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Europe leans into jab & go
Thursday | Jan 27 2022WHILE some countries in Europe have made recent moves to relax entry requirements for travellers (TD 25 Jan), there are several popular markets that have flagged booster shots will be necessary for future visits.
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BECA pitches for more value
Thursday | Jan 27 2022AUSTRALIA’S re-imagined visitor economy strategy must be positioned as the centrepiece of Australia’s economic diplomacy and regional prosperity agenda, The Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) believes.
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Industry banner raised in Day of Action
Thursday | Jan 27 2022THERE’S no doubt that the plight of Australia’s travel industry is now well and truly front and centre in the minds of politicians and the community, after a strong turnout for the Day of Action across the country on Tue.
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The time has come: ATIC
Thursday | Jan 27 2022THE Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) has declared that all ongoing border restrictions in Australia must end if the tourism sector is to make a meaningful recovery anytime soon.
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Industry rises up in action
Tuesday | Jan 25 2022TODAY travel industry suppliers, agents, tour operators and other stakeholders are gathering at the offices of their local politicians, putting a human face on the impact that ongoing Government cruise and travel restrictions are having on their lives.
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Domestic down 72% in Nov
Tuesday | Jan 25 2022DESPITE some tentative green shoots of recovery in Nov – now dashed by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 – Australia’s domestic aviation market was still less than a third of pre-pandemic levels in Nov 2021, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE).
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US group’s Sportsnet stake
Monday | Jan 24 2022MELBOURNE-BASED Sportsnet Holidays has announced an agreement with Charlotte, North Carolina USA-based QuintEvents, which is expanding its global footprint via a “significant investment” in the firm founded in 1998 by Rob & Daniel Cecconi.
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Return travel made easier
Monday | Jan 24 2022IT WILL now be smoother for Australian travellers to return home after the Federal Government announced an easing of COVID testing protocols over the weekend.
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Losses reach $48.5 billion
Monday | Jan 24 2022THE cumulative loss in interstate domestic overnight travel reached $48.5 billion between the start of the pandemic and Oct last year, new figures from Tourism Research Australia has indicated.
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WA closure rocks industry
Friday | Jan 21 2022A DECISION by WA Premier Mark McGowan to backflip on a plan to open the state up to travel could throw the national carrier’s plan to resume Perth-London flights into turmoil.