Headlines
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Spending green shoots
Tuesday | Jun 2 2020THIS week’s News Corp consumer spending data, from the week of 18 May, shows the start of a small recovery, but credit card transaction values on travel are still down 91%.
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ACCC QF Alliance concerns
Monday | Jun 1 2020THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says it’s continuing to investigate the acquisition of a 19.9% stake in Alliance Aviation by Qantas, today issuing a statement 16 months after QF conducted its share purchase which blindsided the carrier and its regional partner Virgin Australia (TD 01 Feb 2019).
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Singapore “green lanes”
Monday | Jun 1 2020AUTHORITIES in Singapore have confirmed talks are under way with Australian officials to establish so-called “green lanes” to facilitate travel between the two countries.
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TG passengers now creditors
Monday | Jun 1 2020THAI Airways has confirmed that its bankruptcy proceedings (TD 19 May) mean it is unable to issue any refunds for unused tickets, due to legal obligations which “prevent it from disbursing funds at this point in time”.
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Recovery benchmark data
Monday | Jun 1 2020TOURISM Research Australia has released data which it says will be the benchmark against which tourism’s recovery for each state and territory can be assessed.
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AFTA launches CEO search
Friday | May 29 2020THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has kicked off the formal search for a new Chief Executive Officer, following the controversial shock departure of Jayson Westbury just over two weeks ago (TD 14 May).
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Israel joins bubble talk
Friday | May 29 2020ISRAEL is the latest country to express an interest in being included in an Australian travel bubble, with the country’s Ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer describing the move as a “win, win” for both countries, according to a report published in The Guardian.
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FCTG NZ corporate cut
Friday | May 29 2020FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has announced the closure of its Auckland-based Executive Travel business, in response to the demand downturn due to coronavirus, with the operation to be merged into Flight Centre’s other NZ corporate businesses.
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CWT partners with Concur
Friday | May 29 2020CWT has announced an expanded relationship with SAP’s Concur Travel, under which CWT travel management clients using the Concur platform can select RoomIt by CWT as their enriched source of hotel content.
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Stand together, urges AFTA
Thursday | May 28 2020AFTA Chairman Tom Manwaring and the AFTA Board are today urging the industry to speak with a single voice, after a grassroots email campaign from tour operators and agents targeting local Parliamentarians threatened to derail AFTA’s efforts to highlight the heavy impact of COVID-19 on the Australian travel sector.