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SQ, LH seek expanded pact
Wednesday | Oct 27 2021SINGAPORE Airlines and Lufthansa have lodged an application with the ACCC, asking for ongoing authorisation to coordinate their activities but with a significantly expanded range of destinations covered – including the UK.
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Travel walks the runway
Wednesday | Oct 27 2021A collection of the most “lust-worthy” travel experiences across the globe are set to be exhibited via a new digital event pioneered by Flight Centre.
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Bonza to broaden travel
Wednesday | Oct 27 2021BONZA Chief Executive Officer Tim Jordan has told Travel Daily his new airline will be about stimulating brand new markets, where there currently isn’t an existing operator, to ensure everybody in the industry sees the benefit from its presence.
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Travlr gets $6.7m funding
Tuesday | Oct 26 2021SIMON te Hennepe’s Travlr, which powers travel offerings with media groups such as Network 10 (TD 18 Dec 2019) and NZ’s Stuff (TD 02 Nov 2020), has secured $6.7 million in a funding round backed by some of Australia’s wealthiest investors.
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Bonza names exec team
Tuesday | Oct 26 2021AUSTRALIAN domestic startup carrier Bonza (TD 12 Oct) has announced details of its leadership team, with CEO Tim Jordan confirming Peter McNally as the low-cost airline’s Chief Operating Officer and Carly Povey as Chief Commercial Officer.
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Ignite seeing fast growth
Tuesday | Oct 26 2021IGNITE Travel Group Chief Executive Officer Ryan Thomas has told Travel Daily his company’s sales TTV is expected to be over $1 billion in the next 18 months.
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Refunds are key to travel
Tuesday | Oct 26 2021CLOSE to 70% of Australians would feel confident in making a travel booking in the next 12 months if it meant they had a guaranteed right to a refund in all situations, new research conducted by consumer group CHOICE has found.
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IATA offers daily remittance
Monday | Oct 25 2021THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is set to allow travel agents who are unable to meet financial benchmarks the ability to be placed onto daily remittances of BSP payments, with the move still subject to ratification by next month’s IATA Passenger Agency Conference (PAConf).
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NSW Feel New campaign
Monday | Oct 25 2021THE NSW Government has launched a new $10 million tourism campaign designed to accelerate the recovery of the state’s visitor economy following disasters such as the travel shutdown and bushfires.
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Intrepid pushes into hotels
Monday | Oct 25 2021THE launch of the new “Drifter – an Intrepid Hotel” offering (TD breaking news) will see Intrepid Travel partner with Drifter Hospitality Group to establish an initial $75 million fund to acquire and rebrand “sustainable owner-operated premium hybrid hotels”.