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New owners for Iririki
Friday | Sep 8 2023VANUATU’S iconic Iririki Island Resort & Spa has new owners, with the Deeley family, which owns Australia’s Vision Hotels group, taking over the property effective 01 Sep.
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PlanPay backer pulls out
Friday | Sep 8 2023TOUCH Ventures, the ASX-listed company which funded digital travel lay-by payment facilitator PlanPay (TD 28 Feb), today announced it was writing down its investment in the financial firm to nil and will not provide any further money for the business.
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SE Asia needs to be tapped
Friday | Sep 8 2023GOVERNMENT tourism agencies need to brush up on their ability to understand the cultural preferences and expectations of travellers from a rapidly growing Southeast Asia market, a new paper prepared by DFAT has suggested.
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QF maintains int’l edge
Friday | Sep 8 2023QANTAS has again accounted for the biggest share of the international passenger traffic pie in Australia, with new figures from BITRE showing the Flying Kangaroo represented 17.6% of all passenger carriage in Mar.
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FCM doubles China staff
Friday | Sep 8 2023FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) B2B division FCM Travel has moved quickly to catch the ongoing reemergence of the Chinese business travel market, with the brand opening a new and larger office in the city of Guangzhou this week.
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Report wants Open Skies
Thursday | Sep 7 2023THE Australian Government needs to add more regional aviation capacity opportunities for airlines under air service agreements so they can remain ahead of demand, a new report compiled by DFAT contends.
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Ride the wave, urges CLIA
Thursday | Sep 7 2023AROUND four million new-to-cruise guests will be needed in the coming years to fill the rapidly growing global cruise fleet, with operators continuing to invest heavily in newbuilds, according to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) MD Joel Katz.
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Twist in QR decision
Thursday | Sep 7 2023FEDERAL Transport Minister Catherine King has revealed today that an incident involving invasive body searches of women in 2020 at Doha Airport “provided context” for the decision to block Qatar Airways’ application to double capacity to Australia.
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Asia Pacific shows recovery
Thursday | Sep 7 2023THE Asia Pacific region’s total air traffic shot up by 67.1% in Jul 2023 compared to the equivalent 2022 period, according to the latest data from The International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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Iconic Galpagos with Hurtigruten Expeditions
Thursday | Sep 7 2023HURTIGRUTEN Expeditions recently hosted a group of Australian agents from Travel Associates on a journey of ecological discovery.