Headlines
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Biz travel fails safety test
Friday | Jun 23 2023OVER 90% of Aussie business travellers in the LGBTQ community have not been offered adequate safety information from their bosses before departing on work trips, a World Travel Protection (WTP) survey shows.
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To infinity and Journey Beyond!
Friday | Jun 23 2023THE Outback Spirit National Roadshow, the first of its kind, saw unique events hosted by Journey Beyond (JB) across May and Jun in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth, to celebrate the launch of Outback Spirit’s 2024 season.
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HLO to buy ETG for $70m
Thursday | Jun 22 2023HELLOWORLD’S $70 million acquisition of competitor Express Travel Group (TD breaking news) will bring the current arch-rivals together, with ETG owner Tom Manwaring to remain as CEO of the business once it becomes a subsidiary of HLO.
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FCTG’s new leisure model
Thursday | Jun 22 2023FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) yesterday detailed a “transformed operating model”, with Global Head of Leisure, James Kavanagh noting a “new world” focus on less bricks and mortar shops – but each of them much more productive.
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Travel still “top of mind”
Thursday | Jun 22 2023ALMOST 90% of Australian travellers intend to holiday internationally within the next 12 months, according to the bullish results of a survey of Flight Centre leisure brand customers.
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AFTA: IATA is not enough
Thursday | Jun 22 2023THE newly constituted Board of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has rejected assertions from some parts of the industry that IATA membership alone “can or should be the answer to accreditation”.
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Light up your business event
Thursday | Jun 22 2023VOYAGES Indigenous Tourism Australia’s luminous new evening experience in the Red Centre is showcasing its unique appeal as a business events and incentive program destination.
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AFTA ticks constitution
Wednesday | Jun 21 2023THE membership of AFTA has this morning voted unanimously to adopt a new Constitution at its Annual General Meeting in Sydney (TD breaking news).
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Qantas flies back to HK
Wednesday | Jun 21 2023QANTAS has restarted its Melbourne-Hong Kong service after a three-year pause, marking the carrier’s latest step to restore its pre-COVID int’l capacity.
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More of Italy per favore!
Wednesday | Jun 21 2023WITH confidence and airlift now starting to resemble pre-COVID conditions, 2023 has been a “bumper year” for Aussies travelling to Italy, the Italian National Tourist Board’s (INTB)Country Manager, ANZ Emanuele Attanasio has revealed.