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Scams hit $128m grant scheme
Friday | Feb 5 2021THERE is yet another twist in the saga surrounding the Government’s controversial $128 million Consumer Travel Support grants program for travel agents, with warnings yesterday of “phishing attacks and other scams” regarding the scheme.
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Brief spend relief before a dip
Friday | Feb 5 2021THE Australia Day weekend provided a small improvement in consumer travel spend, according to News Corp Australia’s latest consumer travel spending data.
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Helloworld targeted by ALP
Friday | Feb 5 2021THE Federal Opposition has slammed Helloworld Travel Limited (HLO) for asking staff to take pay cuts to help ride out the coronavirus pandemic, with a confidential letter revealed in Parliament yesterday written by HLO GM of Human Resources, Alex Trifonodis.
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Recovery by 2025: GBTA
Friday | Feb 5 2021THE business travel sector needs at least four more years to fully recover from the damage caused by the global pandemic, GBTA’s annual Business Travel Index has revealed.
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Let us lean into the calm before the storm
Friday | Feb 5 2021ANDREW Buerckner is the Director at Platinum Travel Corporation.
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Global role for Londregan
Thursday | Feb 4 2021VIRTUOSO has promoted Michael Londregan to become the organisation’s Senior Vice President, Global Operations, almost exactly seven years after he was appointed to lead the network’s expansion in Australia, NZ and Asia (TD 23 Jan 2014).
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Regent, Oceania look to home
Thursday | Feb 4 2021THE rapid evolution of Australia’s travel sector through the COVID-19 pandemic has seen Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises adapt strategies towards supporting home-based advisors, as well as honouring industry partnerships which have endured through both good & bad times.
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QF inks new capacity deal
Thursday | Feb 4 2021QANTAS has agreed to terms with Alliance Airlines on a new capacity agreement which will see the carrier access up to 14 Embraer E190 aircraft from mid-2021 (TD breaking news).
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Tucan Travel ceases trading
Wednesday | Feb 3 2021LONG-TIME adventure travel specialist Tucan Travel has been placed into voluntary administration, with the company’s businesses in Australia and the UK having “ceased to trade with immediate effect”.
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Special QFF fares via QDP
Wednesday | Feb 3 2021QANTAS has confirmed an enhancement to its NDC-based Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP), which now has the capability of distributing special price offers for Qantas Frequent Flyer (QFF) members when they book via the indirect channel.