Headlines
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Accessible travel barriers
Wednesday | Nov 30 2022ALMOST a third of tourists who have a disability are paying $560 more than those without a disability for travel insurance cover, new research from the Valuable 500 has revealed, ahead of International Day of People with a Disability on 03 Dec.
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VA seeks c’share to Bali
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022FRESH from beating out Qantas for additional capacity on the Indonesia route (TD 08 Nov), Virgin Australia is now seeking permission to codeshare with Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines on flights to/from Bali.
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Agents must take charge
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022IN A world of diminishing margins and evaporating BSP commissions, Travellers Choice (TC) Managing Director Christian Hunter believes a fee-for-service model is “no longer optional” for Australian travel agents.
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QF sweetens the QDP pot
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022QANTAS has followed through with a commitment to offer travel agents access to discounts when using its Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP), announcing that up to 4% savings on base domestic fares are available from today (TD breaking news).
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Overseas arrivals needed
Tuesday | Nov 29 2022TOURISM NT has conceded that while domestic holiday visitation and expenditure levels are tracking toward a strong recovery, int’l visitation is yet to return to pre-COVID levels.
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TC enjoys strong recovery
Monday | Nov 28 2022THE first in-person Travellers Choice Annual General Meeting in three years took place in Melbourne over the weekend, with a higher-than-anticipated 200 delegates in attendance.
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Profitability in sight for Rex
Monday | Nov 28 2022REX Airlines (REX) believes its regional Saab operations will return to monthly profitability by Q3 of the 2023 financial year.
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TC One adds tours/cruise
Monday | Nov 28 2022TRAVELLERS Choice will further enhance its TC One online booking platform for members, incorporating touring options from 31 Dec and fully-integrated cruise bookings from Jun next year (TD breaking news).
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Sheldon takes shelter
Monday | Nov 28 2022A NSW Senator who labelled Qantas “mongrels” and “big corporate gorillas” who “hoard all the bananas”, has been slapped down by the carrier today, which issued a fierce rebuke of the characterisations made regarding a proposal to move some of its workers off enterprise bargaining agreements in exchange for individual contracts.
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Int’l traffic 70% shy of ’19
Friday | Nov 25 2022INTERNATIONAL air passenger traffic in Australia for the 12 months to Sep was around 70% short of pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest update from The Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE).