Headlines
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Alliance to fly from CBR
Friday | Sep 25 2020ALLIANCE Airlines has announced plans to launch a new Canberra-Sunshine Coast-Cairns service twice weekly from 23 Oct, the first of its kind for the carrier from the capital.
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SLK fast-tracks local push
Friday | Sep 25 2020SEALINK Travel Group (SLK) has accelerated the rollout of its new group-wide consumer-facing Brilliant Travels brand (TD 13 Nov 2019) as part of an initiative to boost its domestic market share.
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Should AFTA be renamed AFTBGCC?
Friday | Sep 25 2020THIS opinion piece was sent in by a very concerned Travel Daily reader from an agency, which until this week was a loyal AFTA member – and who wishes to remain anonymous .
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“Slow but steady” recovery
Friday | Sep 25 2020THE latest iteration of Flight Centre Travel Group’s global State of the Market study (TD 22 Sep) has found that 50% of corporate travel clients across the world already have employees travelling or making bookings to travel in the near future.
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Make Travel Matter: TTC
Thursday | Sep 24 2020THE Travel Corporation (TTC) has launched a new proprietary assessment tool called Make Travel Matter (MTM), which aims to measure experiences against ethical criteria informed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Journey Beyond team grows
Thursday | Sep 24 2020JOURNEY Beyond has made a number of senior appointments, including a new role for Justine Lally as the company’s GM Marketing and Communications just weeks after her departure from APT Travel Group following a restructure (TD 14 Aug).
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Eco Tourism needs help
Thursday | Sep 24 2020AUSTRALIA’S peak national body for nature-based tourism is calling on all state and territory leaders to lend further financial support to the struggling sector.
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AFTA Board re-elected
Wednesday | Sep 23 2020BIDS to join the Board of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) from Simon Te Hennepe of TRAVLR and Michelle Emerton of the Australian Travel Agents Co-operative (ATAC) (TD 09 Sep) were soundly defeated at the AFTA Annual General Meeting this morning, which saw six incumbent directors of the organisation re-elected.
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Victoria covers agents
Wednesday | Sep 23 2020TRAVEL agencies, tourism operators and accommodation suppliers have all been included in the Victorian Government’s third round of business support funding announced this week.
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WWT’s Middle East push
Wednesday | Sep 23 2020WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) has expanded its product offering to include the Middle East for the first time in 2021/22.