Headlines
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Record year for Intrepid
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025B CORP travel business Intrepid has announced a record performance for FY24 with revenue of $626 million, up 17% year-on-year.
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HLO lux brand launches
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025VIVA Holidays’ newest brand, VIVA GOLD, has officially launched (TD 04 Dec), with a speciality preview brochure now in market to showcase the “luxury high-end accommodation which will be packaged with unique experiences, exclusive partnerships, tailor-made itineraries and hyper-personalised holiday experiences”.
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‘More at Sea’ proves “easy” shift for NCL
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025THE brand positioning shift from ‘Free at Sea’ to ‘More at Sea’ for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has been “a really easy transition”, according to Senior Director Sales, Strategy and Operations APAC Damian Borg.
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Safety push targets youth
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025THE Australian Government will launch a safety hub on the Smartraveller website in Jun, in the wake of a spike in methanol poisoning incidents last year.
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LHR chaos sparks probe
Monday | Mar 24 2025THE UK’s energy resilience will be probed after the British Government ordered an investigation following the North Hyde electrical substation fire that shut down Heathrow Airport on Fri (TD breaking news).
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NCL’s quest for better res
Monday | Mar 24 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has confirmed an enhanced reservation system is on the way, and that its global guest services team has recently entered the beta testing phase.
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Webjet turning a corner
Monday | Mar 24 2025AS Webjet looks to refresh its brand as part of its five-year strategy, the company is moving past its recent challenges, such as ACCC’s claims of the OTA misleading customers (TD 28 Feb) and WAP’s claims of promoting animal cruelty.
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itravel empowering the future…now
Monday | Mar 24 2025A CELEBRATION of 30 years of success in the travel industry saw hundreds of itravel agents, suppliers and special guests enjoy a weekend of empowerment and motivation at the company’s 2025 conference.
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Agents are king: Collette
Friday | Mar 21 2025AUSTRALIAN travel advisors “mean everything” and are a crucial part of Collette’s success story Down Under, the company’s Executive VP of Global Sales Christian Leibl-Cote believes.