Headlines
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Stella-JTG set for strength
Friday | Oct 1 2010ALMOST every senior executive in the merged Jetset Travelworld-Stella group (TD yesterday) holds shares in the expanded company, with an organisational structure of the group released late yesterday by ceo Peter Lacaze.
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Strategic big Bali winner
Thursday | Sep 30 2010STRATEGIC Airlines says its new allocation of seats to Bali (TD breaking news) is “a big win for the little guys”.
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JTG-Stella deal completes
Thursday | Sep 30 2010TODAY a new era has dawned on the Australian travel industry, with the completion of the merger between Jetset Travelworld and Stella Travel (TD breaking news).
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No wholesale concerns
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010THE ACCC says that because the Jetset Travelworld-Stella deal is unlikely to lessen competition in the retail market, this means it’s also “unlikely to lead to a substantial lessening of competition” in wholesaling too.
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ACCC JTG-Stella reasons
Wednesday | Sep 29 2010YESTERDAY afternoon the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission published its long-awaited ‘public competition assessment’ into the Jetset Travelworld-Stella merger.
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“Where Australia shines”
Tuesday | Sep 28 2010THE Queensland government has today launched Tourism Queensland’s new $4.16m tourism brand on the Gold Coast, “Queensland, Where Australia Shines” (TD breaking news).
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Flight Centre retail push
Tuesday | Sep 28 2010FLIGHT Centre has confirmed its determination to defend its model and “growing market share in and against other internet products.”
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Tourism NT res system
Monday | Sep 27 2010TOURISM NT has today issued a request for tender for a new travel wholesale reservations system, which it says it plans to use to “revolutionise the internal and external business processes”.
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NZ chief pushes DJ pact
Monday | Sep 27 2010AIR New Zealand ceo Rob Fyfe has continued his rhetoric promoting the proposed NZ alliance with Virgin Blue, telling shareholders at the Air NZ agm on Fri that if the ACCC denies the deal it will “leave the dominant power of the Qantas-Jetstar bloc completely unchecked”.
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More agent fraud attempts
Friday | Sep 24 2010THE scammers who have already taken down one Australian travel agency (TD 06 Sep) are continuing their attempts to defraud the industry.