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End of hols drives spend dip
Wednesday | Apr 28 2021THE final week of school holidays in most states across Australia saw consumer spending on travel decline by six points in the most recent News Corp Australia index (pictured).
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An account from the WA border debacle coalface
Wednesday | Apr 28 2021ADRIENNE Witteman is the owner of Sydney-based Trendsetter Travel.
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SIN/HKG bubble flagged
Tuesday | Apr 27 2021AUTHORITIES in Singapore and Hong Kong have confirmed the highly anticipated resumption of quarantine-free travel between the cities, with an Air Travel Bubble set to open on 26 May and the move seen as a blueprint for opening up of other destinations including to Australia and New Zealand.
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Men more likely to travel
Tuesday | Apr 27 2021THE rebound in international travel may rest more in the hands of men than women, according to new data compiled by SMP Surveys and StollzNow Research.
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IATA partners with Hotelbeds
Tuesday | Apr 27 2021THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a new partnership with global bedbank operator Hotelbeds, which is now powering the IATA “AgentExperience” platform for accredited travel agents.
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Nexus Hols ceases trading
Monday | Apr 26 2021TOUR operator Nexus Holidays Pty Ltd is set to be wound up, after last week appointing Jonathon Keenan and Peter Krejci of BRI Ferrier as the company’s liquidators.
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600,000 tix snapped up
Monday | Apr 26 2021MORE than 600,000 half-price flights have so far been purchased by travellers as part of the Federal Government’s $1.2 billion tourism support package announced last month (TD 19 Mar).
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Aeronology Rail Tickets
Friday | Apr 23 2021AUSTRALIAN travel technology firm Aeronology is set to launch a “modern, fast and seamless new online rail booking application,” with the company adopting the Rail Tickets branding formerly used by Helloworld Travel Ltd.
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Future secure for Intrepid
Friday | Apr 23 2021INTREPID Travel has released its annual report for 2020, with the document noting that the recent strategic partnership with French private equity group Genairgy (TD 11 Mar) had secured the group’s future and would enable it to realise its revised 2025 strategy.
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Getting Australia back to business
Friday | Apr 23 2021JO Sully is VP & GM APAC American Express Global Business Travel.