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TA takes Big Apple bite
Wednesday | Feb 7 2024FRANK Sinatra called it “the city so nice, they named it twice” and New York City is now firmly on Travel Associates’ radar after the agent group struck a deal with the Big Apple’s chief marketing organisation this week.
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Airlines face new trends
Wednesday | Feb 7 2024MORE than 80% of airlines are expecting to have cutting-edge biometric ID management technology in place by 2026, according to SITA’s 2023 Air Transport IT Insights report.
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Have your say on skills
Wednesday | Feb 7 2024TRAVEL agency owners and managers are invited to have their say on the workforce skills needed for the sector via a new survey from the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA).
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Workers eye salary boost
Wednesday | Feb 7 2024CLOSE to a third of employees in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East’s travel and tourism sectors have flagged higher salaries as a “top priority” when considering a change of job, a new report from human resources company ACI HR Solutions has found.
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RSSC rolls ouT Elevate to au/NZ
Wednesday | Feb 7 2024REGENT Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) has officially launched its new travel partner program, Regent Elevate, in Australia and New Zealand, first unveiled by TD in Dec last year (TD 13 Dec 2023).
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Tourism pipeline boom
Tuesday | Feb 6 2024AUSTRALIA’S tourism investme nt pipeline skyrocketed by $11.8 billion (27%) last year, ballooning from 244 projects worth a total of $44.5 billion in 2021-22, to $56.1bn across 307 projects in 2022-23, according to new data from Tourism Research Australia (TRA).
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Rail Europe tracks agents
Tuesday | Feb 6 2024RAIL Europe is pulling out all the stops to court travel agents in 2024, this morning revealing a brand-new trade campaign to make selling rail trips easier and more rewarding.
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Qld pitches for recovery
Tuesday | Feb 6 2024THE Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) has partnered with The University of Queensland (UQ) to unveil a resilience roadmap for the state’s tourism workforce.
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Room-Res adds pay later
Tuesday | Feb 6 2024WHOLESALE booking platform Room-Res has introduced a new Book Now Pay Later function, allowing travel agents to secure reservations and rates until the customer is ready to pay.
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Aussies fuel Singapore sling
Tuesday | Feb 6 2024SINGAPORE’S tourism sector enjoyed a strong recovery in 2023, driven by growing demand from several of its key source markets, including Australia.