Headlines
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Outbound travel slowing
Thursday | Apr 19 2018MONTHLY figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate a flattening in international travel, as measured by “short term resident returns” during Feb.
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AC grows support team
Thursday | Apr 19 2018AIR Canada is strengthening its support for the local travel trade, recruiting three new staff at its Australian HQ as it prepares to ramp up operations ahead of its year-round flights between Vancouver and Melbourne.
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Indian opportunity for NT
Thursday | Apr 19 2018A new report from Tourism Research Australia has evaluated the potential for tourism from India for the Northern Territory, noting a potential to capitalise on the existing strong Indian VFR market in NSW and Vic.
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“Ice-cream tourism” worry
Thursday | Apr 19 2018CONCERNS about over-tourism have led to Trafalgar’s global ceo Gavin Tollman coining the term “ice-cream tourism”.
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Air Canada MEL increase
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018AIR Canada’s upcoming launch of year-round services on the Melbourne route from Vancouver has received a boost, with an extra weekly frequency set to be introduced by the end of the year.
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Costsaver set to expand
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018THE Travel Corporation’s value touring brand Costsaver has been earmarked for expansion beyond Europe/UK, USA & Canada and Latin America and could become a standalone entity, Trafalgar’s global boss has flagged.
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SQ links with Fiji Airways
Wednesday | Apr 18 2018FIJI Airways has signed a new codeshare agreement with Singapore Airlines and SilkAir, offering connections for customers travelling to Fiji from 10 destinations in Asia and Europe via SQ’s Singapore hub.
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QF ramps up agent site
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018QANTAS has relaunched its industry sales operations under a new “Qantas Agency Connect” brand, with a new dedicated website to provide travel agents with the “knowledge, information and service support” to help generate more QF sales.
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HLO inbound riding high
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018HELLOWORLD’S inbound operations are going “extremely well,” according to the company’s executive director Cinzia Burnes.
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Marriott loyalty unification
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018MARRIOTT International has “unlocked the full potential” of its loyalty programs, according to svp of Global Loyalty David Flueck, with the hotelier revealing it will introduce one set of unified benefits across Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guests (SPG).