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HLO united with Ensemble
Friday | Aug 23 2024HELLOWORLD’S recent decision to form a partnership with Canadian-headquartered Ensemble Travel Group (TD 17 Jul) was forged for several key reasons, but for Executive Director Cinzia Burnes, bringing something new to the Australian market was motivation enough to ink the contract.
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Credit protection needed
Friday | Aug 23 2024THE group that called for Australia to adopt a Passenger Bill of Rights to protect the interests of air travellers (TD 30 Nov 2023) has this week added further calls for protections around credits.
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Cover-More covers more
Friday | Aug 23 2024A NEW level of protection covering a wider variety of life’s uncertainties has been introduced by Cover-More Travel Insurance on domestic and international trips.
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Vietjet eyes Aussie growth
Friday | Aug 23 2024VIETJET has confirmed plans to increase its flight connections for Australian travellers to major tourist destinations in Vietnam, including Da Nang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, and up north in Ha Long Bay.
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Adventure is top of mind
Friday | Aug 23 2024THREE in four travellers say that outdoor adventure activities are “essential to their travels”, new research from Arival shows.
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Gen Z travelling differently
Friday | Aug 23 2024THE ability to effectively communicate with Gen Z has been highlighted as a key area of importance at the recent Global Business Travel Association Convention in Atlanta.
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Pax will pay more for tix
Thursday | Aug 22 2024AUSTRALIAN travellers are likely to end up paying higher airfares on domestic routes following the collapse of both Bonza and Rex Airlines in recent months, the ACCC’s latest Domestic Airline Competition report contends.
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Jetstar faces class action
Thursday | Aug 22 2024ECHO Law has commenced a class action in the Federal Court of Australia against Jetstar on behalf of customers who held tickets for domestic and international flights that were cancelled between 2020-2022.
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Cancellations on the rise
Thursday | Aug 22 2024CANCELLATION rates among domestic airlines is heading in the wrong direction, with on-time arrivals and departures also lagging, according to the latest BITRE figures for Jul.
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Q2 holiday travel surges
Thursday | Aug 22 2024AUSTRALIANS flocked overseas in huge numbers in the Apr-Jun quarter, with leisure making up 60% of all outbound departures, according to new data analysis from the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO).