Headlines
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No round 3 grants: AFTA
Friday | Dec 17 2021AFTA CEO Dean Long yesterday advised there will not be a third round of the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program, after ongoing discussions with Government officials confirmed there would be no further payments forthcoming as part of the $254 million grants program.
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NSW plots student travel
Friday | Dec 17 2021WITH additional cohorts of international students arriving in Sydney over the coming weeks, the NSW Government has released details of a new strategy which aims to lay the foundation for the recovery of the overseas student sector.
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Duty of Care top priority
Friday | Dec 17 2021A new report commissioned by Amadeus has identified Duty of Care as the number one business travel requirement for clients as the global corporate travel market begins to ramp up again.
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New Smartraveller guide
Friday | Dec 17 2021THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released a ‘Planning to travel during COVID-19: step by step’ guide to help Australians with what they might expect, from planning through to arrival back home.
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QF confident of 70% share
Thursday | Dec 16 2021QANTAS says it is expecting domestic competition to intensify over the next six months, but believes it is “well placed to respond through its frequency of flights, network reach advantages and reduced cost base”.
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AFTA tweaks ATAS rules
Thursday | Dec 16 2021THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has confirmed it will transition out of the “Monitor and Support Mode” currently in place for its national accreditation program, which had its criteria significantly modified with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mar 2020.
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TAANZ – Air NZ ruined Xmas
Thursday | Dec 16 2021AIR New Zealand’s shock decision to slash base commission for travel agents across the Tasman (TD 10 Dec) means Christmas “has been stolen” for the country’s travel sector, according to an open letter from the Travel Agents Association of New Zealand (TAANZ).
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QF Airbus fleet renewal
Thursday | Dec 16 2021QANTAS today announced the outcome of its Project Winton fleet update plan, with a detailed tender process seeing it select Airbus A320neo and A220 planes to renew its domestic narrowbody fleet (TD breaking news).
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NZ frames events
Thursday | Dec 16 2021NEW Zealand’s Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) has worked closely with the country’s government to create a guide to holding safe meetings under the new New Zealand COVID-19 Protection Framework (CPF).
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Chris Hall to leave APH
Wednesday | Dec 15 2021LONG-TIME MD of APT parent company Australian Pacific Holdings (APH), Chris Hall, is set to depart the business he has led for the last 21 years.