Headlines
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TTC opens DMC portfolio
Tuesday | May 11 2021THE Travel Corporation is opening up its global Destination Management Company (DMC) network to other travel businesses, allowing them to “white-label and tailor” the offerings in response to opportunities which have arisen during the pandemic.
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Rex urges ACCC QF probe
Tuesday | May 11 2021REGIONAL Express has publicly called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to “look at the plight of hundreds of thousands of Qantas passengers that have been chasing Qantas for months for a refund”.
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Agent bookings at 37%
Tuesday | May 11 2021INITIAL results from the new Resurg Agency Recovery Monitor (TD 14 Apr) indicate the massive ongoing impact of border closures on the travel sector, with overall booking numbers languishing at less than two fifths of previous levels in Apr.
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Helloworld agents wind-up
Monday | May 10 2021JMW Travel Pty Ltd, the company which owns and operates Helloworld Bentleigh and Helloworld Monbulk in Vic, is set to be liquidated, despite efforts by its Administrators from Mackay Goodwin to initially keep the business trading (TD 26 Feb).
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Big Qantas boost for ADL
Monday | May 10 2021QANTAS Airways will launch a new Adelaide-Gold Coast service in time for the upcoming winter school holidays, as it establishes a new base in the SA capital operating the new Embraer aircraft fleet under lease from Alliance Airlines (TD 07 May).
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Crown-Star merger afoot?
Monday | May 10 2021HOSPITALITY and gambling company The Star Entertainment Group has proposed a merger with Crown Resorts Limited, saying the amalgamation would create “a national tourism and entertainment leader with a world-class portfolio of integrated resorts”.
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RED…. AMBER… GREEN… here we go!
Monday | May 10 2021JOE Karbo is COO of UK-based Moresand Group, one of the country’s largest independently owned travel businesses.
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JobKeeper end doomed Nexus
Friday | May 7 2021THE cessation of the Government’s JobKeeper program at the end of Mar was the trigger for the closure of Nexus Holidays, which ceased trading late last month (TD 26 Apr) due to the impacts of the pandemic.
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QF still top airline in 2020
Friday | May 7 2021DESPITE ceasing most of its overseas flying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qantas still had the biggest international market share in Australia for 2020 overall, according to a new report from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE).
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FCM targets 50% recovery
Friday | May 7 2021FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s FCM Travel corporate division says it is expecting a significant recovery in its global corporate travel business by the end of 2021.