Headlines
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McGowan mercy dash
Friday | Jun 17 2022WESTERN Australia’s renegade Premier Mark McGowan has jetted off on a mission to several countries in a bid to put tourism to the state back on the agenda.
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Be prepared for cuts: QF
Thursday | Jun 16 2022QANTAS Executive Manager of Global Sales and Distribution, Igor Kwiatkowski, yesterday warned travel agents to ensure they are “operationally prepared” for the 01 Jul change to base commission, which is being slashed from 5% to just 1%.
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NZ topped Apr arrivals
Thursday | Jun 16 2022THE reopening of the trans-Tasman border saw a strong jump in Kiwi travel to Australia, with visitors from New Zealand comprising 18% of all arrivals during the month of Apr.
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Travel, tourism training update
Thursday | Jun 16 2022SKILLSIQ has released a range of new training package products updating existing modules to help meet the current and future needs of industry.
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Dear Igor, thanks for nothing
Thursday | Jun 16 2022IAN Mollison is MD of Helloworld Travel Balwyn North in Vic, an industry veteran of 45-plus years.
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Domestic spend on the rise
Thursday | Jun 16 2022DOMESTIC travel spending on accommodation, food and shopping were all up on pre-pandemic levels for Mar 2022, the latest figures from Tourism Research Australia have showed.
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Spotlight shines on TE PAE
Thursday | Jun 16 2022THE vital role of the business events sector in New Zealand’s future success has been recognised at the Business Events Industry Aotearoa’s (BEIA) flagship exhibition, MEETINGS 2022, which kicked off yesterday.
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AC maintains agent pay
Wednesday | Jun 15 2022AIR Canada (AC) has confirmed that unlike many other carriers in the local market, it will continue to remunerate Australian travel agents who sell its flights, with the airline’s VP of International Sales, Virgilio Russi, telling Travel Daily AC will keep paying base commission in Australia “for the foreseeable future”.
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Rex focuses on regions
Wednesday | Jun 15 2022REGIONAL Express today announced a “steep increase” of its services to some of the major regional hubs on its network, as it continues to adjust operations in the face of strong competition from QantasLink.
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Spend contracts for May
Wednesday | Jun 15 2022TRAVEL spending intentions by Australians fell in May after reaching a post-pandemic peak in Apr, new figures published by the Commonwealth Bank show.