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Effective from Oct this year the new product will boost capacity by up to 23%, as well as adding a range of premium seating options, with Business Premier and Premium Economy cabins on the route for the first time.

The expansion was announced by Air NZ chief commercial officer Cam Wallace alongside SA Tourism Minister Leon Bignell.

A contingent of senior Air NZ international regional managers

were also present, with the new Dreamliner Adelaide route part of the airline’s “Better Way to Fly” Americas strategy to feed Australian passengers onto its long-haul services to Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Vancouver and Buenos Aires.

Air NZ also recently introduced self-service kiosks at Adelaide Airport, with Wallace confirming the importance of the South Australian market to the carrier.

The 787-9 will operate flights NZ191/192 three times per week, while Air NZ will continue to deploy Airbus A320 aircraft on Adelaide flights NZ791/792.

Virgin Australia, which has a longstanding trans-Tasman partnership with Air NZ, was not present at the announcement.

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IVS shows strong growthTOURISM Research Australia

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International visitor spending also set a new high water mark, amounting to $39.1 billion for the year, up 7% overall.

Asia was a key source market, with all top ten Asian source countries recording double digit growth in visitor numbers.

Overall 17 of Australia’s 20 key markets showed record arrivals for the year including NZ, the USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland, France and Italy.

The biggest spenders were those from China, the UK, the US,

NZ and Japan, which combined contributed 54% of the total spend for the year.

Interestingly, Uber was used by 14% of visitors during their stay, while the most common website used to book private accommodation was Airbnb, used by 426,000 travellers to Australia.

All Australian states & territories recorded visitation growth during 2016 except the NT.

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Stuchbury has over 15 years’ industry experience, with stints at Qantas Holidays, Talpacific Holidays and Harvey World Travel.

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JAPAN Int’l Broadcasting Inc. has enlisted anime character and “cultural phenomemon” Hatsune Miku to spruik Japan’s cuisine on NHK World TV.

A promotional music video features the virtual singer Miku (below) accompanying tourists around Japan and showcasing local cuisine “with a cute OISHII [tasty] pose and a sweet smile to a unique upbeat rhythm”.

Her ‘Japan Gourmet Tour’ includes scallops in Hokkaido, apples that “shine like jewellery” in Tohoku and traditional dishes including crabs in Hokuriku and buri shabu in Shikoku.

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In Sydney this week, president and ceo Lindsey Ueberroth confirmed the company had “pretty aggressive plans” in Australia, targeting both outbound travellers and boosting participation from local hotels.

Currently Melbourne’s boutique Lyall Hotel is PHR’s only member in Australia, but Ueberroth flagged aspirations for significant expansion in destinations such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Adelaide, as well as a “special request” for Hobart.

He outlined a new strategy “redefined the way the hotel experience is rated, not by tiers or stars, but by experiences” in order to create greater clarity for independent hoteliers & travellers.

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Figures released by Tourism Accommodation Australia (TAA) today show 228 hotel projects under construction or in advanced planning in the six state capitals and Darwin, representing more than 34,000 new rooms.

TAA ceo Carol Giuseppi said the investment would revolutionise Australia’s hotel industry over the next five years.

“This is the most extensive and all-encompassing hotel rejuvenation phase in Australia’s tourism history,” Giuseppi said.

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“Cities such as Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide have been transformed by a substantial number of new hotel openings in the past few years, and Sydney is set to follow suit with $2.3 billion worth of hotel projects already approved and a further $1.9 billion of projects proposed.”

QF exit row policyQANTAS has added a further

element to its safety briefing for passengers seated in exit rows on its aircraft, who in the event of an emergency may be required to operate the doors.

Effective immediately, passengers in those seats who use reading glasses, contact lenses or hearing aids must be wearing them during all take-offs and landings.

Celebrity invests in local staff

CELEBRITY Cruises has amped up its investment in the local market, promoting Cameron Mannix to be the first bdm dedicated solely to the Celebrity brand in Australia & New Zealand, TD can exclusively reveal.

