Headlines
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Auckland business events boom
Thursday | Oct 27 2022BUSINESS events are set to boost Auckland’s economy by NZ$75.5 million over the next few years, the Auckland Convention Bureau (ACB) predicts, after securing 102 events during the 2021/22 financial year.
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Tour East to cease trading
Wednesday | Oct 26 2022TOUR East Australia, the inbound business once partly owned by Qantas and now a division of Japanese travel giant JTB, will be wound up at the end of the year, with clients and industry partners advised this week that the company had now ceased taking any new bookings or quotation requests.
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Childcare funding key – AFTA
Wednesday | Oct 26 2022WHILE not specifically targeting the travel sector, last night’s Federal Budget announcement confirming significant increases in child care subsidies is likely to help address the industry’s severe workforce issues, according to AFTA CEO Dean Long.
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Domestic travel hunger
Wednesday | Oct 26 2022AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand travellers are hungry for domestic travel, new research from AAT Kings has revealed, with 48% of Aussies prioritising domestic or interstate travel post-COVID.
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como confirms Singapore move
Wednesday | Oct 26 2022COMO Hotels & Resorts yesterday confirmed details of a move into Singapore, with the planned 2023 opening of a new Como-branded luxury hotel property in the city centre.
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Seven lifts Travel at 60 stake
Tuesday | Oct 25 2022SEVEN West Media has become the major shareholder in Starts at 60 and its travel offshoot Travel at 60, after the business completed a successful capital raise.
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Link seeks next-gen talent
Tuesday | Oct 25 2022LINK Travel Group has partnered with the Flight Centre Travel Academy to launch a new initiative aimed at attracting and training the next generation of travel advisors and leaders.
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10% of Jetstar flights cut
Tuesday | Oct 25 2022JETSTAR cancelled close to 10% of its flights in Sep, performing far worse than any other domestic airline for the month, the latest figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics show.
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Post-COVID travel trends
Tuesday | Oct 25 2022TRAVELLERS in the Asia Pacific region are taking a stronger interest in high-end options following the pandemic, new data published in Bloomberg’s Now Boarding: The Global Traveller’s Outlook report suggests.
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Be “proud” to charge a fee
Monday | Oct 24 2022AUSTRALIAN Federation of Travel Agents Chair Tom Manwaring said he and Chief Executive Dean Long are “very firm” on the idea agents should be charging for their services, as customers flock to the sector in droves to unlock its expertise.