Headlines
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Top End’s Uluru, Just Wow
Tuesday | Feb 16 2021VOYAGES Indigenous Tourism Australia has launched its first brand campaign in 10 years, using the brand platform “Just Wow” in a bid to lure domestic visitation over the coming months.
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Tucan creditors meeting
Monday | Feb 15 2021CREDITORS of the collapsed Tucan Travel Pty Ltd (TD 03 Feb) may receive payouts up to 10c in the dollar, with 258 customers owed a total of almost $700,000 by the Australian/NZ operation.
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Tasman bubble pops again
Monday | Feb 15 2021A three-DAY snap lockdown due to three NZ cases of COVID-19 has seen Australia temporarily close down its quarantine-free, one-way travel bubble with New Zealand.
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Tour Amigo offers free tech
Monday | Feb 15 2021TRAVEL agents and other distribution partners are being offered free integration services by Tour Amigo, allowing them to feature more than 5,500 multi-day touring products on white-labelled websites with live content, availability and booking capabilities.
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Openings prompt flight frenzy
Friday | Feb 12 2021THE reopening of Queensland and South Australia to residents of Greater Sydney two weeks ago created a spike in consumer travel spending, with the immediate reaction being to book flights.
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ACCC ticks QF, MU pact
Friday | Feb 12 2021THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted full approval for an Extended Joint Coordination Agreement between Qantas and China Eastern Airlines allowing them to coordinate operations through until 31 Mar 2023.
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Business spend plummets
Friday | Feb 12 2021EXPENSE management platform Coupa has released its latest quarterly report, finding a 96% year-on-year decline in business spending on air travel.
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TTIH North Sydney closure
Friday | Feb 12 2021THE continued uncertainty around COVID-19 has seen The Travel Industry Hub (TTIH) founders Richard Taylor and Luke Crawford make the tough decision to close the North Sydney premises which have provided such a lifeline to the industry through the pandemic.
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Luxury Escapes acquires
Thursday | Feb 11 2021LUXURY Escapes has announced the acquisition of New York-based technology company Porter & Sail, saying the move will see it “supercharge investment in mobile and app development”.
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TA business events push
Thursday | Feb 11 2021TOURISM Australia (TA) has today announced a six-month marketing campaign encouraging local businesses to resume meetings and conferences to support the important business events sector.