Headlines
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Shock Expedia departures
Thursday | Dec 5 2019A “disagreement over strategy” is being cited for the abrupt overnight resignations of Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and the company’s CFO, Alan Pickerill.
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Accor wellness push
Thursday | Dec 5 2019ACCOR will undertake a major rethink of its wellness program in 2020, according to a white paper it released yesterday.
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Climate-neutral call by 2050
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019THE World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has reiterated the global travel sector’s commitment to sustainability, overnight setting an ambition for climate neutrality by 2050 through science-based targets, energy efficiency measures and initiatives to reduce waste and plastics use.
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SAA “determined to survive”
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019TIM Clyde-Smith, South African Airways Asia Pacific Regional GM, says the airline is determined to remain open for business, despite ongoing ructions which led to the cessation of supplier insolvency coverage by the AFTA Chargeback Scheme (TD yesterday).
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2019 – it went that-a-way!
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019THE Dec issue of travelBulletin is winging its way to subscribers across the country, and as always at this time of the year we have included a review of the last 12 months in the industry.
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itravel moving to CVFR
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019ITRAVEL has announced that from 01 Jan 2020 it will switch its ticketing away from Express Travel Group to CVFR Consolidation Services.
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SAA coverage cancelled
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019THE AFTA Chargeback Scheme (ACS) has advised that it will no longer cover Supplier Failure credit card chargebacks relating to South African Airways.
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Travelport offers QF NDC API
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019TRAVELPORT has made the first “live production Qantas NDC booking” through its new Trip Services API.
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Good Morning World from New Zealand!
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019TOURISM NewZealand, with support from Air NewZealand, hosted 100 Australian Travel Agents as they discovered the warm welcome, stunning landscapes and thrilling adventures that makes NewZealand so famous.
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Wel-Travel into liquidation
Monday | Dec 2 2019SPECIALIST Australian inbound travel agency Wel-Travel Australia has been placed into liquidation.