Headlines
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Web playing long game
Wednesday | May 28 2025WEB Travel Group Managing Director John Guscic says the company’s first full trading year as a standalone entity has begun with an “exceptional start”.
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Insurance saves the day
Wednesday | May 28 2025SOUTHERN Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI) has revealed the most expensive claims it paid from 2024, highlighting the need for adequate insurance coverage.
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Gen X to Boomer shift
Wednesday | May 28 2025GENERATION X travellers’ preferences are shifting towards those of travel’s largest cohort, Baby Boomers – and it’s time for agents to prepare for the transition, advised Back-Roads’ Head of Sales, Bobby Hale.
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Major luxury hotels eye Fiji
Wednesday | May 28 2025FROM the Mandarin Hotel to One&Only Resorts, “almost all” the major luxury hotel chains have their eyes on Fiji at the moment, addressing a gap in the current tourism landscape, Tourism Fiji Chief Executive Officer Brent Hill recently revealed.
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Native Order a “concern”
Tuesday | May 27 2025FINNAIR’S decision this month to adopt Amadeus’ Native Order distribution technology and move away from GDS structures has been labelled “concerning” by the Chief Executive Officer of UK-based company Agentivity, Riaan van Schoor (pictured).
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Virtuoso off to K-town
Tuesday | May 27 2025SEOUL has been named as the host of the 2026 Virtuoso Symposium, with the event set to take place from 15-19 Apr 2026.
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APT raises the luxe bar
Tuesday | May 27 2025APT CEO David Cox has lifted the lid on the rationale for the company’s rebrand earlier in the year (TD 13 Jan), explaining that the move was needed to emphasise its luxury credentials against a backdrop of mass market appropriation of the term.
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Guests quicken pace
Tuesday | May 27 2025TODAY’S traveller is “fast paced” and looking for “a more experiential stay” – that is the opinion of Leonard Gooz (pictured), Global Brand Leader, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, who was in Sydney recently to celebrate the 50th birthday of the city’s Hilton Hotel.
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Whitsundays’ ‘Iconic’ move
Tuesday | May 27 2025TOURISM Whitsundays has unveiled its ‘Iconic’ new brand and national campaign, celebrating the destination’s natural beauty.
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Entertaining advisors
Monday | May 26 2025ENTERTAINMENT Group’s new travel portal (TD 02 May) opens the door for travel advisors to curate high-value experiences, CEO Heidi Halson believes.