Headlines
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Entire adds group tours
Thursday | Jul 13 2023ENTIRE Travel Group has today expanded its portfolio to include a new Entire Group Journeys range, promising to “disrupt the escorted touring sector” with guaranteed departures, English-only guides, maximum 24-pax group sizes, four- and five-star hotels, extended stays and prices leading in at $276 per person/day.
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Bali now top destination
Thursday | Jul 13 2023INDONESIA displaced New Zealand as the most popular international destination for Australian residents in May, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures out yesterday.
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Alliance profit upgrade
Thursday | Jul 13 2023ALLIANCE Aviation has upgraded its profit guidance for the FY23, with the Queensland-based carrier now anticipating its net profit before tax to be $56.9 million – up from the $50 million to $55 million range that was originally predicted.
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Marathon runs into Oz
Thursday | Jul 13 2023BOSTON-HEADQUARTERED Marathon Tours & Travel has formally expanded to the Australian market, opening a local office to entice Aussie travellers to undertake marathon packages around the world.
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EV charge must keep pace
Thursday | Jul 13 2023A SCARCITY of EV charging infrastructure in South Australia may potentially impact caravan tourism in the coming years, according to Caravan Industry Association of Australia General Manager Luke Chippindale.
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ICC celebrates extraordinaires
Thursday | Jul 13 2023INTERNATIONAL Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney has recently celebrated the outstanding achievements of team members at the Extraordinaires Awards.
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FCTG’s Scott Dunn US push
Wednesday | Jul 12 2023SCOTT Dunn, the luxury travel business acquired by Flight Centre earlier this year in a $221m deal (TD 31 Jan) is undergoing rapid expansion including the opening of a new office in New York next month, and is also mulling plans to distribute its upmarket products via the UK travel trade.
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AFTA adds policy firepower
Wednesday | Jul 12 2023INGRID Fraser has today been announced as the new Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA), as part of an “ongoing investment in shaping policy development to benefit member businesses”.
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Najar blasts QF/EK pact
Wednesday | Jul 12 2023VETERAN Adelaide travel agency owner Max Najar has urged the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to “sincerely address the current spate of justifiable consumer and travel industry complaints” as the regulator continues to ponder the extension of the partnership between Qantas and Emirates.
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World’s greatest lightshow
Wednesday | Jul 12 2023THE inky, star-filled skies of Canada provide the perfect backdrop for outstanding northern lights viewing, particularly between Oct and Mar.