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		<title>Custom Family Travel on the Rise: Time to Reconnect and Explore Exotic Destinations with Asia Transpacific Journeys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 00:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family and multi-generational travel has been named the biggest new travel trend in 2011 by industry expert Virtuoso. With their hectic schedules, families are now seeking cultural experiences in exotic locales where they can spend quality time together while expanding their horizons. Traveling to far-flung places in Asia and the Pacific with Asia Transpacific Journeys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Sky Expands Down Under &#8211; Australian Sky Launches Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-haul tour operator, Tropical Sky has added a new brand to its portfolio. Launching today, Australian Sky will offer competitively priced holidays from self-drive and escorted tours across the Australian states to beach breaks, city stays and special interest or activity-based holidays. Heading up the venture is Chris Hawkins, who joins as a director for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GotoBus Expands Online Travel Service to Include Australia Sightseeing Tours</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GotoBus.com, the leading online ticketing company for intercity bus travel and bus tours, has recently expanded its services to include Australia sightseeing tours. The company now offers over 100 sightseeing tours and activities in nine cities: Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney. Throughout the company’s history, GotoBus has continually diversified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s tourism industry at risk of losing billions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are at stake should Australia not reform its ailing tourism industry, a new report revealed on Monday. The government-sponsored Jackson Report came as Australia&#8217;s share of global tourism dropped 14 percent between 1995 and 2008, while also declining as a proportion of Australia&#8217;s gross domestic product (GDP) since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How could Swine Flu affect Australia’s travel and tourism industry – a view about the unquantifiable ”X” factors we are all facing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 18:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When SARS was in its infancy in 2003, Tim Harcourt Chief Economist at the Australian Trade Commission said, “Every year economic forecasters have to contend with an “X Factor”, and I am sure that it is fair to say that this year we are already not only dealing with two “X Factors” and let’s call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian tourism industry optimistic in face of global recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) said on Friday that the economic crisis has led to a sharp spike in the number of backpackers heading to Australia shores. &#8220;The backpacker market is absolutely booming, we&#8217;ve seen visa applications up by 20 percent out of Germany and Britain alone, and those figures are translating into business&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is branding important for a travel business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is branding important for a travel business? Have you ever noticed how the public is hesitant to book with a tour operator, an accommodation provider or a carrier that they have not heard of before? If the public has heard of a brand name then they are likely to trust the brand name and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvey World Travel wins the title of &#8216;Australasia&#8217;s Leading Travel Agency&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvey World Travel took top honours at the World Travel Awards inaugural Australasian ceremony winning the title of Australasia’s Leading Travel Agency at Sydney’s Observatory Hotel on Tuesday night. Australia’s most recognised retail brand, Harvey World Travel was peer-selected for the accolade from a first-rate field across Australasia, including Jetset, STA Travel and New Zealand’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Bali Hotel &amp; Resort Company calls on Australian Government to change Indonesian Travel Advisory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Little Bali Hotel &#38; Resort Company is calling on the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs &#38; Trade to rethink its current Indonesian travel advisory following the US government’s decision this week to downgrade its advice to American citizens travelling to the destination. The LBHRC call for action follows the release of a State Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More pressure on Australia to lift Bali travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pressure is mounting for Australia to follow the United States’ lead in revoking its advisory against travel to Bali, Indonesia. Adding to those putting pressure on the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs &#38; Trade (DFAT) is the Little Bali Hotel &#38; Resort Company (LBHRC). The LBHRC call for action follows the release of a [...]]]></description>
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