Headlines
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Qantas to adopt biofuel
Friday | Oct 13 2017QANTAS has announced its LA-based aircraft will be powered by biofuel from 2020 in a bid to reduce the airline’s carbon emissions on services between the US and Australia.
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ACTE call to simplify travel
Friday | Oct 13 2017TRAVEL managers are struggling to manage complex, multi-layered travel programs, according to newly released research from the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).
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AccorHotels takes Mantra
Thursday | Oct 12 2017MANTRA Hotels directors have unanimously recommended shareholders accept a $1.18 billion takeover offer, which will see the Australian hospitality group become part of the global Accor network (TD breaking news).
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IJ launches Footloose Tours
Thursday | Oct 12 2017HELLOWORLD’S Insider Journeys has announced the debut of “Footloose Tours,” a new touring concept offered as “an alternate way to tour for independent travellers”.
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Incomes rise in industry
Thursday | Oct 12 2017DESPITE low wage growth across Australia in the past year, the travel industry has bucked the trend and reported pay increases in Travel Daily’s annual salaries and employment survey.
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Garden Island endorsed
Wednesday | Oct 11 2017THE Garden Island Naval base has been confirmed as the preferred solution to Sydney’s cruise infrastructure crisis in a landmark report prepared for the NSW Government.
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QF, EK revamp Tasman routes
Wednesday | Oct 11 2017QANTAS and Emirates today provided an update on their partnership (TD breaking news) including confirmation that EK will suspend its daily A380 flights from Melbourne and Brisbane to Auckland from Mar 2018.
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Carter leaves Amadeus
Wednesday | Oct 11 2017AMADEUS IT Pacific managing director Tony Carter has left the company, with Amadeus confirming his departure today.
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Brand USA re-signs Gate 7
Tuesday | Oct 10 2017GATE 7 has retained the Brand USA account, successfully re-tendering to represent America’s national tourism organisation four years after it was initially awarded the Brand USA deal down under (TD 05 Mar 2013).
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AFTA adds Mint to AICS
Tuesday | Oct 10 2017THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents today announced that ASX-listed Mint Payments Limited has become an approved AFTA Insolvency Chargeback Scheme (AICS) payment provider.