Headlines
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Cover-More agent support
Tuesday | Jan 21 2020COVER-MORE Travel Insurance is offering confidential, free-of-charge professional counselling support for travel agents impacted by the bushfire crisis.
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Trivago “tricked” users
Tuesday | Jan 21 2020AUSTRALIA’S Federal Court has ruled hotel comparison site Trivago breached Australian Consumer Law when it made misleading representations about hotel room rates via its website and through TVCs.
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Aurora’s expansion plan
Tuesday | Jan 21 2020AURORA Expeditions is mulling adding another purpose-built expedition ship to its fleet, with Managing Director Robert Halfpenny confirming the line has the option for a third newbuild.
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We are open for business
Tuesday | Jan 21 2020FIRE-AFFECTED regions around the country have reminded Aussie travellers that they are now “open for business”.
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Morrison pledges $76m
Monday | Jan 20 2020THE Federal Government has announced the details of a $76 million funding package to help rebuild the country’s damaged tourism industry in the wake of the bushfire crisis.
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Get your nominations in!
Monday | Jan 20 2020NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2020 AFTA National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) (TD breaking news) – and this year’s event is expected to be particularly hotly contested.
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VA confirms ANA partnership
Monday | Jan 20 2020VIRGIN Australia’s recently appointed Chief Commercial Officer John MacLeod has sealed a new codeshare deal with All Nippon Airways (ANA) (TD breaking news), complementing VA’s upcoming Brisbane-Tokyo (Haneda) flights which will launch at the end of Mar.
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Viking expedition sellout
Friday | Jan 17 2020A limited pre-release to past passengers of the new Viking Cruises expedition product (TD breaking news) has seen the first Antarctic season of the new Viking Octantis already sold out.
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Visitation to Japan up 25%
Friday | Jan 17 2020JAPAN was the fastest-growing outbound destination for Australian travellers over the last 12 months, with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released yesterday indicating year-on-year increases of 24.8% to the country.
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Dom and int’l up in Aus
Friday | Jan 17 2020METRICS for both domestic and international visitors to Australia witnessed growth for the year ending Sep 2019, the latest figures from Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey (NVS) and International Visitor Survey (IVS) show.
