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Tehan promises “adjustments”
Friday | Mar 12 2021TOURISM Minister Dan Tehan today confirmed that “several adjustments” will be made to the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program for the travel industry, but at this stage it looks likely any funding will continue to be administered via grants to travel agents and tour arrangement service providers.
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Consolidated NDC plan
Friday | Mar 12 2021CONSOLIDATED Travel is set to launch an NDC-enabled version of its Quikticket platform, with the consolidator advising agents this week the system will be available after 01 Jul this year.
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Amadeus, Mastercard pact
Friday | Mar 12 2021AMADEUS overnight announced a five year “extended global collaboration” with credit card provider Mastercard, building on the organisations’ existing strategic relationship with the aim of helping “broaden access to virtual card payments across the travel ecosystem”.
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More support for industry
Thursday | Mar 11 2021AN additional $128 million has been allocated by the Federal Government to support the travel sector (TD breaking news), with AFTA pledging to work with officials to ensure the extra money is “relevant to agency costs and promotes the retention of key expertise within the sector”.
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$1.2b for aviation, tourism
Thursday | Mar 11 2021AUSTRALIA’S aviation sector is being seen as a big winner from this morning’s $1.2 billion tourism funding announcement (TD breaking news), with close to 800,000 government subsidised tickets to be offered up to travellers in a bid to increase domestic travel to the country’s most hard-hit regions.
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Another jump in spend
Thursday | Mar 11 2021RELATIVE stability in border closures and the release of new domestic cruise itineraries appears to have driven the second biggest week-on-week improvement in consumer travel spending since COVID-19 hit almost exactly a year ago.
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ATG will give back more
Wednesday | Mar 10 2021THE APT Travel Group (ATG) has agreed to cease deducting marketing and overhead costs from refunds, following concerns raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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FCM’s new brand, platform
Wednesday | Mar 10 2021FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s FCM Travel Solutions has today announced a global rebrand, showcasing the development of “ground-breaking proprietary technology that directly targets customers’ pain points with current and legacy corporate travel technology”.
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Vaccine jabs confidence
Wednesday | Mar 10 2021THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released new figures that demonstrate a growing confidence toward air travel on the back of global vaccination rollouts.
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AFTA confirms restructure
Tuesday | Mar 9 2021THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents says it will shortly share details of changes within its team, as it adapts to the new low-revenue environment forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.