Brett Godfrey function (TD 30 Nov). the last ten years since he Ten years on DJ has carried 114 (p2) was Samoa’s deputy prime The packages went on sale 02 founded the carrier. million passengers, with 6500 minister, Misa Telefoni Retzlaff, May and will become available on The former Qantas chief was staff, 86 aircraft and an who contrasted Godfrey’s board later this month. one of the speakers at an accumulated $700m in profits - “a understated style with a pink More cruise news in today’s exclusive farewell function for pretty good effort,” Dixon said. jacket worn by Air New Zealand Cruise Weekly - subscribe free at Godfrey, who steps down at He also ate humble pie by ceo Rob Fyfe (see page 7). www.cruiseweekly.com.au. midnight tomorrow night to be quoting comments that he’d made “It just goes to show that you Tourism seminars replaced by John Borghetti. around the time of the DJ launch, don’t have to be a pretty boy Dixon hailed Godfrey’s including that the carrier was like Richard Branson or Rob Fyfe ROY Morgan Research will hold “enthusiasm, intelligence, flair “unlikely to survive a year. to run an airline,” he said. a series of seminars titled and vision,” saying that “by any “My only consolation, Brett, is And a video testimony from “Generation Y - Holiday and measure, Virgin Blue is a very very that you and your colleagues said former Qld premier Peter Leisure Trends” this month in successful company”. exactly the same thing about Beattie was filmed in Colombia, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. He spoke about the last ten Jetstar,” he quipped. prompting Sydney Airports The company’s director of years of “fierce battles” between The outcome, Dixon said, has chairman Max Moore-Wilton to Tourism, Travel and Leisure, Jane Qantas and Virgin Blue, and QF’s resulted in “two very strong say that Beattie was “a man that Ianniello will present insights from determination to crush the upstart. airline groups in Australia and a you could trust in any drug Roy Morgan’s research and the “The very fact that I’m here very strong airline industry”. capital of the world”. strong propensity for Gen Y to talking means we failed, and For more of TD’s exclusive Moore-Wilton also took some holiday overseas, with the Sydney failed comprehensively,” he said. coverage of the event, see p7. minor credit for the success of event to take place 11.30am-1pm When Virgin Blue was initially Virgin Blue in his role as chief of 11 May, Melbourne 1.30-3pm on 12 launched, Dixon said that he and Creative adds 3K staff to former Prime Minister May and Brisbane at 10-11.30am his Qantas colleagues were major CREATIVE Holidays has John Howard, who he described on 18 May. skeptics about the the survival of expanded its offering in Asia by as the “true midwife” of the There will also be an additional offering flights with Jetstar Asia airline with his decision not to Sydney seminar on Outbound Club Med bargain and Jetstar Pacific. bail out Ansett after its collapse, Tourism in Sydney on the THE special Kids stay, eat and The move follows a technology which “allowed the baby [Virgin afternoon of 11 May. play free promo at Club Med expansion which allows the full Blue] to get some oxygen”. The events are free, with light Lindeman Island (TD yesterday) is range of Jetstar airlines to be CONFLICT has broken out again refreshments provided but space priced from just $4730 for a booked via the iCreate online in the Balkans, over a decision is strictly limited. family of four (not per person) for system or through reservations. by Bosnian flag carrier BH RSVPs are due by tomorrow to six all-inclusive nights and flights “Our ability to sell Jetstar in Airlines to ban in-flight alcohol [email protected]. ex BNE - 1800 258 263. Asia is an exciting development and catering containing pork for agents,” said Creative general products, in accordance with manager Andrew Yell. Islamic principles. “We have seen a real increase in The move has been taken as a demand to Asia already this year provocation to other ethnic which continues to gain groups, and some politicians momentum,” he said, with strong have said it would be better to demand for Hong Kong, Malaysia, allow passengers to choose what Singapore and Vietnam.