Headlines
-
The Yanks are coming
Thursday | Dec 1 2022TRAVEL South, a combined marketing conglomeration of 12 states in the southern USA, is excited to be “coming out in force” in Jun next year, on a mission to “bring the culture and joy of the South to the Australian and New Zealand travel industry”.
-
Bendigo fee-free travel
Thursday | Dec 1 2022BENDIGO Bank has launched a new credit card to the market targeting Australian travellers preparing to jet off over the upcoming holiday period.
-
Goldman celebrates 60 triumphant years
Thursday | Dec 1 2022LAST week, Goldman Travel Group team members came together with supplier partners and industry colleagues to celebrate travel industry legend Tom Goldman’s 60 years in the travel business.
-
BESYDNEY ENDS YEAR ON high
Thursday | Dec 1 2022BUSINESS Events Sydney has reported strong success in the final months of 2022, with its expert support helping to secure 14 bid wins with a combined direct expenditure of $40 million.
-
SYD P1 carpark closure
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022SYDNEY Airport has confirmed that its flagship domestic P1 carpark location has been closed effective immediately for “urgent unforeseen remedial works”, with the move causing massive disruption for car rental operators which are being forced to temporarily move off site.
-
Inspiring hits AFR radar
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022INSPIRING Vacations has appeared on the Australian Financial Review’s Fast Starters List for 2022, having achieved a compound annual growth rate of almost 130% between FY20 and FY22 and revenue this year totalling $37.5 million.
-
Travel now, pay it later
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022ONLINE payment portal TravelPay has launched a new buy now, pay later service to the market called TravelPay Later, providing agents with another payment option to offer clients to help get sales over the line.
-
Travel predictions for ’23
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022AUSSIES are more enthusiastic than ever about travel, Booking.com has discovered in its annual Travel Predictions report for 2023, with 76% of survey respondents saying travel is “always worth it”.
-
Accessible travel barriers
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022ALMOST a third of tourists who have a disability are paying $560 more than those without a disability for travel insurance cover, new research from the Valuable 500 has revealed, ahead of International Day of People with a Disability on 03 Dec.
-
VA seeks c’share to Bali
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022FRESH from beating out Qantas for additional capacity on the Indonesia route (TD 08 Nov), Virgin Australia is now seeking permission to codeshare with Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines on flights to/from Bali.