Headlines
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Air NZ exec restructure
Monday | May 25 2020AIR New Zealand has announced a “streamlining” of its executive ranks as it grapples with the fallout of COVID-19, reducing its executive team by a third.
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UK coach operator collapses
Monday | May 25 2020BRITISH company Specialist Leisure Group has been placed into administration, with more than 2,500 jobs lost as a result.
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EK details safety plan
Friday | May 22 2020EMIRATES has today unveiled new “multi-faceted measures for employee and customer care at every step of the travel journey,” which are being implemented effective immediately as the carrier phases in operations.
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Canberra requests bubble
Friday | May 22 2020CANBERRA Airport Managing Director Stephen Byron has written to the Premiers of Queensland and South Australia to request a travel bubble be created between the ACT and each state.
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Rex responds to ASX query
Friday | May 22 2020REGIONAL Express has apologised to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) for not providing a formal update about its possible plans for services between the country’s capital cities (TD 13 May), telling the ASX that it “did not expect that information to have a material effect on our share price”.
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OPINION: Post COVID-19 travel: a shift towards sustainability?
Friday | May 22 2020SANDRINE Camia is Deputy General Manager of the Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority.
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Biz travel optimism noted
Friday | May 22 2020A STUDY conducted by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has found that 54% of respondents are considering resuming all business travel in the “near future”, but don’t yet have any definitive plans in place.
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TD training academy launch
Thursday | May 21 2020THE Business Publishing Group (BPG) has today unveiled a new option for suppliers, tourism boards and other organisations to grow product knowledge among the Australian and New Zealand travel agent community.
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Smith named CLIA Chair
Thursday | May 21 2020CRUISE Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has appointed local Royal Caribbean chief Gavin Smith as its new Chairman (TD breaking news), replacing the outgoing Sture Myrmell in the role (TD 20 May).
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We want Fiji in bubble
Thursday | May 21 2020AUSTRALIA’S High Commissioner to Fiji John Feakes has revealed plans to include Fiji in the Australia’s proposed trans-Tasman bubble with New Zealand.