Headlines
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AFTA pursues Venture Far
Wednesday | Nov 6 2019THE liquidators of collapsed Adelaide-based wholesaler Venture Far (TD 24 Oct 2018) have entered into a funding agreement with the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA), to allow “detailed investigations” against the company’s directors.
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MD out in Rocky restructure
Wednesday | Nov 6 2019ROCKY Mountaineer has restructured its operations in Australia and New Zealand, with the move seeing the departure of regional Managing Director Fiona Watson last week.
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Silversea thief sentenced
Wednesday | Nov 6 2019SILVERSEA Cruises has assured the industry that its systems are secure and its offerings have not been affected by the $3.7 million fraud by the bookkeeper in its Australian office.
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Volunteer tourism grow?
Wednesday | Nov 6 2019VOLUNTEER tourism could be an important element in the rapid recovery of tourism in disaster-ravaged destinations, a paper published in Annals of Tourism Research has found.
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New AFTA education head
Tuesday | Nov 5 2019THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has today announced the appointment of Melinda Larkin as its Head of Education and Training.
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WebBeds agent portal
Tuesday | Nov 5 2019WEBJET’S B2B accommodation division, WebBeds, is launching a new booking website for travel agents across the globe, under the totalstay.com brand.
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Recovery times halved
Tuesday | Nov 5 2019THE average time taken for a travel destination to recover from a crisis has more than halved over the last 17 years, new research released by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has found.
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GST playing field levelled
Monday | Nov 4 2019OVERSEAS-BASED resellers of Aussie accommodation or cruise products must now pay Goods and Services Tax (GST) on their sales, under a new Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ruling.
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Oz can be number one: NCL
Monday | Nov 4 2019THE Australian region is on track to become the top international market for Norwegian Cruise Line, VP & MD NCL Asia Pacific Ben Angell told Travel Daily on board Norwegian Encore last week.
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MEL/South Korea linked
Monday | Nov 4 2019THE Victorian Government has thrown its support behind the upcoming trial of Asiana Airlines’ flights linking Seoul and Melbourne (TD 29 Aug), by partnering with Visit Victoria, Melbourne Airport, the City of Melbourne and the Consul-General of the Republic of Korea.