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Tourism losses top $30b
Friday | Nov 6 2020TOTAL domestic tourism losses between Jan and Aug this year have plummeted by $31.2 billion when compared to the same period last year, Tourism Research Australia has revealed.
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FCTG “growing to win”
Friday | Nov 6 2020FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has reiterated its focus on organically increasing its corporate market share, with MD Graham Turner saying recent success in winning accounts in the FCM and Corporate Traveller brands “reflects our compelling customer offering”.
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FCTG promises volume
Thursday | Nov 5 2020FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) doesn’t expect its leisure travel operations to be profitable until the second half of 2021, but MD Graham Turner today told the firm’s AGM he was “optimistic that travel’s medium-term outlook is fairly bright”.
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Trivago fails to overturn
Thursday | Nov 5 2020HOTEL comparison site Trivago has lost its appeal against a court decision earlier this year (TD 21 Jan) which ruled the company had breached Australian Consumer Law when it made misleading representations about hotel room rates.
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Plans for safer int’l travel
Thursday | Nov 5 2020A NEW international code is being developed by World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to provide greater legal protection for travellers overseas, which it believes will help hasten the rebound of the tourism sector.
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Cat is out of the bag!
Thursday | Nov 5 2020THE latest issue of travelBulletin is out now (pictured), revealing the dwindling pay packets of executives leading some of Australia’s biggest travel businesses.
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Nine ATAS agents close
Wednesday | Nov 4 2020THE impact of the COVID-19 travel shutdown is cascading through to the ranks of AFTA’s Travel Accreditation Scheme (ATAS), with a number of voluntary withdrawals noted on the AFTA website last month, all due to “business closure”.
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Aurora sees green shoots
Wednesday | Nov 4 2020AURORA Expeditions has seen one of its most-subscribed Arctic pre-registrations ever for the upcoming 2022 season, new Chief Executive Officer Monique Ponfoort has told Travel Daily.
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$10m Allianz Expedia payout
Wednesday | Nov 4 2020CONSUMERS who were “potentially mis-sold” Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance will be able to access a total of $10 million in remediation, under a settlement secured by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
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Virgin plots Alliance alliance
Tuesday | Nov 3 2020VIRGIN Australia and Alliance Airlines have lodged a request with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) seeking authorisation to share information and coordinate capacity and schedules on about 40 regional and two short-haul international routes.