Previously split across Royal Caribbean Cruises’ three brands (Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises), the company is looking to open Celebrity to a

larger local market.“My role is to get the Celebrity

name out there, to increase awareness as to what Celebrity means to clients and to show how we differ from everyone else,” Mannix told Travel Daily at a trade launch of Celebrity Edge class in Sydney last night.

Mannix (left) is pictured with Peter McCormack, head of sales Australia and New Zealand, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Australia.

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Trafalgar Italy winnersTHE winners of Trafalgar/Etihad

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The winners are: Kristie Waite, Flight Centre (FC) Browns Plains; Tanya Chives, FC Business Travel; Rebecca Beuger, helloworld Rowville; Lea Cristina Rocha, FC Elwood; Michelle Schinella, Marconi Travel; Steffanie Long, TourRadar; Timothy Beckensall, Wings Away Travel; Jason John McCrum, FC Kardinya; Kristy Jane Sharpe, helloworld Camden Argyle St and Catherine Riches, Travel Associates.

Wine tourism paperTHE Federal government has

invited wine producers to take part in a consultation on the govt’s $10 million Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant program.

Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer said, “The Government wants to support producers who add value and contribute to their communities by encouraging visitors to wine regions.”

As part of the plan, eligible producers receive an annual grant up to a $100,000 + GST for their sales, said Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston.

The program complements the $50m Export and Regional Wine Support Package that is being implemented by the Australian Grape and Wine Authority from 2016 to 2019.

Australian wine exports rose by 7% to $2.22b in 2016 - CLICK HERE to view the consultation paper.

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PREFERRED Hotels & Resorts hosted its first Australian event in a decade last night in Sydney as part of an aggressive new push to expand operations in the local market (see page three).

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NEARLY three year-old retail travel group, italktravel has expanded it’s footprint in Queensland with the opening of italktravel Townsville this week.

The office is headed by young gun and owner of Jetsetter Travel in nearby Ayr, Rane Reguson, who said he was excited to bring the “fresh, new, emerging” Australian travel brand to the residents of Townsville.

Jetsetter Travel is a member of the Independent Travel Group, a division of Express Travel Group.

ETG general manager of sales Jonathan Nelson said Reguson’s expansion is part of a “very deliberate growth strategy, one that involves partnering with owners of like mind, forethought and those who look long term, to reinvent as pioneers and to

move away from traditional retail franchise models.”

The team at the new italktravel Townsville outlet are pictured and include (from left): David Reguson, Dianne Reguson, Delfina Hocking, Rane Reguson, Lily Reguson, Stefania Scuderi and Melissa Bevilacqua.

AA Chicago boostNINE new routes from Chicago

O’Hare will be introduced by American Airlines in Jun and Jul.

Destinations include Meridian (debuting 02 Jun), and Appleton, Birmingham, Boise, Bozeman, Colorado Springs, Greeensboro, Greenville and Ontario - all set to commence from 05 Jul.

Frequencies range from once to thrice daily, most of which are operated by American Eagle.

MEANWHILE, passengers flying in the Main Cabin with AA on trans-continental A321 services between both Los Angeles and San Francisco to New York will be offered free meals, from 01 May.

Depending on the time of day, options will include continental breakfast in the morning, a boxed meal with a sandwich wrap, chips and dessert, a vegetarian option and a fruit and cheese plate.

“Some of our best customers fly our trans-continental routes and we want to give them a top-notch onboard experience,” said American Airlines vice pres global marketing, Ferndand Fernandez.

Murray Xmas in JulyCAPTAIN Cook Cruises has a

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Festivities include a traditional Christmas dinner, themed activities and a visit from Santa.

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Craft distillery for P&O Explorer

P&O Cruises Australia has outlined plans to feature craft distillery Archie Rose on board its latest ship Pacific Explorer when it makes its debut in Jun.

Under a partnership announced last night, the celebrated Australian spirits producer will be the focus of a new on-board bar called The Bonded Store, offering the Archie Rose range of gins, vodkas and tailored spirits.

