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Easter records tumble
Thursday | Apr 6 2023AUSTRALIAN carriers and airports are bracing for what is forecast to be the busiest Easter period since 2019, with Qantas Group alone expecting 620,000 customers to fly across its networks over the next five days.
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Long-haul makes a return
Thursday | Apr 6 2023TRAVELLERS are gradually moving toward long-haul travel again, with the final quarter in 2022 seeing a solid shift in favour of destinations further away from home, according to a new Traveller Insight Report published by Expedia Group.
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CATO’s Earth Day line-up
Thursday | Apr 6 2023THE Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) has revealed an impressive line-up of speakers for its upcoming World Earth Day lunch (TD 28 Mar).
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$2m for mice research
Thursday | Apr 6 2023THE Federal Government has confirmed it will put $2 million towards measuring the impact and benefit of business events, marking Australia’s biggest-ever single investment in business events research.
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Finnair flies back to Oz
Wednesday | Apr 5 2023ONLY four months after announcing its physical withdrawal from the Australian market (TD 02 Dec 2022), Finnair has sensationally back-flipped on the decision, revealing overnight that is has now re-established a local presence.
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Visitor spend skyrockets
Wednesday | Apr 5 2023AUSTRALIA’S overnight visitor spend surged by 34% to $27.5 billion for the 2022 Dec quarter compared to the equivalent pre-COVID period, according to the National Visitor Survey Results from Tourism Research Australia.
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Agents the focus for NT
Wednesday | Apr 5 2023WHILE visitor numbers are still not back to what they were pre-pandemic, the Northern Territory is confident of attracting a wave of new tourists to the region now that the scars of COVID are well and truly in the rear vision mirror.
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Lindeman resort on the cards
Wednesday | Apr 5 2023A NEW luxury operator has reportedly been signed up to operate the planned redevelopment of a luxury resort on Lindeman Island, after a buyer was finally found for the troubled Qld real estate this week.
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More supplier help sought
Wednesday | Apr 5 2023REGIONAL travel agencies require greater support and contact from supplier partners, according to new survey data published by Travellers Choice this week.
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AW bolsters Uniworld
Tuesday | Apr 4 2023THE Travel Corporation (TTC) brands Adventure World (AW) and Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection have partnered to offer guests customsiable pre- and post-cruise journeys.