Headlines
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Be the first to arrive: TA
Thursday | Apr 8 2021TOURISM Australia has launched its first international campaign in more than a year following news of the upcoming trans-Tasman bubble (TD 07 Apr), kicking off a $3 million marketing push across the ditch.
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Digital passport boost
Thursday | Apr 8 2021A NEW study commissioned by Amadeus has found that more than 90% of travellers would be comfortable using a digital passport for future trips to help rebuild the travel sector.
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Flying through COVID
Thursday | Apr 8 2021THE latest issue of travelBulletin is out now (pictured) and features a cover story about how Qatar Airways has successfully negotiated the many trials and tribulations tossed up by the global health crisis.
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New Zealand is back baby!
Wednesday | Apr 7 2021AFTER more than a year of delays, New Zealand and Australia will finally have a two-way, quarantine-free travel bubble operating from 19 Apr (TD breaking news yesterday).
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Spending up two points
Wednesday | Apr 7 2021ALL categories in consumer travel spending except for cruise improved week-on-week in the latest News Corp Australia index (pictured), but any improvements were minor as consumer confidence continues to teeter.
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AFTA now without a CEO
Tuesday | Apr 6 2021UNFORTUNATELY the abrupt departure of Darren Rudd as CEO of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (TD breaking news Thu) was not an April Fool’s joke.
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CDC relaxes travel rules
Tuesday | Apr 6 2021THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that fully vaccinated people can now travel anywhere within the United States without the need for post-travel self-quarantine.
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Travel Daily launches airline
Thursday | Apr 1 2021AUSTRALIA’S favourite travel industry publication is moving into the jet age, going head-to-head with established carriers via the acquisition by the Business Publishing Group of a small fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft.
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TRA confirms bloodbath
Thursday | Apr 1 2021TOURISM Research Australia (TRA) overnight released its National Visitor Survey results for 2020, with a whopping $78.3 billion in total domestic and international tourism losses.
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Webjet raising another $250m
Thursday | Apr 1 2021WEBJET overnight announced a “convertible notes offering” to raise $250 million, with some of the proceeds to be used to de-risk the refinancing of the company’s $130 million term debt due for repayment in Nov next year.