Headlines
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Serko Booking Zeno rollout
Thursday | Mar 25 2021LISTED travel technology provider Serko Limited yesterday announced what it is describing as an “important milestone in its partnership with Booking.com,” with the transition of existing Booking.com for Business customers to Serko’s platform based on its Zeno technology.
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Rex deploys “war chest”
Thursday | Mar 25 2021THE new Regional Express (Rex) flights between Sydney and Canberra announced yesterday (TD breaking news) are being funded using a $150 million “war chest” courtesy of the carrier’s private equity partner, PAG Asia (TD 22 Sep 2020) to help develop new domestic routes.
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Qantas/AA deal approved
Thursday | Mar 25 2021THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has formally re-authorised the trans-Pacific alliance between American Airlines and Qantas for a further five years.
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Celebrity Cruises adds flights
Wednesday | Mar 24 2021CELEBRITY Cruises this morning announced the launch of “Flights by Celebrity Down Under,” allowing travel advisors to book their Australian clients’ complete cruise holiday including air travel.
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NRMA launches Expeditions
Wednesday | Mar 24 2021THE National Roads & Motorists’ Association (NRMA) has announced the creation of a new NRMA Expeditions division to focus on strategically growing its investment in the tourism sector through acquisitions and partnerships (TD breaking news).
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Spending stable this week
Wednesday | Mar 24 2021CONSUMER spending on travel remained steady in the latest exclusive News Corp Australia/Travel Daily index, despite the week in question coinciding with a NSW hotel quarantine worker and a Qld doctor testing positive to COVID-19.
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HLO wholesale flight cut
Tuesday | Mar 23 2021HELLOWORLD Travel’s in-house wholesale operations will cease selling flights effective 01 May, with the company saying that with ongoing changes to fare rules, schedules and conditions “the manual processes have become beyond time consuming”.
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Adventium pays operators
Tuesday | Mar 23 2021ADVENTIUM, the owner of online booking platform Website Travel, has now repaid about $6.5 million in withheld payments to 350 Australian tour operators, after an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigation into the company.
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Globus, NCL, Club Med combine
Monday | Mar 22 2021TRAVEL advisors across Australia are set to be offered the opportunity to attend a series of upcoming national events conducted jointly by the Globus Family of Brands, Club Med and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL).
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Nats push for grant revamp
Monday | Mar 22 2021THE Federal National Party is backing a plan which would see the funding allocated under the Government’s COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support grants scheme repurposed as a “top-up” to unemployment benefits for displaced travel industry staff.