News in Brief: Monday June 17

News in Brief: Monday June 17
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Youth operator Topdeck is offering 5% off its 14-day Winter Wonder tour which operates between October and March.

Under the offer, the tour is priced from $2266 per person.

 

Frasers Hospitality has appointed Louise Osborne as it new director of sales for Victoria and ACT to be based at Frasers Place Melbourne.

She will represent the firm's three Australian properties.

 

The founder of the International College of Management, Darryl Courtney-O'Connor, has been appointed a member of the Order of Australia for his services to the tourism and hospitality industry.

Courtney-O'Connor is also the chairman of the TourAust Corporation which founded the Constellation Hotel Group.

 

AAT Kings has introduced a new Sydney Day Tours program offering holidaymakers activities such as dolphin watching in Port Stephens and wine tasting in the Hunter Valley.

The brochure comprises 12 half to full day trips of Sydney, Canberra, the South Coast, Port Stephens and the Hunter region, along with a new small group day tour of the Blue Mountains (maximum 24 people).

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