Headlines
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New Qantas trade head
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018QANTAS yesterday announced it had appointed Igor Kwiatkowski to the position of exec manager sales and distribution, taking the place of Vanessa Hudson.
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LOT appoints local GSA
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018LOT Polish Airlines has appointed Aviation Online as its new general sales agent (GSA) in Australia and New Zealand.
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Inbound spending surges
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018TOURISM Research Australia today released its latest International Visitor Survey figures, with the results for the year to 31 Dec indicating a new high of $41.3 billion in visitor expenditure from overseas.
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Aussies can escape to Sicily
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018THE founder of Sicily Escape, a Perth-based wholesaler offering its services to retail travel agents across Australia, has flagged plans to launch new brochures to the market in coming months.
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Infinity brand phase out
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018FLIGHT Centre Travel Group will gradually replace Infinity with Flight Centre and Travel Associates-branded brochures as the company prepares to re-shape its retail network.
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Qantas Singapore drive
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018SINGAPORE will be promoted as a destination in its own right and a connecting gateway hub to Asia, Europe and Australia under a new partnership between Qantas, Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Changi Airport Group.
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NSW aims for ‘the big 5’
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018THE creation of a special joint force in New South Wales to lure ‘the big 5’ global sporting events to the state has been unveiled, backed by Destination NSW.
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FC purchase propels TP
Monday | Mar 12 2018INDEPENDENT travel agency Travel Partners believes the “plethora of new product” it now has access to thanks to Flight Centre’s $3.5 million acquisition of the business (TD 07 Aug) will be a major driving force for growth over the next 12 months.
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Si Holidays in liquidation
Monday | Mar 12 2018THE newly appointed administrator of the collapsed Si Holidays (TD Fri) has confirmed the company will not continue to trade, with all staff having been advised of the closure.
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AA rallies agent support
Monday | Mar 12 2018TRAVEL agents in the United States have endorsed American Airlines’ new proposed joint business agreement with Qantas on flights between the US and Australia & New Zealand, with a list of 20 trade partners urging the Dept of Transportation to back the new venture.