Headlines
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7Travel & Ignite to expand
Friday | Mar 8 2019IGNITE Travel Group (ITG) and 7Travel have flagged plans to expand their partnership, less than a year after ITG signed up to put its packages on offer to the broadcaster’s national audiences on TV and online (TD 07 Jul 2018).
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Focus on tourism, TTF urges
Friday | Mar 8 2019TOURISM and Transport Forum (TTF) CEO Margy Osmond has highlighted the importance of international visitation to the Australian economy, with a newly released survey indicating strong community support for the tourism sector.
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Another brand for Accor
Friday | Mar 8 2019ACCOR has announced the launch of another new brand, called The House of Originals.
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Travelport digital study
Friday | Mar 8 2019VOICE search, mobile devices and the “cloud” are increasingly being utilised by business travellers, but they still highly value recommendations from travel advisors and human interactions during disruptions.
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Travel rich list fluctuates
Thursday | Mar 7 2019THE wealth of the travel industry’s richest members has fluctuated over the past year, according to US business magazine Forbes’ latest list of billionaires.
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Australia widens China net
Thursday | Mar 7 2019TOURISM Australia has today launched a campaign aimed at attracting the “emerging an lucrative” Free and Independent Traveller (FIT) from China.
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Women’s Day support
Thursday | Mar 7 2019THE industry has thrown its weight behind International Women’s Day tomorrow, with a swathe of travel brands moving to show their support for the annual occasion.
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Qantas leads punctuality
Wednesday | Mar 6 2019QANTAS has been crowned the most punctual airline for 2018, achieving the highest on time arrival rate among the major domestic airlines, the latest figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Regional Development (BITRE) show.
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Qatar & EU sign deal
Wednesday | Mar 6 2019QATAR Airways and the European Union have initialled a Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) in Brussels earlier this week, and signed a Memorandum of Consultations (MoC), which is set to open a new era of “stronger cooperation and connectivity”.
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Int’l Rail accom division
Tuesday | Mar 5 2019AUSTRALIAN-OWNED International Rail has announced the launch of an accommodation division of its “new one-stop-shop travel agent portal” (TD 19 Nov) called International Hotel.