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December 24 2004 The team at ACS welcome the participating teams to the International Soccer Challenge. As the official event marketer and travel coordinator we welcome following European Teams to the arguably best youth tournament in the world:

Furthermore we welcome our Asian friends-the Malaysian Olympic Team and Tokyo Verdi as well as both participating Australian squads.

Good luck to all participants. From our perspective we are doing everything we can to make your stay a memorable one and use this opportunity to showcase our city on a grand scale.

December 28 2004 Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by the earthquake and subsequent Tsunamis. This truly global tragedy has your Australian friends supporting you in any way possible.

January 01 2005 Happy New Year to all, which under the circumstances is a very difficult sentence to bring over our lips. May 2005 bring better times. We hope that everything you wish for will come true.

January 09 2005 Congratulations Aston Villa on your cup win in Adelaide. By all accounts a deserved win and a terrific tournament to be involved with. See you next year.

January 28th 2005 ACS joins TicketCity affiliate program! See Major Events for further information and a link to their web-site.

March 18 2005 Peter and Mel have returned from a sensational ITB in Berlin. We thank all of our existing clients for their support and welcome our new clients to our portfolio.

April 28 2005 Friedhelm will be joining Mel from Germany at the Arabian Travel Market. A reminder to our clients to send outstanding collateral directly to Dubai.

May 31 2005 Thanks very much to all of the participants at our annual golf day. The feedback we received has been terrific and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.

July 04 2005 To Patrick and the team at Gleneagles-all the best for the G8 meeting next week. What a huge responsibility-which will no doubt bring out the best in you and your team. May the summit run smoothly and peacefully.

July 10 2005 Just one more week to go for qualifying to finish and for the 2007 Cricket World Cup draw. Check out the CWC page for further information.

July 24 2005 The "exotics"who have qualified for the Cricket World Cup, such as Bermuda and Ireland, have been added to the mix alongside the seeded nations. Watch this space and monitor the CWC page for regular updates.

July 25 2005 FIFA Accommodation Services have come back with a range of properties to choose from. So if you are still interested in heading to Germany for the Football World Cup 2006 or even joining our group that is heading over, time is running out.

July 27 2005 The 2006 Australian Tourism Exchange-the largest annual travel market in Oceania-will be held in Adelaide from the 17-23 June. Being the only Australian Travel Marketing, Distribution and Representation company with it's Head Office in Adelaide-Airline Corporate Services is perfectly poised to represent your organization at this not to be missed event.

August 03 2005 The European Tour stops today at Gleneagles for the Johnnie Walker Championships. G'Day to Patrick and his team and good luck to the Aussies contingent, in particular Wade Ormsby from Adelaide. In other news, the host country for the Australian and South African teams in the first round of the Cricket World Cup 2007, St. Kitts has launched its revamped web-site. Click on the St.Kitts Destination link and re-click the St.Kitts Tourism logo for a hyperlink to the newest version.

September 25 2005 Mel has returned from his 2 week sojourn to the Caribbean and US. His thanks go to all of the hosts, suppliers, clients, exhibitors he met on this trip. Special thanks to Darryn and Mark for their hospitality. To the new contacts made-we will be sending out proposals within the next seven days.

November 21 2005 Michael is clocking up millions of points, having only just returned to Australia from the WTM and now on his way back to Germany and Belgium for supplier negotiations and, I guess, some pre-Christmas shopping.

January 01 2006 Happy New Year! It's been fairly quiet on the news front but that doesn't mean that we have been idle. Tout au contraire-as indicated to some of our clients, expansion is in the pipeline-we are relocating offices and have expanded into the Corporate/Cruise/Sports and Group travel market.  Within a few weeks we are opening a few agencies in Adelaide and entering a strategic alliance with a major corporate agency in Sydney. More about these exciting developments in the near future.

February 20 2006 Congratulations Paul Sheehan on winning the Jacobs Creek Open-the biggest event on the US Nationwide Tour and co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour Australasia. Whether you return to the Japanese Tour or have a crack at the US PGA, we will be following your progress and wish you every success.

April 06 2006 Airport Travel Centre and Airline Corporate Services are again involved as sponsors with the SAIGC Golf open at Grange.

April 07 2006 Our CEO Mel has been appointed to the board of glamour National Soccer League club Adelaide United.

May 24th 2006 World Cup update. Currently we only of a handful of tickets left for the following games : Italy/Ghana, Brasil/Australia, Australia/Croatia, Semi-Finals and Finals. We also have FIFA accommodation available for right up unitil the Semi-Finals. But be quick.

July  07 2006 A very happy group of approximately 55 people(mostly Italian) has returned to Adelaide from the World Cup in Germany. Needless to say that they had the best time ever. Apart from 2 friendly matches that we lost-we will not mention the scores-other highlights included some members being invited by German icons Bayern Munich and meeting legend Gerd Mueller.

September 29 2006 As revealed  per world-wide video link today, Mel has been busy shuttling between Adelaide and Miami and Adelaide and Sao Paulo to sign up one of the biggest names in World Football. Apart from being the President of Airline Corporate Services and the owner of the Airport Travel Centre, he is also on the Board of Adelaide United Football Board. This project, which was Mel's brainchild, has been hailed world-wide as a major coup for Adelaide. For further information just check yahoo or google with a search on Romario/Adelaide United or enter Romario/Mel Patzwald.

October 16 2006 Romario arrives in Adelaide-see news reports-with the largest media contingent ever seen at delaide Airport to welcome him.

October 22 2006 After a week in Adelaide, with 2 further goals to his name on his quest to score 1000 (currently on 986) Romario jetted out today and is looking forward to return on November 20. While in Adelaide he gave the thumbs up to Mel and the team at Airline Corporate Services and with fellow World Champion Zinho, met up with Hollywood star Anthony La Paglia in Sydney.

January 10 2007 Miami FC appoints Mel Patzwald as it's market representative in Australia and Asia.

January 23 2007 Traffic Group Sports and Entertainment announces Mel Patzwald and Airline Corporate Services will represent the group in teh Australian market.

June 16 2007 Mel attends celebration of Romario's 1000th goal in Rio De Janeiro as his personal guest. Further celebrities include luminaries from his former clubs Eindhoven, Barcelona, Valencia, Miami etc.

February 16 2008 Airline Corporate Services signs exclusive deal to market Duncan Chessall Expeditions and sell packages via the Airport Travel Centre-seewww.airporttravelcentre.com

May 23 2008 Adelaide United make it through to the Asian Champions League quarterfinals after a draw in Changchun. Mel, who hosts a  group of over 40 travellers, spends a few days in Beijing at a football conference and meets some of the locals in front of 2 new icons of Beijing.