Headlines
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Chinese groups are back
Monday | Oct 16 2023THE first group of Chinese tourists under the recently revived Approved Destination Status scheme arrived in Sydney last weekend, with the visitors also set to explore Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
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Aussies lead NZ spending
Monday | Oct 16 2023AUSTRALIAN holiday visitors to New Zealand are spending 20% more this year than they did before the pandemic, new figures from Tourism NZ show.
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Greece was the word in Aug
Friday | Oct 13 2023AUSTRALIAN visits to Greece reached their highest level on record in Aug, according to new figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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QF facing more legal action
Friday | Oct 13 2023THE legal challenges are piling up for Qantas, with law firm Piper Alderman revealing it is only weeks away from filing a class action over the carrier’s alleged failure to deliver full cash refunds for cancelled flights during COVID.
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Int’l seats have doubled
Friday | Oct 13 2023THE total number of seats made available on international scheduled flights to and from Australia during May has more than doubled when compared to the same month last year.
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Selling Oz coming to SA
Friday | Oct 13 2023ATTRACTING more overseas visitors will be top of the agenda when more than 550 of Australia’s export tourism industry leaders gather in Adelaide for the annual Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) Meeting Place event at the end of Oct.
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Star Alliance grows at CDG
Friday | Oct 13 2023STAR Alliance today opened its second lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, with the new facility now welcoming first and business class passengers and Star Alliance Gold members on flights departing from gates 10 to 38 in Terminal 1.
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New team for a new world
Thursday | Oct 12 2023A NEED to be better prepared in a “dramatically changed” travel landscape has been listed as one of the reasons Globus decided to shake up its sales team this month (TD 28 Sep).
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Taking agents for a Jayride
Thursday | Oct 12 2023JAYRIDE’S Chief Growth Officer Darren Carbine has revealed the airport transfer company’s new travel agent portal is already delivering “promising” results.
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W Sydney is now open
Thursday | Oct 12 2023MARRIOTT International this morning formally opened the doors of the new W Sydney, with Area VP Sean Hunt saying the momentous occasion “signals a new era for the brand”.