Headlines
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Okinawa agent support
Tuesday | Aug 25 2020OKINAWA is set to ramp up its support of the trade today, with the roll out of a new online learning platform, marketing and incentive campaign.
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The graph says it all…
Tuesday | Aug 25 2020THIS week’s News Corp Australia consumer travel spending update is predictably depressing, reflecting the ongoing impact of border closures and the Victorian lockdown on consumer confidence to spend on travel.
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Virgin slammed by COVID
Tuesday | Aug 25 2020THE administrators of Virgin Australia have concluded the airline’s difficulties were “largely due to the inability of the Virgin Group’s balance sheet to withstand the immense financial impact caused by COVID-19”.
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La Spina to leave Qantas
Monday | Aug 24 2020QANTAS this morning advised that its Head of International, Tino La Spina, is leaving the company (TD breaking news) “in light of what is likely to be the extended grounding of this part of the airline”.
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Singapore plots NZ bubble
Monday | Aug 24 2020UNRESTRICTED travel will open up from New Zealand to Singapore next month, under a plan announced by the Singapore Government on Sat.
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AAPA urges reopenings
Monday | Aug 24 2020GOVERNMENTS across the globe must cooperate to restart aviation, according to Subhas Menon, Director-General of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
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Senate hears of travel travails
Friday | Aug 21 2020AFTA Chairman Tom Manwaring and CEO Darren Rudd yesterday clearly laid out the dire straits the travel industry is currently navigating, in an appearance before the Federal Senate Select Committee into COVID-19.
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Bestjet liquidation payout
Friday | Aug 21 2020THE liquidators of Bestjet Travel Pty Limited, which spectacularly imploded almost two years ago (TD 19 Dec 2018), believe there will now be sufficient funds to enable a partial dividend to unsecured creditors, while staff entitlements will be paid in full.
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Not all doom and gloom
Friday | Aug 21 2020THE lack of international visitation to Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic may not hit the tourism sector as hard as initially feared, Tourism Research Australia (TRA) believes.
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Safety key, says HWBT study
Friday | Aug 21 2020THE safety and wellbeing of travellers is the top priority for company travel programs in a post-COVID world, according to a new survey of Helloworld Business Travel (HWBT) clients.