Headlines
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Cruise line shuffles deck
Thursday | Apr 28 2022PONANT has announced a new team structure for its Asia Pacific team, seeing several new appointments made as the line looks to strengthen its position in the local market.
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Merger hits speed bump
Thursday | Apr 28 2022THE proposed acquisition of Apollo Tourism & Leisure by Tourism Holdings Limited (THL) (TD 10 Dec 2021) announced late last year is in doubt, after the ACCC this morning confirmed the purchase raises preliminary competition concerns.
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Say G’day to Aussie events
Thursday | Apr 28 2022ADELAIDE based G’day Group has introduced a new dedicated conferences and events brand called Discovery Conferences and Events, which will oversee the company’s portfolio of regional event venues across Australia.
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ETC restarts up north
Thursday | Apr 28 2022EVOLUTION Travel Collective (ETC) and Scandinavian specialist 50 Degrees North have this week announced the restart of their partnership within the Asia-Pacific region.
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Virgin makes debut in Oz
Wednesday | Apr 27 2022VIRGIN Voyages is set to call Australia home, with its third ship, Resilient Lady, to be based at Station Pier in Port Melbourne from 2023 (TD breaking news).
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Etihad flexes green book
Wednesday | Apr 27 2022ETIHAD has released its latest Sustainability Report, where it outlines ambitions to achieve a 20% reduction in emissions for its passenger fleet by 2025, cut 2019 net emissions by 50% by 2035, and reach the ultimate goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
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Mehdi Juddani mourned
Wednesday | Apr 27 2022THE travel industry has been in mourning following the sudden death last week of Mehdi Juddani (pictured), the entrepreneurial founder of subcontinental specialist Best & Less Travel.
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$60m pledge for Tassie
Wednesday | Apr 27 2022THE Federal Labor Party has pledged to fund a runway expansion at Hobart International Airport if they are elected to government at the upcoming federal election on 21 May.
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Air NZ plots AKL “campus”
Wednesday | Apr 27 2022AIR New Zealand this morning advised staff of plans to centralise its Auckland operations, bringing all of its currently city-based staff under one roof at a refurbished campus at Auckland Airport.
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Wade to chair Travalyst
Tuesday | Apr 26 2022INTREPID Travel co-founder Darrell Wade has been announced as the Chair of global sustainable tourism organisation Travalyst, a non-profit group working to “identify systemic changes needed in order for sustainable travel to be taken out of the niche and into the mainstream”.