Headlines
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New Chair for MEA
Thursday | Nov 25 2021MEETINGS & Events Australia (MEA) has announced the results of its annual Board Director election, with nine candidates nominating for three contested positions on the board, following the resignations of Nigel Collin, Kirsty Forbes and Paula Nolan.
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Webjet “snapping back”
Wednesday | Nov 24 2021WEBJET this morning confirmed it would once again resume paying dividends as it sees a rapid return to high booking volumes due to border openings.
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Aeronology TravelCheck launch
Wednesday | Nov 24 2021AUSTRALIAN travel technology firm Aeronology has announced the debut of TravelCheck, a comprehensive platform to give agents up-to-the-minute information on health, visa and passport requirements for travel in the post-COVID world.
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Certares US agency group buy
Wednesday | Nov 24 2021TRAVEL investment giant Certares has announced the acquisition of a stake in Avoya Travel, a major US-based agency network which is “redefining how vacations are booked by connecting travellers with independent travel advisors”.
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TM hits the reset button
Wednesday | Nov 24 2021TRAVELMANAGERS (TM) has launched a travel RESET program that is designed to assist its remote agents to become better informed about how to sell travel in a COVID-impacted world.
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Youth tourism to return
Tuesday | Nov 23 2021PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the reopening of Australia’s borders to overseas visa holders (TD yesterday), including arrivals under the Working Holiday Maker program.
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Agents key to Qatar move
Tuesday | Nov 23 2021EDUCATING the trade will be key for Qatar as it embarks on its campaign of promoting the world’s best value stopover, Qatar Tourism VP International Markets Phil Dickinson believes.
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Cancellations double in Oct
Tuesday | Nov 23 2021FLIGHTS cancelled during Oct more than doubled the number noted in the same period last year, the latest figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) show.
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Air NZ slashes Oz flights
Tuesday | Nov 23 2021CITING “border uncertainty”, Air New Zealand has cancelled more than 1,000 trans-Tasman flights through to 31 Dec.
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TravelPay rewards agents
Monday | Nov 22 2021TRANSACTION volumes at travel industry specialist payment provider TravelPay have more than tripled in recent months, with the TravelPay and TravelPay B2B platforms adding more than 750 new clients combined during the pandemic.