Headlines
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Velocity chief’s big bucks
Wednesday | Sep 18 2019SHARE-BASED payments boosted the remuneration of Virgin’s Velocity Frequent Flyer CEO Karl Schuster to almost $10 million last year, according to the Virgin Australia annual report, which was released this morning.
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Helloworld strong trading
Tuesday | Sep 17 2019HELLOWORLD Travel Limited appears to have negotiated its way through the ructions created by the new Qantas Channel, today confirming a profit upgrade of up to $10m after having finalised its 2020 commercial agreements, including new GDS contracts (TD breaking news).
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Travel insurance reforms
Tuesday | Sep 17 2019THE Federal Treasury has released details of a new model for the sale of “add-on insurance products” such as travel insurance, with the proposals set to potentially have a significant impact on the travel industry.
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Third Sydney cruise terminal?
Tuesday | Sep 17 2019A solution to Sydney’s seemingly intractable cruise capacity issues appears to be one step closer, with the NSW Government today confirming the launch of a “market engagement process” for a potential new Port Botany cruise terminal.
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Amoma hotel site goes under
Tuesday | Sep 17 2019THE collapse of Geneva-based online travel agency Amoma is impacting thousands of travellers, with the company believed to have declared bankruptcy last Fri.
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Exodus fosters responsible travel
Tuesday | Sep 17 2019LAST week Exodus Travels and its B2B promotional partner, Evolution Travel Collective, hosted almost 150 members of the travel industry across Sydney and Melbourne to launch the Exodus Travel Foundation – an initiative to create sustainable change and promote responsible travel.
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VAH buying back Velocity
Monday | Sep 16 2019VIRGIN Australia Holdings (VAH) this morning announced it would spend $700 million to purchase the 35% of the Velocity Frequent Flyer it doesn’t own.
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Cruise market share report
Monday | Sep 16 2019THE results of the latest industry cruise survey conducted by Travel Daily, Cruise Weekly and travelBulletin are in, and for the first time give an estimation of the relative travel industry market shares of both ocean and river cruise lines in the Australian market.
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BP, QF early ACCC tick?
Monday | Sep 16 2019QANTAS and multinational oil and gas company BP have requested interim authorisation of the proposed “BP Rewards” loyalty program (TD 04 Sep), which will allow Qantas Frequent Flyers and Qantas Business Rewards members to earn points on fuel purchases.
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Swinging for good at golf day
Monday | Sep 16 2019MEMBERS of the Queensland travel industry and their supporters got their golf clubs out to support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation at Carbrook Golf Course recently.