Headlines
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FC links with HotelHub
Friday | Jun 18 2021FLIGHT Centre Travel Group has inked a deal with Travel Centric Technology-owned company HotelHub, an agreement which will see the travel agency’s corporate brands provided with new global booking and distribution services.
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Moon pushes lux boundaries
Friday | Jun 18 2021SILVERSEA Cruises’ Silver Moon is at the cutting edge of ultra-luxury travel in the 21st century, and adds a number of innovative enhancements to those debuted on its sister ship, Silver Muse.
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QF adds more Embraers
Thursday | Jun 17 2021QANTAS this morning announced an expansion of its agreement with Alliance Airlines, which will now see options for a total of 18 Embraer E190 regional jets operating under the QantasLink banner.
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EK’s first loss in 30 years
Thursday | Jun 17 2021THE ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the aviation sector has seen Emirates deliver its first yearly loss in more than 30 years.
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Airline industry recovering
Thursday | Jun 17 2021INCREASED consumer confidence, lower airfares and greater competition between airlines has helped drive the recovery of the airline sector, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Airline Competition in Australia report has revealed.
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GRANTS scheme update
Thursday | Jun 17 2021THE Federal Government’s $50 million Business Events Grants program, which closed on 30 Mar this year, was oversubscribed to the tune of $6 million, meaning the scheme’s funding was fully exhausted, according to an update from Austrade last week.
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More lockdown impact
Wednesday | Jun 16 2021CLOSING down Australia’s second most populated state continues to smash the travel industry, with this week’s consumer travel spending figures from News Corp seeing drops across every sector.
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Liquidation plan for Tucan
Wednesday | Jun 16 2021TUCAN Travel’s liquidator now expects any payout to unsecured creditors to be about 10c in the dollar, with payments forecast to flow in mid to late Sep this year.
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$30m Travello tourism boost
Wednesday | Jun 16 2021TRAVEL experience company Travello is funding 600,000 $50 vouchers as part of a major Holiday Cash Giveaway initiative, aiming to stimulate the market and support tourism operators.
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Deloitte to verify grants
Tuesday | Jun 15 2021TRAVEL agents desperately awaiting payments under the now-closed Round Two of the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program are facing a new hurdle, with Austrade confirming details of the “additional financial verification” to be undertaken by Deloitte (TD 08 Jun).