Headlines
-
SIA pilots IATA Travel Pass
Tuesday | Mar 9 2021SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will be the first airline to deploy International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass for digital health verification, commencing with trial flights from Singapore to London between 15 and 28 Mar.
-
HLO relents on wage cuts
Monday | Mar 8 2021HELLOWORLD Travel Limited has retracted its controversial requests that staff accept pay cuts (TD 05 Feb), with the Australian Services Union (ASU) citing the outcome of a conciliation before the Fair Work Commission.
-
Flight Centre joins TAANZ
Monday | Mar 8 2021THE NZ travel industry has a united representative organisation for the first time ever, after Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) agreed to join the Travel Agents’ Association of New Zealand (TAANZ).
-
Zacharias gets five years
Friday | Mar 5 2021ARTHUR Zacharias, the convicted fraudster who deceived Adelaide’s Axis Travel owner Max Najar and scores of clients in a multi-year systematic Ponzi scheme (TD 09 Aug 2016) was yesterday sentenced in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.
-
QF warns on quarantine
Friday | Mar 5 2021QANTAS is very hopeful that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines will enable a relaxation of Australia’s strict quarantine systems, warning it is unlikely to reinstate international routes where inbound passengers are required to isolate.
-
NZ agents return over $350m
Friday | Mar 5 2021THE New Zealand Government’s Consumer Travel Reimbursement Scheme (TD 08 Sep 2020) has so far assisted with the repatriation of more than NZ$352 million in refunds and credits to Kiwis whose overseas travel was cancelled due to COVID-19.
-
Zeno COVID test support
Friday | Mar 5 2021EXPENSE management platform Serko has announced the rollout of new COVID-19 testing and vaccine functionality to its Zeno tool to provide business travellers with assurance.
-
TA chief quarantine push
Thursday | Mar 4 2021TOURISM Australia MD Phillipa Harrison has today called on the country’s travel and tourism sector to lead the conversation around opening up international borders, suggesting measures which may facilitate more inbound and outbound passengers as COVID-19 infection rates decline.
-
Tehan promises “bridge”
Thursday | Mar 4 2021TOURISM Minister Dan Tehan today acknowledged the pain that Australia’s travel and tourism operators are going through, and confirmed that the Government continues to look at targeted measures to help the sector.
-
Borders now closed to Jun
Wednesday | Mar 3 2021THE three-month extension to 17 Jun of Australia’s biosecurity emergency declaration by Health Minister Greg Hunt last night (TD breaking news) cites the ongoing COVID-19 situation overseas which “continues to pose an unacceptable health risk to Australia, including the emergence of more highly transmissible variants”.