Headlines
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Meet the new Intrepid
Wednesday | Oct 20 2021INTREPID Travel has unveiled a brand refresh that is designed to communicate a clearer vision focused on empowering communities, protecting the planet and creating more equitable travel experiences.
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Trivago facing $90m fine
Tuesday | Oct 19 2021THE Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told a federal court that hotel comparison site Trivago should be fined at least $90 million for misleading consumers about hotel rates (TD 21 Jan 2020).
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QF reward seat bonanza
Tuesday | Oct 19 2021QANTAS Airways has released a massive amount of reward seats for next year for Frequent Flyers, to celebrate the reopening of Australia’s borders next month.
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Vaccine certificate update
Monday | Oct 18 2021UPDATED vaccine certificates required for international travel will be available to access from tomorrow morning, with the latest version featuring QR codes that can be scanned by foreign border officials to authenticate travellers’ vaccination statuses.
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South Island joins inbound
Monday | Oct 18 2021INBOUND travel from New Zealand’s South Island has been restored by the Federal Government, with quarantine-free travel to restart from midnight tomorrow.
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Long to rally the troops
Monday | Oct 18 2021THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents’ (AFTA) new Chief Executive Officer Dean Long will brief a members-only update on Wed regarding his immediate priorities in his first week.
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NSW scraps the caps
Friday | Oct 15 2021WITH New South Wales flying toward its 80% double dose target, Premier Dominic Perrottet today announced the state government will remove quarantine requirements and caps for overseas arrivals from next month (TD breaking news).
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QF auto ticket revalidation
Friday | Oct 15 2021QANTAS has announced an enhancement to its tech platform which will automatically revalidate a customer’s ticket if a schedule change occurs to the timing of a QF flight.
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Kudos integrates VariFlight
Friday | Oct 15 2021BRISBANE-BASED Kudos Travel Technology has announced a new partnership with aviation tech firm VariFlight to provide travel agencies and their clients with up-to-the-second flight tracking information.
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RCI cancels summer season
Thursday | Oct 14 2021THE continued intransigence of Australian Governments in relation to the cruise sector has forced Royal Caribbean International to this morning cancel the upcoming local Ovation of the Seas deployment.