Headlines
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SIA ups Aussie capacity
Wednesday | Nov 8 2023SYDNEY will become the biggest port in the Singapore Airlines global network from late Oct next year, when the carrier adds a fifth daily flight to the NSW capital (TD breaking news).
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Virtuoso Chairman’s event 2023
Wednesday | Nov 8 2023LUXURY travel network Virtuoso’s 2023 Chairman’s Event last month attracted 124 agency owners and managers from 12 countries to attend the four-day experience in one of Italy’s most historical destinations, Taormina on the east coast of Sicily.
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Millan to offer agents Choice
Tuesday | Nov 7 2023TRAVELLERS Choice has appointed Paul Millan as its first ever Network Development Manager, tasked with expanding the group’s network by enticing successful independent travel agency owners into the collective.
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NTIA 2023 host named
Tuesday | Nov 7 2023POPULAR comedian Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann has today been announced as the host of the upcoming National Travel Industry Awards, set to take place in less than two weeks at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium.
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New sports tix platform
Tuesday | Nov 7 2023MYTICKETPRO has launched a sports ticketing platform for the tourism industry, providing travel professionals access to verified live ticket inventory for North American sports events.
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YHA for wildlife
Tuesday | Nov 7 2023NOT-FOR-PROFIT accommodation network YHA Australia has partnered with World Animal Protection to develop a new set of wildlife guidelines for tours and experiences with wild and captive wild animals.
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Webjet leads Carbon offset uptake
Tuesday | Nov 7 2023WEBJET has seen a 72% year-on-year increase in tonnes of carbon emissions offset via its Sustainable Traveller program, with a record 119,300 bookings this year alone.
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Perth to host WTTC in ’24
Monday | Nov 6 2023THE World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) will host its next Global Summit in Perth, with the WA Capital announced as the location for the first time the event has ever been in Oceania.
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QF defends Garuda deal
Monday | Nov 6 2023QANTAS has rebuffed accusations from rivals that a codeshare proposal with Garuda will lessen competition (TD 16 Oct), claiming the criticism fails to incorporate the Indonesian carrier’s reduced fleet size.
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China numbers dwindle
Monday | Nov 6 2023THE recovery of the Chinese visitor market continues to lag well behind the rest of Australia’s other big source markets, the latest data from Tourism Research Australia (TRA) shows.