Headlines
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New travel agent directory
Friday | Sep 3 2021NEW marketplace Travel Agent Finder has launched, aiming to help support the industry in the post-COVID travel era.
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Many more support #givetravelashot
Friday | Sep 3 2021TRAVEL Daily’s #givetravelashot campaign continues to garner support, as the whole travel and tourism sector unites around the message promoting vaccinations as our only way forward through the COVID-19 industry stalemate. The promotion, alongside many others including AFTA’s #gettravelready #betravelready, Tourism Australia’s It’s Our Best Shot for Travel, Flight Centre’s Path to Freedom, CFVR Travel Group’s Vaccinate for Vacation and New Zealand’s #gotmyshot, aims to inspire the wider population to get a jab, with the rise of the Delta variant clearly showing the futility of a closed border mentality in the long term.
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Savenio joins Magellan
Thursday | Sep 2 2021MAGELLAN Travel Group has added another new member, with Savenio switching to Magellan effective from 01 Oct.
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FCM to launch in Japan
Thursday | Sep 2 2021FLIGHT Centre this morning revealed plans to debut its FCM travel management business in Japan under a joint venture with Tokyo-based NSF Engagement Corporation.
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Oneworld carbon push
Thursday | Sep 2 2021THE oneworld Alliance, which includes Qantas as a member, has unveiled a new carbon roadmap which outlines how it will achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
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See the GolD Coast differently
Thursday | Sep 2 2021THE Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) has released a new app capable of allowing event planners to visit the venue virtually on a 1:1 scale from any location in the world.
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HLO targets break-even
Wednesday | Sep 1 2021HELLOWORLD Travel’s long track record in domestic travel in Australia and New Zealand means that open borders within Australia and on the Tasman will be sufficient to generate “break-even TTV levels” across the business, according to the company’s 2020/21 update which was released late yesterday (TD breaking news yesterday).
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Vic agent pleads guilty
Wednesday | Sep 1 2021THE owners of a Victorian travel agency have been forced to delay retirement and sell properties to compensate clients, after one of their consultants stole $670,000 in customer funds to fuel an online gambling habit.
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Rex maintains altitude
Wednesday | Sep 1 2021REGIONAL Express Group Executive Chairman Lim Kim Hai believes the business has performed “relatively well” over the last 12 months, especially in light of the extremely challenging aviation climate the company has been operating in.
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Webjet “delivering results”
Tuesday | Aug 31 2021PARTS of Webjet Limited’s business have returned to profitability over the last two months, with CEO John Gucsic this morning confirming the company’s post-COVID strategy is “delivering results and the company will be operating cash flow-positive for the first half of financial year 2022”.