Headlines
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Green light for Qantas, AA
Monday | Jul 22 2019AMERICAN Airlines and Qantas are set to finally implement their long-awaited trans-Pacific joint business agreement, more than four years since the expanded cooperation deal was first proposed (TD 12 Jun 2015).
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Travel top for e-commerce
Monday | Jul 22 2019MORE than 20% of Australian online payment transactions relate to the purchase of travel, according to a new report released by Amadeus today.
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Meet the travel industry’s Best Dressed!
Monday | Jul 22 2019THERE was a huge response to Travel Daily’s impromptu National Travel Industry Awards Best Dressed competition, with hundreds of attendees at Sat’s NTIA Gala Dinner showcasing their outfits on Instagram. The TD fashion squad has spent the weekend poring over the plethora of posts, and have named the lucky winners of prizes courtesy of InterContinental Hotels Group’s funky voco brand.
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Woolworths Disney flight
Friday | Jul 19 2019SUPERMARKET giant Woolworths has been revealed as the charterer of a Qantas A380, which will operate a special one-off flight between Sydney and Orlando early next year.
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Michael James in fast lane
Friday | Jul 19 2019MICHAEL James (pictured), the former CEO of the collapsed Air Australia and husband of Bestjet MD Rachel James, has been spending plenty of time on the road in recent weeks, with his own personal motor racing team having come in second place in the Phillip Island 600.
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Klook’s Aus expansion
Friday | Jul 19 2019TRAVEL activities and services booking platform Klook expects to triple its Au/NZ market share by end 2019, just months after its Australian launch (TD 22 Feb).
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Luxury family escapes
Thursday | Jul 18 2019LUXURY Escapes has moved into the homes and villas market, launching a new range of exclusive retreats for groups and family getaways.
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Waldorf rebrand & push
Thursday | Jul 18 2019DAIWA Living Waldorf will rebrand its Waldorf Apartments portfolio to “Nesuto” under an aggressive strategy to more than triple the number of the brand’s rooms in Australia and NZ.
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YOTEL to open in Melb
Thursday | Jul 18 2019UK-BASED hotel group, YOTEL, has announced plans to open its first property in Australia, with the 2022 arrival of YOTEL Melbourne.
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TRA moves with the times
Wednesday | Jul 17 2019TOURISM Research Australia (TRA) has adjusted its methodology for calculating the National Visitor Survey (NVS) figures, and is no longer using antiquated landline interviews to collate the results.