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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced its new exclusive partnership with Nutrition Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that inspires healthy eating through education, information and advisory services.

The partnership aims to develop a revamped kids’ menu to launch in 2015 at Holiday Inn hotels across the Asia, Middle East and Africa region, featuring healthier food options that will enhance the travel appeal for holidaying families.

Nutrition Australia will create 26 appetiser and main meal dish options, ten dessert options and ten drink options, providing a nutritious balance of vegetables, meat and wholegrain foods, plus fruit or dairy where relevant.

The top cruise lines have celebrated the end of their first year under one hat, by hosting travel managers at a series of events across Australia on their ships.

World’s Leading Cruise Lines (WLCL) is the trade marketing umbrella of cruise operator Carnival Australia, representing the seven brands in Australia of P&O Cruises Australia, Princess Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Cunard, P&O Cruises World Cruising, Holland America Line and Seabourn.

To mark the occasion, the member lines have asked more than 200 industry partners to wear a hat and join them for a dining experience aboard ships in Fremantle, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne throughout November and December, with the Sydney event held on December 1 on P&O Cruises’ Pacific Jewel.

Airbus will deliver its first new, next-generation long-haul A350-900 plane to Qatar Airways on December 13, according to the European aerospace giant.

Designed to help the European manufacturer catch up with its American rival Boeing in the market for long-haul, fuel-efficient plans, the A350-900 makes extensive use of light composite materials that reduce fuel consumptions and costs, with the plane able to carry 315 passengers over a distance of 14,500km. 

Ten lucky agents who succeeded in making the most bookings with Viva Holidays and Infinity Rail over a month period were recently awarded with a luxury famil to Europe, supported by Rail Europe, Emirates and the corresponding local tourism bodies.

The ten-day famil saw the group visit historical cities of Rome and Florence, Nice in the sunny south of France, Barcelona and Dubai, checking out hot properties like the Ritz Carlton Hotel Arts in Barcelona and Jumeirah hotels in Rome and Dubai.

Effective immediately, Aviareps Australia has been appointed the new GSA for Fez travel, with its new responsibilities including marketing, PR, representations and bookings.

Aviareps’ general manager Peter Power said “at a time when retail travel faces increasing challenges and pressures I believe we can offer the retailer a range of services not usually offering in the traditional model.”

The Blackman hotel has paired up with tailoring experts Mr Shirts.com, offering guests both a roof over their heads and a shirt on their back – literally.

Just like visiting a gentleman’s tailor, The Blackman and Mr Shirts will ensure guests can order a perfectly-fitted shirt from the in-room menu, with each purchase gift wrapped in luxury boxes.

Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), the latest addition to the city’s series of events to celebrate the festive season and 2015 Chinese New Year is the Hong Kong Pulse 3D Light Show, which features Hong Kong-themed graphics, spectacular music and a range of iconic structures such as the Clock Tower.

Hong Kong Pulse will be held nightly from December 17 – 29 and February 14 – March 5, 2015 (excluding February 19) with four shows per night at 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm and 10pm, each show lasts about 15 minutes and the best vantage point for visitors to enjoy the show is the Open Piazza at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

To celebrate the release of its 2015/16 Maldives brochure, Singapore Airlines Holidays are offering savings of up to $400 per couple on seven-night air and land packages from its new range of resorts – but only for the first 50 bookings.

Available until December 15 or until sold out, the savings apply to properties like Kurumba Resort, and Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives, with the offer valid for travel between February 1 and December 1 2015.

A recent Swiss Airlines incentive earned seven top selling TravelManagers personal travel managers a nine-night famil to Switzerland, courtesy of Swiss International Airlines and Switzerland Tourism.

Visiting attractions such as the Olympic city of Lausanna, Mount Titlis, renowned Castle Chillon, and the beautiful lake town of Montreux, the travel managers made the most of their Swiss Pass to get the most out of the country.