Headlines
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Oz an ideal event destination
Thursday | Sep 15 2022AUSTRALIA is recognised as a leading incentive destination and has the strongest level of consideration for future incentive trips, new international business events research from Tourism Australia has revealed.
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VA chases Qantas loyalty
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022VIRGIN Australia is calling on loyalty members of rival airlines to make the “Switch-A-Roo” this week via a new promotion, which pledges to fast-track travellers toward Velocity Gold Status.
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QF Bengaluru inaugural
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022QANTAS Airways’ new Sydney to Bengalaru flight has taken off today, establishing the first direct air connection between Australia and South India.
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NZ traffic close to double
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022THE number of Australians travelling to New Zealand in Jul almost doubled the traffic from the previous month, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
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Rural NSW leading the way
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022IN the Jun quarter of the year, occupancy rates in Sydney, New South Wales, and rural NSW were above the same quarter in the prior year, the state government’s latest Tourist Accommodation Snapshot has revealed.
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Get to the point airlines!
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022AUSTRALIANS are having a hard time redeeming frequent-flyer points, Finder has found.
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Aussie gamble pays off
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022THE recovery of the Australia/Fiji market required a “real leap of faith” from Fiji Airways, the airline’s Executive Manager Strategy, Networks & Alliances John Checketts (pictured) conceded at the CAPA Australian Pacific Aviation Summit 2022.
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ILTM tracks APAC luxury mindset
Wednesday | Sep 14 2022INTERNATIONAL Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) Asia Pacific has provided further details of its recent study into wealthy APAC travellers from six countries (TD 07 Sep), with the research aiming to highlight which post-pandemic consumer behaviours will stabilise and which will recede.
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NTIA 2022 will be packed
Tuesday | Sep 13 2022THE highly anticipated 2022 National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) is expected to be fully sold out, with close to 1,200 travel professionals from across Australia in attendance, according to AFTA CEO Dean Long.
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Intrepid bolsters offering
Tuesday | Sep 13 2022INTREPID Travel’s acquisition of a majority stake in WA-based Jump Out Of Bed (JOOB) (TD breaking news) will see the company expand its operational bases across the country, with Intrepid CEO James Thorton saying the deal “completes the puzzle” of its strategy to operate its own in-house DMCs in markets across the globe.