The distiller will also host a series of hands-on guest experiences including whisky masterclasses and gin-blending

activities, modelled on the popular sessions held at its bar in the backstreets of inner-Sydney.

P&O Cruises Australia president Sture Myrmell said the new bar was conceived after he discovered Archie Rose with colleagues last year.

“We realised we had this fantastic distillery in our own backyard with this amazing product - we decided we had to find a way to work with these guys,” Myrmell said.

Archie Rose Distilling Co founder Will Edwards said the new Bonded Store bar would give guests an insight into the native ingredients and seasonal botanicals used in his products.

“It’s the get-your-hands-dirty experiences that we’ve never offered off-site before that are really going to set this apart,” said Edwards, pictured right with Sture Myrmell last night.

Ray Martin gets awayCHANNEL Nine’s Getaway

will this weekend screen the first of two episodes involving broadcaster Ray Martin aboard a Scenic river cruise along Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River.

On Sat the show will feature Myinmu, Yandabo and Bagan, while on 25 Mar the show will visit towns from Salay to Yangon.

Morris heads TTNQ PORT Douglas tourism

identity Wendy Morris has been appointed chair of Tourism Tropical North Queensland.

She will take over from Max Shepherd who celebrates 50 years in tourism as he completes his three-year term as chair.

Albatross to FranceALBATROSS Tours has

introduced a new tour through the north of France this year, with departures from May to Sep.

The 11-day Normandy, Brittany and the Loire Valley explores charming villages and grand chateaux, plus highlights including D-Day landing beaches, Monet’s gardens and Mont Saint Michel, priced from $5,889ppts.

TEN subway lineA SUBWAY line connecting

Beijing city with the Beijing New Airport project at Daxing under construction at Tongren Fenghuang (TEN) will be the fastest of it kind in the country, the China municipal government is reporting.

The 41.4km line includes three stations with a journey time of 19 minutes, the China Daily reports.

The subway line is expected to be operational by Sep 2019.

Cuba flt withdrawalsFRONTIER Airlines and Silver

Airways have announced they will pull their Cuba services on 22 Apr and 04 Jun respectively as a result of a glut of air demand.

Silver Airways started flying between Fort Lauderdale and Cuban cities six months ago, while Frontier has operated daily flights between Miami and Havana.

The airlines blamed excessive capacity by other US carriers to Cuba for their service withdrawal.

Novotel Brisbane has unveiled GourmetBar in inner-city Spring Hill on Creek Street. After two months of renovations, the eatery features a welcoming bar area designed for casual catch-ups while high backed two-seater sofas and standalone seating and table

arrangements are ideal for meals and meetings.

Hilton Toledo-Perrysburg has renovated Hampton Inn & Suites in Toledo, Ohio. The 98-room select-service hotel has been re-carpeted throughout the entire building with a remote projection screen added in the meeting room and convenience store.

Business and leisure travellers will appreciate the new additions.

Renovation work at TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Tucson, Arizona is now complete. The 91-room hotel’s revamp included a facelift of the lobby complete with modern furniture, flooring, decor and upgraded patio furniture and exercise equipment.

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ATEC’s Queensland team lands at Jupiters OVER 110 delegates attended this year’s ATEC South Queensland workshops, held at Jupiters on the Gold

Coast. The event provided an opportunity to zone in on the new developments and some of the significant new investment in the destination recently, including the refurbishment of Jupiters Casino and the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre.

During their stay at the Casino, guests enjoyed a welcome dinner which featured a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute band and familiarised themselves with the new Treasury Casino site in Brisbane.

The event wrapped up with a ‘shop and dine’ experience at the new Pacific Fair Shopping Centre where delegates received a shopping voucher to use that night. The Gold Coast will also play host to Corroboree West in Oct as well as next year’s Commonwealth Games.

NICOLE Manderson, tourism marketing manager, Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and Don Jolly, ATEC Sth Qld branch manager.

KELLY She, Village Roadshow Theme Parks; Tammy Chiu,

Fashion Tours and Erin Moston, Village Roadshow Theme Parks.

INTERNATIONAL buyers Leon Ellas, Tour East; Janet Allchin, Travel Insiders and Mark Abercromby, A&A.

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STEVEN Ihm, Pacific Fair; Ashley Ng, Brisbane Marketing; Mark Treasure, Mirimar Cruises; Mandy Lo Carson of Wing on Tours, Steven Wong, Holiday Pacific; Aimee Eliman-Brown, ANZCRO and Linda Kurniawati, Wel Travel.

MORE than 100 buyers and sellers attended workshops at the newly refurbished Jupiters Casino.

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Boeing China plantBOEING and Chinese aviation

manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China will being building a Boeing 737 completion centre in eastern China’s Zhoushan city this month.

Scheduled to make deliveries from next year, it will be Boeing’s first overseas facility as part of its 737 production system, and designed to deliver 100 Boeing 737 planes annually.

The plant will install interiors and paint liveries, creating about 2,000 jobs in the city.

Boeing and rival aircraft manufacturer, Airbus are fiercely competing for jet orders in China.Hahn appointment

HAHN Air has appointed Dennis Huk as new head of global account management.

Huk will lead a team of more than 20 directors of global account management and service partners around the world.

He replaces Susan Strössinger, who left Hahn Air last year.

Grace Asia campaignSYDNEY’S historic Grace Hotel

will launch an Asian campaign, which will see its sales chief spend a week visiting major markets with its Asian marketing representatives Randall Marketing Asia (RMA) next week.

The hotel director of sales and marketing Craig Gosling will join RMA staff from Grace’s parent company - Malaysian-based Federal Hotels on a sales mission to Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Taipei to meet with industry groups next week.

New QF group siteQANTAS has launched a new

look group travel website.The portal has been updated

to improve the user’s online experience when booking tours and trips for large groups.

A GROUP of TravelManagers recently returned from a seven-night famil to Houston and Galveston in Texas.

Hosted by Travelcube’s sales exec Teena Hollwey and TravelManagers’ business partnership manager – Qld, Karen Dowling the group saw all the major drawcards including NASA’s Johnson Space Centre.

The real gem for the group was Galveston Island, located an hour away from downtown Houston.

“There seems to always be something fun happening in Galveston and the relaunch of the streetcars next year will further enhance its uniqueness &

intrigue,” said PTM John Lengacher.Pictured in Galveston are

PTM’s Lillie Smith, Joanne Haines, Darren Christensen, John Lengacher, Annette McHugh, Tanya Tyler, Karen Dowling, Maree Evans, Mark Devers and Simon Laneres, GTA.

Maldives PR in AusMALDIVES Marketing & PR

Corporation has appointed AVIAREPS as its PR representative in Australia.

The appointment, which has immediate effect, was made as the national marketing corporation seeks to strengthen its position as a luxury and desired travel destination for travellers from Australia.

Last year, tourism visitation to the Maldives from Australia grew to a total of over 23,000 arrivals, compared to 19,733 in 2015; an increase of 19.5%. Australia now makes up 2.0% of the total market share.

MEL conference boomSIXTEEN influential Club

Melbourne Ambassadors were awarded last night for securing 12 major international conferences for Melbourne in 2016.

The conferences will attract almost 12,000 international delegates, who will spend a combined 46,000 days, benefiting local hotels, restaurants, retail outlets and tourist attractions.

Since the program’s inception, Club Melbourne Ambassadors have delivered 120 international conferences, contributing more than $685 million in economic impact to the state of Victoria.

Uluru double-deckerATG Downunder and SEIT

Outback Australia have partnered to introduce Uluru Fork and View, a double-decker bus open top restaurant.

Groups and private charters can enjoy a dinner tour, a three course meal, while solo travellers can enjoy morning tea daily at the base of Uluru.

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Your Travel Centre is a host agency providing you with the technology, marketing and support you need to reach your full potential as an independent travel professional.

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