Headlines
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Kerkar sought in fraud case
Thursday | Jul 23 2020AUTHORITIES in India have issued a first information report regarding the global CEO of the now bankrupt Cox & Kings (C&K), Peter Kerkar, as well as other directors, for allegedly siphoning money illegally from the business overseas, according to a report in local India press.
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More travel agents shut
Wednesday | Jul 22 2020MELBOURNE-BASED travel agency Extra Travel has been placed into administration, pursuant to a Vic Supreme Court order handed down on Fri.
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Flanders expands training
Wednesday | Jul 22 2020NEW modules have just been released on the Visit Flanders trade training website, with course content covering the historic battlefields of World War I and cycling holidays within the Belgian region.
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JobKeeper extended to Mar
Tuesday | Jul 21 2020PRIME Minister Scott Morrison this morning announced the next phase of Government support for the economy, including a six-month extension of the JobKeeper scheme but at a lower rate (TD breaking news).
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Finnair adds agent fees
Tuesday | Jul 21 2020FINNAIR has announced the introduction of new charges for travel agents making bookings via the carrier’s Agent Helpdesk.
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Spending still languishes
Tuesday | Jul 21 2020NEWS Corp Australia has resumed the production of its weekly consumer travel spending report, after a brief hiatus which has unfortunately not seen any significant improvement.
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ACCC updates guidance
Monday | Jul 20 2020THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued new “best practice guidance” for the travel industry in relation to COVID-19 related travel cancellations.
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Antipodeans shuts down
Monday | Jul 20 2020ONE of Australia’s best known operators of school and university tours has been placed into administration, with liquidators Richard Lawrence and Richard Albarran from accounting firm Hall Chadwick appointed to Antipodeans Abroad this month.
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Aussies put trips on ice
Monday | Jul 20 2020APPROXIMATELY 40% of Australians decided to postpone booking a holiday between 19 Mar and 21 May, according to a new report published by Stollznow aimed at gauging the country’s reaction to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Who is controlling whom in the travel ecosystem?
Monday | Jul 20 2020KARSTEN Horne is CEO of Reho Travel, and has put down his thoughts on a new way of thinking for the industry.