Headlines
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TA welcomes travel’s return
Monday | May 16 2022TOURISM Australia (TA) Managing Director Phillipa Harrison this morning formally opened Australian Tourism Exchange 2022 – the first time Australia has been showcased in person to buyers from around the world in over two years.
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EK records strong recovery
Monday | May 16 2022THE Emirates Group has recorded an 86% rise in revenue this financial year versus 2020/21, reaching AED 66.2 billion (A$26 billion), according to figures in the airline group’s Annual Report.
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25 years of being a Star
Monday | May 16 2022THE world’s largest and first-ever airline alliance, Star Alliance, formally celebrated its 25th anniversary last Sat, 14 May.
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FJ lauds Aviation Academy
Monday | May 16 2022FIJI Airways Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Andre Viljoen told Travel Daily if it wasn’t for the airline’s new Aviation Academy, there is no way it would have been able to restart its international network late last year (TD 01 Dec 2021).
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Payments to be made: Tehan
Friday | May 13 2022AUSTRALIA’S Tourism Minister Dan Tehan has today confirmed a request to Austrade that all remaining payments of the third round of the Consumer Travel Support Program (CTSP) be paid out by the end of the month.
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WA sinks $70m into tourism
Friday | May 13 2022THE Western Australian Government has announced $70 million in funding to revitalise the state’s tourism sector, as part of its 2022-23 State Budget plan.
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Big things in small packages
Friday | May 13 2022WHILE large Fijian tourism operators make hay while the sun shines, it is the luxury and smaller, more boutique product that will offer the Aussie trade the best opportunity, Tourism Fiji Chief Executive Officer Brent Hill told Travel Daily.
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Travellers poised to spend
Friday | May 13 2022THE average wealth of local consumers grew significantly during 2020, with Australia second only to Switzerland on the global landscape meaning there is plenty of proclivity to travel, according to figures revealed by Virtuoso this morning.
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Fiji, Japan, Italy top of mind
Friday | May 13 2022A recent YouGov survey of Australian consumers commissioned by Virtuoso has revealed some key destinations which are on the list for travellers as border restrictions ease.
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Risk assessments urgent
Friday | May 13 2022NATURAL events and civil unrest made up 44% of all travel-related incidents in 2021, BCD Travel revealed in its new Travel Risk Outlook Report.