Headlines
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Perth’s transformation
Friday | Apr 12 2019WESTERN Australia has “never been more ready” for travellers, with Perth undergoing a massive transformation over the past five years, Tourism WA Managing Director Brodie Carr told TD.
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Uniworld’s ‘next level’ ship
Thursday | Apr 11 2019UNIWORLD Boutique River Cruise Collection has kicked off the inaugural voyage of its new SS Bon Voyage today, with the line’s President and CEO, Ellen Bettridge, telling TD the Bordeaux-based ship continues the ongoing elevation of the Uniworld brand.
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Qantas Int’l chief resigns
Thursday | Apr 11 2019QANTAS Airways has announced that its CEO of International Alison Webster has resigned from her position, 18 months into the role.
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Price fixing charges laid
Thursday | Apr 11 2019FIVE people are expected to face court today in Melbourne after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged they were fixing the Australian dollar/Vietnamese Dong exchange rates that customers were being charged.
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Crown Wynn falls through
Wednesday | Apr 10 2019WYNN Resorts has walked away from a potential acquisition of Crown Resorts after word of the buyout was leaked to the media.
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Tourism Aus taps people
Wednesday | Apr 10 2019TOURISM Australia (TA) is planning to continue reinventing Australia’s international brand by tapping into the stories of locals, and people who have been to Australia, Tourism Australia MD John O’Sullivan said.
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VS plots Asian expansion
Wednesday | Apr 10 2019VIRGIN Atlantic has unveiled the latest generation of its in-flight cabin products, with the carrier’s new Airbus A350s featuring a host of innovations and the potential to expand its global destination network.
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Australian tourism strategy is strong
Tuesday | Apr 9 2019THE Australian tourism industry is in a “really good spot” ahead of the upcoming conclusion of the Tourism 2020 strategy, Tourism Australia (TA) Managing Director, John O’Sullivan, told Travel Daily yesterday at the Australian Tourism Exchange in Perth.
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Outdoor travel merger
Tuesday | Apr 9 2019TH2 has agreed to merge its Roadtrippers Australasia and CamperMate businesses with Australian outdoor tourism marketplaces, GoSeeAustralia and Outdoria – creating Australasia’s largest online marketplace for camping and caravanning.
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FC shuffles Campus Travel
Tuesday | Apr 9 2019THE new academic division of Flight Centre’s FCM Travel corporate business (TD breaking news) marks an “historic new chapter of growth” for the business, according to FCM Australia GM, Melissa Elf.