Headlines
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Skroo says “Let ’em fly”
Monday | Sep 4 2023A NUMBER of key stakeholders over the weekend have strongly urged the Federal Government to reverse its decision to block Qatar Airways from doubling its capacity to Australia (TD 19 Jul).
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WWT seeing China boom
Monday | Sep 4 2023WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) is experiencing the best trading conditions in its almost 30-year history, with Australian travel agents sharing in the bonanza driven by strong China demand as well as other destinations.
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Cruise needs to plan now
Monday | Sep 4 2023AUSTRALIA’S cruise industry needs to start planning for the next 10 years now, Australian Cruise Association (ACA) Chief Executive Officer Jill Abel told Travel Daily at the organisation’s annual conference last week.
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COVID visa gets the boot
Monday | Sep 4 2023AUSTRALIA’S COVID-era visa will be scrapped from Feb 2024, the Federal Government has formally announced.
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$600m fine for Qantas?
Friday | Sep 1 2023THE head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Gina Cass-Gottlieb believes Qantas should be slugged $600 million if it is found guilty of selling tickets on cancelled flights (TD 31 Aug).
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TravelWorks inks Rapidbook
Friday | Sep 1 2023RECENT entrant into the Aussie market TravelWorks (TD 19 Jul) has formed a new partnership with Chrome extension Rapidbook to simplify the process for client invoicing and itinerary creation for travel agents and tour operators.
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Voyages raises the roof for Anangu
Friday | Sep 1 2023VOYAGES Indigenous Tourism Australia raised a record $90,000 for the Anangu Communities Foundation at its 20th anniversary gala fundraising event held last week in Sydney – a stunning increase of 50% on last year’s event.
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FCTG’s big B2B bounce
Friday | Sep 1 2023FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) Total Transaction Value continued to grow strongly in the full year to 30 Jun, with the B2B division of the company now fully staffed on the back of a broader geographical rollout of the FCM, Stage and Screen and Corporate Traveller brands.
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We need reform: ATEC
Friday | Sep 1 2023KEY factors continuing to adversely impact the recovery of international arrivals to Australia are high airfares and low capacity, the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) believes.
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TravelManagers is soaring
Thursday | Aug 31 2023CHARGING service fees and engaging with NDC fares were today cited as key contributors to a stellar performance for TravelManagers, with record sales and margins revealed this morning in Christchurch at the group’s 14th annual conference.