Oops! Wrong Sydney

Australia's tourism loss a boon for Canada

OTTAWA — An Argentine tourist got the city name right, but the continent wrong when she booked a vacation to Australia, and found herself in easternmost Canada this week, said local media.

New South Wales

Tourism pitch to woo Chinese

Sydney is to be centre stage of the state's tourism push, as the core part of a new strategy to revive visitor numbers to NSW.

Qantas jet makes emergency landing in Sydney

Qantas: Third high-profile emergency landing in eight days

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's aviation agency launched a review of Qantas Airways' safety standards Sunday after a Manila-bound jetliner spraying hydraulic fuel made the airline's third high-profile

Alliance Will Bring Unprecedented Strength To State's Campaign To Win More Events

SCVB and Events NSW forge new partnership

New South Wales is forecasting a significant hike in its share of the international business events market, following a new partnership between the State's two major event bodies, Events New South Wal

Australia

Sydney climbs back up the ladder of tourist popularity

SYDNEY is staging a comeback, moving up a place in the ranks of the most popular cities to visit, an influential survey of international travellers shows.

Intensified Push Into Key International Markets

Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau boosts its overseas team

The Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) has expanded its business development teams in London and Hong Kong as it mounts an intensified push into key international markets.

Creates New Role In UK /Europe

Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau boosts its overseas team

The Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) has expanded its business development teams in London and Hong Kong as it mounts an intensified push into key international markets.

‘Australasia’s Leading Conference Center’

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center wins World Travel Award for third year

The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center (SCEC) has won the World Travel Award for Australasia’s Leading Conference Center for the third consecutive year. Announced at the World Travel Awards in Sydney last night at the Observatory Hotel, the World Travel Awards are voted on by travel professionals around the globe.

Fuel Prices

Air Pacific to increase fares due to record oil prices

SYDNEY, Australia (eTN) - Air Pacific has announced in a press release that it will increase its fares from Australia to Fiji by approximately five per cent for tickets issued from June 11, 2008.

Expedia

Air Pacific, Expedia team up

SYDNEY, Australia (eTN) - Fiji’s Air Pacific has joined forces with the world’s largest online travel provider, Expedia, to launch Air Pacific Holidays.

Australia

New $1.2m tourism campaign for Sydney

A $1.2 million tourism campaign will highlight the biggest events in Sydney's calendar in a bid to attract more visitors to the city, the NSW government says.

State Tourism Minister Brown officially launched the campaign - dubbed Sydney, Designed to Inspire - at a breakfast at the city's Museum of Contemporary Art on Tuesday.

Australia

Victorian Tourism Minister Tim Holding slams Sydney's top spot

SYDNEY'S great for traffic jams, but it's not a patch on Melbourne. That's the view of prominent Victorians after an international survey ranked Sydney the greatest city in the world.

Melbourne came sixth in the survey.

Victorian Tourism Minister Tim Holding yesterday dismissed the Anholt City Brands Index, released yesterday.

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines to operate four daily flights between Singapore and Sydney

Singapore Airlines will further expand capacity on the Singapore – Sydney route from April, with the progressive introduction of a fourth daily service, making it the first airline to operate 28 weekly flights on this popular route.