Headlines
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Qantas to pay $120 million
Monday | May 6 2024QANTAS has admitted to misleading its customers by selling tickets for tens of thousands of flights it had already decided to cancel.
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Booking.com’s AI agent
Monday | May 6 2024BOOKING.COM has gone live with a new AI trip information service in Australia and New Zealand, which pledges to ape human advice at any point during the trip planning phase.
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Aussies eager for Envoyage
Monday | May 6 2024FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) new independent brand, Envoyage, aims to be a home for independent advisors from every area of the travel industry, shared FCTG MD – Independent & Luxury Danielle Galloway at the group’s first global conference, Worldwide, in Santiago last week.
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Aussies bullish on the US
Monday | May 6 2024AUSTRALIAN visitor numbers to the United States are expected to surpass 2019 levels this year, according to Brand USA outgoing CEO, Christopher Thompson, despite challenges with the cost-of-living crisis and the strong performing US dollar.
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Fiji’s tourism recovery “ahead of schedule”
Monday | May 6 2024LAST night, the Fiji Tourism Exchange (FTE) kicked off with a bang, as travel operators and industry stakeholders descended upon the island to discuss future opportunities for the Pacific region and cultivate long-lasting business relationships.
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Basque Country returns
Friday | May 3 2024AFTER more than a decade without a dedicated Australian marketing strategy, the autonomous region of Euskadi Basque Country in northern Spain has reactivated efforts to attract more Australian travellers.
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A4ANZ pushes for reform
Friday | May 3 2024THE forthcoming Aviation White Paper presents an opportunity for the government to “address the imbalance of power” between airports and airlines, says a major airline industry lobby group.
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Envoyage brand offers greater value
Friday | May 3 2024FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) newest brand Envoyage has a clear edge in the market, FCTG MD – Independent & Leisure, Dani Galloway enthused in her opening address at the brand’s first global conference, Worldwide 2024 in Santiago.
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Youth travellers sober up
Friday | May 3 2024GEN Z travellers around the world are ditching the booze in favour of more meaningful experiences while on holiday, according to new research from StudentUniverse.
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South Sea Cruises purrs
Friday | May 3 2024FIJIAN transfer operator South Sea Cruises Group will introduce South Sea Cats in 2025, a new service offering resort transfers and snorkelling adventures.