News in Brief: Friday December 19

News in Brief: Friday December 19
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Today is the final day to enter the Creative Holidays and Dubai Tourism competition and be in the running to win a moonlight cinema family special package.

Send your answers to these questions to competition@themisfits.media by the end of today, and stay tuned because next week a final instalment of the comp will be announced, with one final prize to win before Christmas.

 

Tata Group will be launching its full-service ‘Vistara’ airline on January 9, 2015.

The name Vistara comes from Vistaar in Sanskrit, which means limitless expanse, and draws inspiration from the brand’s domain—the limitless sky.

Headquartered in New Delhi, Vistara will begin operations with its fleet of brand new Airbus A 320-200s with 148 seats.

 

Air Tahiti Nui has launched a new-look website with images that reflect its destinations and user-friendly navigation compatible with mobile devices.

The website offers an enhanced online booking engine; a search function for the best available rates; promotional airfares and packages; a flight schedule and status updates plus dedicated access to Club Tiare – Air Tahiti Nui’s frequent flyer program. 

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Sabre Red App Centre has exceeded 1 million downloads by travel agents worldwide.

That’s 1.2 million downloads by nearly 118,000 users across 119 countries. The Top Five Red App downloads in the past 60 days include Clipboard App, SeatGuru, Command Translator, Dynamic Calendar and Airport Search

 

Air Canada held its annual Great Air Canada Paddle event last week, which saw Flight Centre agents kayaking on Sydney harbour.

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Scenic has revealed its latest luxury Scenic ‘Space-Ship’, Scenic Azure, which will launch on Portugal’s Douro River in April 2016.

Travelling over 11 days from Porto to Vega de Terron the river cruise ship is 80 metres long and features an exclusive 48 cabins.

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Topdeck Travel has launched its new 67-page Australia and New Zealand 2015/16 brochure that features 24 epic trips across the two countries

For more information click here.

 

Back-Roads Touring has announced unprecedented growth in 2014 following a strong year and increasing popularity for small group travel.

Brand manager Hugh Houston says the growth comes off the back of incredible reception to new tours and destinations launched earlier this year.

 

The Swiss Travel System will be marketing its new product range that aims to better cater to the changing needs of visitors to Switzerland.

The first major change is the rebranding of the popular all-in-one Swiss Pass, introduced 25 years ago, to the Swiss Travel Pass with new validity dates of three, four, eight and 15 days.

The Pass will also be printable from home and continue to grant users unlimited travel on all public transportation and access to 480 museums across the country.

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Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au

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