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Qantas seeks atonement
Monday | Aug 22 2022QANTAS is offering its Frequent Flyer members $50 towards a return flight from Australia or New Zealand and 12-month status extensions for Silver loyalty members in a bid to make amends for poor performance over recent months.
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Restrictions bite Event
Monday | Aug 22 2022HOTEL and resort operator Event Hospitality & Entertainment has posted strong recovery results for the 12 months to 30 Jun 2022, led by a 46% increase in group revenue to $953.8 million.
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AFTA wastes no time
Monday | Aug 22 2022THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has secured detailed briefings with 22 government ministers and ministerial offices, 25 shadow ministers and offices, and 35 departmental contacts in the first 100 days of the Albanese Government.
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ATMC plots key reforms
Friday | Aug 19 2022THE Association of Travel Management Companies (ATMC) is set to significantly ramp up its profile, as part of a strategy to help ensure the role and value of TMCs is better understood at all levels of corporate Australia and across the supply chain.
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Merricks elected to AFTA
Friday | Aug 19 2022THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has re-elected five directors and added one new member to the board at its Annual General Meeting held in Sydney this morning.
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Qantas extends MCT again
Friday | Aug 19 2022WIDE-RANGING changes to Minimum Connecting Times (MCT) are rolling out across the Qantas network in Australia, as an extension of the previous changes announced for Sydney and Melbourne (TD 10 Aug).
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CTM Lightning even faster
Friday | Aug 19 2022CORPORATE Travel Management has announced the implementation of “proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities” into its Lightning online booking tool, claiming the innovation shaves more than a minute off each online reservation.
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1000MTG plots US growth
Thursday | Aug 18 2022NICOLA Veltman and Ben Ross, the founders of “work from anywhere” corporate agency 1000 Mile Travel Group (1000MTG) are relocating to the US to guide the organisation’s expansion after its acquisition by Corporate Travel Management earlier this year (TD 01 Jul).
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Concerns over QF buy
Thursday | Aug 18 2022THE proposed purchase of Alliance Airlines by Qantas (TD 05 May) has raised “preliminary competition concerns”, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), who this morning suggested the planned takeover of the private charter specialist would likely deal a blow to consumers through decreased competition.
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Qantas adds Tonga flights
Thursday | Aug 18 2022QANTAS has today announced the addition of Tonga to its South Pacific network, with direct services between Sydney and Nuku’alofa’s Fua’amotu Airport to be opened up to the public.