Headlines
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Restrict borders: study
Monday | Jan 18 2021MORE than two thirds of Australians don’t want to see state borders open up completely, according to a new survey conducted by Roy Morgan.
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VA’s mid-market move
Monday | Jan 18 2021VIRGIN Australia has made several key appointments to its executive team today, recruits that the airline believes will revive its struggling performance to “its mid-market heartland”.
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No budging on grants
Friday | Jan 15 2021THE Government has confirmed that it will not be changing arrangements around the controversial $128m COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program (TD 01 Dec), according to an update from Shadow Tourism Minister Don Farrell.
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Change at the top for TTC
Friday | Jan 15 2021THE Travel Corporation’s (TTC)operations in Australia will be led by Executive Director Dave Hoskings from 02 Mar, when CEO Fiona Dalton steps down from the senior role (TD breaking news).
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A quarter of staff let go
Friday | Jan 15 2021ONE in four workers in the Asia-Pacific’s travel and tourism sector say they have been made redundant in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19, according to the latest data in the ACI Report 2021, compiled by recruitment & training firm ACI HR Solutions.
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Business travel set to shrink
Friday | Jan 15 2021THE corporate travel market is expected to undergo a structural reset of 10-20% once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, according to an expert panel at this week’s CAPA Live conference.
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How long does our piece of string need to be?
Friday | Jan 15 2021BEN Caplan is the Managing Director of Wall Street Travel.
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Sunrise still on QF horizon
Thursday | Jan 14 2021QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce hasn’t relinquished one of his cherished travel dreams, overnight saying QF’s Project Sunrise plan for ultra-long-haul flights from Sydney and Melbourne to New York and London will be “even more viable” in a post-pandemic world.
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Quiet week for bookings
Thursday | Jan 14 2021THE week after Christmas is traditionally very slow in terms of consumer spending on travel, with the trend exacerbated this year by the rapid escalation of COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Spend down 40% YOY
Thursday | Jan 14 2021TOTAL domestic tourism losses between Jan and Oct last year have totalled almost $40 billion when compared to the same period in 2019, new Tourism Research Australia (TRA) figures have revealed.