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Cairns: Green heart

Ewan McDonald embarks on a mission down Australia’s Bruce Highway, and discovers intrigue along the way.Sleepy Sunday morning sidewalks. Everyone in Cairns, it seems, obeys the commandment about honouring the Sabbath except a middle-aged Kiwi rolling his suitcase down the…

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Iberia and Qatar Airways expand codeshare partnership

Iberia and Qatar Airways have extended the codeshare agreement they signed in 2017, enabling their customers to travel to more destinations, with more flight options and better connections.Iberia passengers will now be able to travel to 18 destinations in Africa,…

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Cairns: Look beneath the surface

It’s no beauty but extremely popular. Ewan McDonald discovers the waterfront, aquarium and the markets that attract visitors to Cairns.Cans. As in the things that beer comes in and the city in the south of France that hosts the film…

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Vietjet to launch flights to Brisbane, Australia, in 2019

Vietjet is set to make Brisbane its first Australian long-haul destination following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the airline and Brisbane Airport Corporation in Queensland, Australia.Scheduled to commence in 2019, the non-stop service between Ho Chi Minh…

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Minor Hotels reveals new Avani Central Melbourne Residences

Minor Hotels has revealed plans for Avani Central Melbourne Residences, its second Avani Hotels & Resorts property in Australia.Due to be fully completed in August this year, the 456-room building further strengthens Avani’s footprint in Australia, having launched its first…

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Jewsbury to head Emirates operations in UK

Emirates has announced the appointment of Richard Jewsbury as the new divisional vice president of the UK.He will take over from Laurie Berryman, who retires from the airline on March 31st.In his role, Jewsbury will oversee Emirates’ entire sales and…

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AccorHotels one step closer to completing Mantra acquisition

AccorHotels has welcome an Australian Competition & Consumer Commission decision to clear the acquisition of Mantra Group.The acquisition still requires approval from Mantra shareholders as well as approvals from the Federal Court and the Foreign Investment Review Board.Mantra is one…

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Air New Zealand improves economy class Skycouch

Parents travelling with little ones will soon enjoy even greater freedom to choose how they fly with Air New Zealand making some enhancements to its award-winning Economy Skycouch.The Air New Zealand designed Skycouch, a row of three Economy seats that…

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