Headlines
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Qantas overhauls rewards
Tuesday | Mar 15 2022QANTAS has announced an overhaul of its Business Rewards program which will see additional benefits allocated to incentivise companies to return to the skies.
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The Queen of the Skies flies
Tuesday | Mar 15 2022THE relaunch of the Qantas First Class product (see page two) saw the carrier’s Chief Commercial Officer, Stephanie Tully, showcase the upgraded product to a select group aboard one of the airline’s A380s at SYD yesterday.
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AFTA members ramp it up
Monday | Mar 14 2022A whopping 27 meetings between AFTA members and their Federal parliamentary representatives are taking place this month, as the Federation continues its push for support for the Australian travel sector.
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FC increases software stake
Monday | Mar 14 2022FLIGHT Centre Travel Group has strengthened its connection to the new world of travel distribution via increasing its investment in TPConnects.
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Dreaming of NZ sooner?
Monday | Mar 14 2022NEW Zealand is set to hasten its border reopening, with the country’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern telling local network TVNZ an announcement would be made this week on a new reopening schedule.
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South Korea to open up
Monday | Mar 14 2022THE South Korean Government has announced it will be reopening quarantine-free borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 01 Apr.
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New Caledonia reopens
Friday | Mar 11 2022NEW Caledonia is once again able to welcome Australian travellers, with the French Pacific enclave dropping all quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated tourists effective from today.
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Dec shows signs of life
Friday | Mar 11 2022THE overall tourism activity for Dec improved when compared to Nov due to holiday season trips, an easing of further restrictions, and the move toward “living with COVID”, a report from Tourism Research Australia claims.
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GBT: recovery under way
Friday | Mar 11 2022AMERICAN Express Global Business Travel’s (GBT) 2021 financial results were well above forecast and are “gaining momentum,” the company reported this week.
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Quark bullish Down Under
Thursday | Mar 10 2022INTEREST from the Australian market in taking an expedition cruise is starting to show solid signs of a recovery, according to Quark Expeditions Regional Sales Director Robert Halfpenny.