Headlines
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HLO wraps-up in Saigon
Thursday | May 9 2019THE 2019 Helloworld Travel Owner Managers Conference and Helloworld Business Travel Summit in Vietnam has wrapped up, concluding three days of updates and entertainment in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Australia leads in luxury
Wednesday | May 8 2019AUSTRALIA has moved from being “aspirational to attainable,” with the top end of the market particularly drawn to the burgeoning variety of luxury product developed over the last decade, according to Virtuoso CEO Matthew Upchurch.
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Virgin’s Sharp departure
Wednesday | May 8 2019VIRGIN Australia Group Executive Rob Sharp will leave the airline this week under a restructure initiated by the airline’s new CEO, Paul Scurrah.
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Adventure Index results
Wednesday | May 8 2019THE second annual Adventure Travel Index commissioned by Intrepid Travel has revealed new insights into solutions for overtourism, trends in family-based adventure travel and how millennials are choosing to purchase travel experiences.
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TTC portal optimised
Tuesday | May 7 2019THE Travel Corporation (TTC) has released an optimised version of its My Travel Portal (MTP) platform, which launched one year ago (TD 12 Feb 2018).
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Silversea hit by $3.5m fraud
Tuesday | May 7 2019DETAILS have emerged of a “deliberate and calculated fraud” against Silversea Cruises in Australia, allegedly perpetrated by a former employee over a four year period from 2014.
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Dreamliner on SFO-SYD
Tuesday | May 7 2019QANTAS has flagged the Sydney to San Francisco route as the next to be serviced by its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, replacing the existing 747 aircraft from 04 Dec (TD breaking news).
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O’Sullivan to head EXP
Monday | May 6 2019THE resignation of Tourism Australia MD John O’Sullivan (TD breaking news) will see him take up a new role next month as CEO of ASX-listed Experience Co (EXP).
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Cruiseco targets NZ
Monday | May 6 2019CRUISECO has today announced the official launch of CruisePRO for New Zealand agents, which will provide access to cruise product priced in NZD.
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Windstar to visit Australia
Monday | May 6 2019WINDSTAR will bring two ships down under in 2020, marking the first time the small ship cruise line has visited Australia “in quite a while”, Vice President of Sales Steven Kona Simao told media at a lunch in Sydney on Fri.