Headlines
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What to expect in 2022
Friday | Jan 14 2022COMPANIES must be more vigilant in minimising the risk to travelling staff from hazards other than COVID in 2022, a new report from BCD Travel warns.
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Scenic plots Aussie season
Thursday | Jan 13 2022SCENIC will operate its maiden Scenic Eclipse II season in local waters in 2024, as part of its newly unveiled 2023/24 ocean cruising program.
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Journey Beyond takeover
Thursday | Jan 13 2022THE acquisition of Journey Beyond by San Francisco-based Hornblower Group (TD breaking news) will position the Australian experiential tourism operator “solidly on the global stage,” the companies believe.
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PCOA laments cancellation
Thursday | Jan 13 2022THE Professional Conference Organisers Association (PCOA) has been forced to postpone its planned annual conference, citing COVID concerns in most Australian states as the catalyst.
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FCTG independent platform
Wednesday | Jan 12 2022FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) yesterday announced the launch of an “exciting new digital ecosystem” designed to support independent advisors as they run their own businesses.
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Thai Airways ups comm
Wednesday | Jan 12 2022AFTER eliminating travel agent base commission in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic (TD 03 Jul 2020), Thai Airways International has now backflipped and will once again remunerate agencies for selling its fares to their customers.
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ACCC probes HLO, CTM
Tuesday | Jan 11 2022THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched an informal “merger review” of the proposed takeover of Helloworld Travel’s corporate businesses by rival Corporate Travel Management (TD 15 Dec).
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Barry exits travel sector
Tuesday | Jan 11 2022KATRINA Barry, local MD of The Travel Corporation’s Trafalgar, Costsaver and Contiki brands, is leaving the travel industry to take up a CEO role in the technology sector (TD breaking news).
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Parker Travel Collection shut
Monday | Jan 10 2022THE COVID-19 pandemic has claimed yet another Australian travel industry victim, with confirmation that the Parker Travel Collection (PTC) is ceasing operations after 27 years.
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Cruise legislation update
Monday | Jan 10 2022THE fate of the Australian cruise sector hangs on the passing of an amendment to the Biosecurity Act, which requires hearings in both the Federal Senate and House of Representatives.