Headlines
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Boeing affirms safety focus
Wednesday | Mar 20 2019DENNIS Muilenberg, CEO of aircraft manufacturer Boeing, has issued an open letter to airlines, passengers and the aviation community saying the company “understands and regrets the challenges for our customers and the flying public” caused by the grounding of 737 MAX aircraft across the globe.
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QR A350-1000s for SYD
Tuesday | Mar 19 2019QATAR Airways has reaffirmed its commitment to the Australian market, overnight confirming plans to deploy its brand new A350-1000 aircraft on its flights to Sydney and Canberra.
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RCI to return to Brisbane
Tuesday | Mar 19 2019ROYAL Caribbean International has announced it will homeport its 2,400-passenger Radiance of the Seas in Brisbane from next year, with the ship to be based at the brand new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal.
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Room for more at Marriott
Tuesday | Mar 19 2019HOSPITALITY giant Marriott International has outlined plans to open more than 1,700 hotels across the globe in the next three years, which will see the addition of between 275,000 and 295,000 rooms to the group’s portfolio.
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Travel Partners doubles
Monday | Mar 18 2019TRAVEL Partners (TP) now has 200 home-based consultants in its Australia-wide network, and has almost doubled its TTV in the last year, following the Aug 2017 acquisition of the business by Flight Centre.
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Intrepid’s best year yet
Monday | Mar 18 2019INTREPID Group recorded its best year for growth on record in 2018, clocking up a 19.5% rise in bookings for the APAC region, Regional Director Asia Pacific Brett Mitchell told Travel Daily.
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Bedsonline APAC sales team
Monday | Mar 18 2019ACCOMMODATION wholesaler Bedsonline has today announced the appointment of Peter Jones as its new Regional Sales Manager for Pacific, under a new structure reflecting the consolidation of TravelCube into Bedsonline (TD 22 Jan 2019).
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Qantas reiterates CX benefits
Monday | Mar 18 2019QANTAS has lodged a further submission to the International Air Services Commission, relating to its controversial proposed codeshare agreement with Cathay Pacific on the HKG route.
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Departures, arrivals jump
Friday | Mar 15 2019AUSTRALIA’S travel sector has seen a busy peak season holiday period, with figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing almost 1.4 million Australians went overseas.
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Ormond’s Melb debuts
Friday | Mar 15 2019NEW hotel operator and Southeast Asian hospitality brand Ormond Group will introduce two new hotel concepts to Melbourne in 2022.