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QF exec pay “discipline”
Monday | Sep 20 2021PAYMENTS to Qantas senior executives continued to reflect “discipline and leadership in difficult times,” according to the carrier’s annual report released on Fri, which showed that after some months of restraint, the CEO, executive management and non-executive directors returned to full pay from 01 Nov 2020.
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New deal hits the road
Monday | Sep 20 2021TO help meet road trip demand, Amadeus and Expedia Group are teaming up to expand access to their content.
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Rex mandates staff to vax
Monday | Sep 20 2021REX Airlines has followed similar moves made by rivals Qantas and Virgin Australia, opting to make vaccinations mandatory for frontline staff.
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Full refunds a slippery slope
Monday | Sep 20 2021WITH interest in taking ski trips over the northern winter period gaining traction in the lead-up to a resumption of international travel in Dec, Ski Travel Company Manager Melissa Cowley has cautioned that travellers should be prepared to wear some of the cost in the event of cancellations due to external events.
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Tasman closure slams NZ
Friday | Sep 17 2021AIR New Zealand’s bottom line is being hit by about NZ$25 million a month due to the current suspension of the trans-Tasman bubble, with the carrier providing details of the financial impact of ongoing restrictions.
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Virgin joins vax mandate
Friday | Sep 17 2021VIRGIN Australia has joined Qantas in issuing a mandate for its staff to be fully vaccinated.
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Tourism worker shortage
Friday | Sep 17 2021QUEENSLAND’S pandemic-impacted tourism industry is facing another hurdle as operators struggle to find workers, University of Queensland Associate Professor Richard Robinson believes.
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BCD adds pay platform
Friday | Sep 17 2021BCD Travel has announced the launch of a new BCD Pay system which promises to “transform travel and expense spend management,” with the platform built using artificial intelligence, machine learning and open APIs to “simplify, digitise and automate corporate travel payment, reconciliation and invoice management”.
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Travel agent fights insurers
Thursday | Sep 16 2021MELBOURNE-BASED Meridian Travel has hit the headlines this week as one of nine small business plaintiffs seeking payouts under business interruption insurance policies.
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Domestic traffic halved
Thursday | Sep 16 2021TRAVEL restrictions due to Australia’s COVID-19 outbreaks have resulted in severe disruptions to domestic travel since Apr 2020, according to the annual domestic aviation report released this week by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE).