Travel Cheap To Asia News

Feb

2012-02-06

Feb

Scoot speeds into Gold Coast - Herald Sun

2012-02-06

Scoot speeds into Gold Coast
Herald Sun
Flights between Gold Coast and Singapore from June Move to bring $65 million to local economy New budget Asian airline to fly from Sydney AUSTRALIANS can look forward to more cheap flights to Asia, with news budget carrier Scoot has chosen a second ...

and more »

Feb

Aussies holidaying overseas in record numbers - Herald Sun

2012-02-06

Wall Street Journal

Aussies holidaying overseas in record numbers
Herald Sun
Australian travellers took 7.8 million international trips last year New Zealand, Indonesia and the USA most popular destinations More cheap flights to Asia as Scoot announces second Aussie base A RECORD number of Australians travelled overseas last ...
Seeking Safeguards for Unskilled Workers AbroadWall Street Journal

all 7 news articles »

Feb

Discount Airline Ticket Web Site Expedia Signs Agreement with China Southern ... - Newstar Media

2012-02-05

Newstar Media

Discount Airline Ticket Web Site Expedia Signs Agreement with China Southern ...
Newstar Media
By Ed Dixon Looking for cheap discount airline tickets to China and Asia? Well known as a premier web site for finding cheap air fares and discount airline and travel deals, Expedia, Inc, has announced a new global strategic partnership the largest of ...

and more »

Feb

More Australians Jetting Abroad to Asia, Say Online Travel Agency, Jetabroad - MarketWatch (press release)

2012-02-01

More Australians Jetting Abroad to Asia, Say Online Travel Agency, Jetabroad
MarketWatch (press release)
Australia's leading online travel agency, Jetabroad, have highlighted the increase in Aussies travelling to Asia via Sydney and Melbourne airports. Taking advantage of cheap flights available through favourable currency exchanges, ...

and more »

Feb

9 things to do in Hong Kong - The West Australian

2012-02-05

The West Australian

9 things to do in Hong Kong
The West Australian
This dawns on me as I'm flying in for my first visit to the Asian city. What if the glossy brochures and travel guides have exaggerated and Hong Kong is in fact the bore of Asia? The woman sitting near me on the plane says you can do the city in two ...

Feb

Crude Falls 1% as Oil Contracts Diverge - Wall Street Journal

2012-02-06

Crude Falls 1% as Oil Contracts Diverge
Wall Street Journal
And at the same time, demand in Asia for Europe's oil is also rising. According to shipping fixtures examined by The Wall Street Journal, at least 12 million barrels of North Sea Forties crude were booked to travel to Asia between December and February ...

and more »

Feb

Kuala Lumpur: Where your feet are the treat - Hobsons Bay Leader

2012-02-06

Hobsons Bay Leader

Kuala Lumpur: Where your feet are the treat
Hobsons Bay Leader
MY travel motto is that I'll try anything once. This was tested in Kuala Lumpur - but having a go paid off. Bustling hawker markets selling sneakers, slogan T-shirts and mobile phone cases are cheap and handy, but also a dime-a-dozen in Asia.

and more »

Feb

China talks must go beyond oil: Opposition - CTV.ca

2012-02-06

CTV.ca

China talks must go beyond oil: Opposition
CTV.ca
Harper boarded a plane in Ottawa around midday Monday for a four-day visit designed to strengthen ties with the Asian giant. Major powerbrokers from Canada's energy sector are travelling with Harper, as part of an entourage that also includes a number ...

and more »

Jan

Cheap rooms, scenery and other reasons for people to visit Vegas - Las Vegas Sun

2012-01-30

Cheap rooms, scenery and other reasons for people to visit Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
By Kyle Hansen (contact) But the list, by travel journalist George Hobica and published by the Huffington Post, may be a good reminder to Southern Nevadans about why they live here. For example, you can get good Asian food without going to Asia, ...

and more »

Feb

Senator Nick Xenophon ridicules Qantas over claims of risk - Herald Sun

2012-02-05

Senator Nick Xenophon ridicules Qantas over claims of risk
Herald Sun
A Senate committee is examining legislation proposed by Senator Xenophon that would require Australian airlines to provide overseas-based flight and cabin crew the same pay and conditions as their Australian counterparts. It is also looking at another ...

and more »

Feb

More Australians Jetting Abroad to Asia, Say Online Travel Agency, Jetabroad

2012-02-01

SYDNEY, February 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ ---Jetabroad say increasing numbers of international passengers travelled from Melbourne and Sydney airports to Asia in 2011-Australia's leading online travel agency, ...

Feb

Scoot speeds into Gold Coast

2012-02-06

AUSTRALIANS can look forward to more cheap flights to Asia, with news budget carrier Scoot has chosen a second Australian base.

Jan

Cover your travel bases

2012-01-17

AUSSIES are being reminded to read the fine print of their travel insurance policies after the Costa Concordia tragedy.

Jan

Struggling Europe offers cheap travel deals

2012-01-12

EUROPE is emerging as the new hotspot for Australian travellers in 2012 as the dollar reaches record highs against the Euro.

Jan

Cheapflights.com.au Helps You Plan a Great Escape

2012-01-23

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-- - With Christmas out of the way and the Aussie Dollar going strong, now's the perfect time to squeeze in one last holiday before schools start; unwind by exploring exotic destinations ...

Feb

'Ice Man' tackles Himalayan water shortage

2012-02-06

CTV News' South Asia Bureau Chief Janis Mackey Frayer travels to the Himalayas to answer the question: can 'artificial glaciers' ease a water shortage there?

Jan

Expats hit by AirAsia X flight cuts

2012-01-18

Expats in Asia have voiced their disappointment over plans by AirAsia X to scrap cheap flights back to Europe

Feb

Burma back on the map: Tourism returns to South-east Asia’s forbidden land

2012-02-03

I arrived in Yangon – or Rangoon, as the British knew Burma's old capital – half expecting not to make it beyond the airport. I'd heard stories about interrogated journalists and swarms of all-seeing secret police. I had a tourist visa and had listed my profession as "management" but my bag contained a laptop and note pads. A web search of my name would expose me in a second. And I'm a hopeless ...

Jan

Trouble in paradise: Falling foul of Southeast Asia’s tough drug laws

2012-01-25

Talk about your Bali vacation gone all to hell. Kerobokan Prison was likely the last thing on the anonymous Australian teenager’s mind when he paid a Kuta dealer about $25 for a baggie of marijuana. But drugs in Southeast Asia have a way of screwing up your travel plans. As the Aussie teen found out

Jan