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	07/01/2009 10:00 am Top Ko Samui resort and spa offers special deals for travel industry BAAN Taling Ngam, the highly acclaimed hilltop-and-beach resort hotel and spa on the island of Ko Samui in southern Thailand, has announced reduced rates and special discounts for members of the travel industry. ... 07/01/2009 10:00 am David Phillips leaves I-xplore After over 30 years of having been involved with the wholesale travel industry in Australia with its highs and lows, I have decided it's time to take early retirement. ... 07/01/2009 10:00 am www.trainingmodules.travel Sensational Samoa Holiday Prize Winner. Congratulations to Tara De Andrade Butler (Harvey World Travel – Baulkham Hills, NSW) who is the lucky winner of our Sensational Samoa Holiday Giveaway. ... 07/01/2009 05:48 am Rice due at UN on Gaza crisis (AAP) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to New York and the United Nations in a bid to broker a "sustainable" ceasefire to end the crisis in Gaza. ... 07/01/2009 12:00 am Pulp politics In principle approval of the Environmental Impact Management Plan (EIMP) this week for the world class Bell Bay pulp mill should have been great news. But new Commonwealth Government demands for even more modeling brings a degree of frustration to Tasmania's timber dependent communities. The for ... 06/01/2009 06:44 pm Environmental Impact of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2009 Senator Ludlam: To ask the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (transferred to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence on 19 December 2008)- (1) What environmental impact studies have been conducted in relation to the planned Exercise Talisman Sab ... 06/01/2009 06:05 pm Figures show record numbers fly in October busiest month as international travel takes off. 6 Jan 2009 6:05 PM ... 06/01/2009 01:45 pm Big Bucks In Travel Savings For Webjet Declines in air fares nothwithstanding, airline price comparison site Webjet seems to be doing OK. Steve Creedy at the Australian reports that the site has seen a 19 per cent rise in demand over ... ... 06/01/2009 07:55 am Sustainable Bristol - Only UK City to Make DK Tourism Top 10 rubs shoulders with the likes of Cape Town in South Africa and the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires ... 06/01/2009 01:54 am Cheap tickets boost airfare sales Travellers snapped up cheaper airfares, boosting ticket sales in the six months to the end of December 2008, but prices could rise if the economy worsens, according to Webjet. The travel ... ... 06/01/2009 12:00 am Bargain-hunters give Webjet more lift Internet travel portal Webjet says travellers pushing harder for bargains were the cause of a 19 per cent surge in transactions in the December half, despite economic gloom prompting fears of a slowdown in demand for air travel. ... 05/01/2009 07:20 pm Australian visitors boost Fiji tourism to record high Fiji's tourism agency says growth in arrivals from Australia has been a key factor in the country having a record number of visitors in 2008. ... 05/01/2009 06:31 pm Advantage urges customers to 'love their travel agent' Consortium aims to encourage travellers away from online booking ... 05/01/2009 03:18 pm Webjet defies gloom with soaring sales Webjet reports a 19% jump in transaction numbers as more bargain hunters use the travel portal. ... 05/01/2009 01:17 pm Webjet enjoys strong first half report Webjet Shares are doing very well, up about 5 per cent after a strong first half preliminary report. ... 05/01/2009 12:36 pm UK visitors to fall? UK national tourism agency VisitBritain says it expects overseas visitor numbers to Britain will fall by around 0.7 per cent... ... 04/01/2009 11:02 am Hiking in Hong Kong Who needs a rucksack to go hiking when you can take a wheelie case? As well as strappy sandals, a summer dress, a Time Out city guide, a big fat novel, various hair products and unguents, and there, buried at the bottom of my case like an afterthought, a pair of stout walking boots, and a sensible f ... 03/01/2009 10:01 am Tourism minister under fire over 'substandard accommodation' comments (ABC) South Australia's Opposition says McLaren Vale tourism operators are angry at comments the Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith made at an opening in the region. ... 03/01/2009 10:01 am Tourism minister under fire over 'substandard accommodation' comments South Australia's Opposition says McLaren Vale tourism operators are angry at comments from Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith. ... 03/01/2009 08:45 am Jetstar's Darwin expansion still on the cards Jetstar says the forecast downturn in international travel to Australia should not affect plans to develop an overseas hub in Darwin. ... 03/01/2009 02:38 am Advantage asks customers to 'love their travel agent' Consortium aims to encourage travellers away from online booking ... 02/01/2009 08:16 pm ABTA issues travel insurance warning New FSA regulations from January 1 prompt concern ... 02/01/2009 01:45 pm Dont leave home without it! Best Flights offers Travel Insurance to book and confirm instantly online. Ensure you're covered for that next big trip! Best Flights offers to the minute domestic sales and prices for all your Australian travel needs. Virgin Blue, Pacific Blue, Jet Star and Qantas. ... 02/01/2009 09:32 am Australasian resilience forum Retail & Distribution makes recommendations Abolish fuel surcharges completely, simplify airfare taxes, consider compulsory insurance and revive AFTA's travel agent campaigns in order to stay resilient next year, think tank recommends. ... 31/12/2008 09:48 am Small Travel Agency Owners at Greater Risk with Downturn and Rising Overheads House of Travel&aposs director of finance, Grant Campbell has come out in support of Stella Travel Services chief executive Peter Lacaze&aposs November comments regarding bucking the sharp downward trend other retail brands are facing in the travel industry. ...