News in Brief: Wednesday May 1

News in Brief: Wednesday May 1
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Emirates will expand capacity on South East Asian routes with the addition of a second daily direct Airbus A380 service to Bangkok and a fourth daily A330-200 service to Hong Kong, both from October 27.

The A330-220 Hong Kong service will be upgraded to a Boeing 777-300ER later this year.

 

Ireland saw visitor numbers from Australia, New Zealand and other countries within Oceania surge 21.3% in the first quarter of the year.

 

SeaLink Travel Group has launched a 28-page South Australia holiday & tours brochure for 2013-14 specifically designed for the interstate market under its holiday packaging arm SeaLink Holidays.

 

Online retailer Zuji will transition to the Travelport GDS following its recent acquisition by Webjet, with the migration already underway.

 

Australian travel agents can now book Finnair ancillary services such as seat selection and extra baggage via the Electronic Miscellaneous Document functionality in the Amadeus system.

 

Travel Indochina will launch a series of travel videos this week designed to bring its small group journeys in Vietnam and Cambodia to life.

Watch them here.

 

The Taj Group, India’s largest hospitality group, has launched its 100th hotel in India – the Vivanta by Taj in the millennium city of Gurgaon, 30km south of New Delhi.

The group has 117 hotels globally with a total of 26 hotels part of the Vivanta by Taj portfolio.

 

 

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