Headlines
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2018 strong for airlines – IATA
Friday | Feb 8 2019GLOBAL passenger traffic rose by a “healthy 6.5%” year-on-year during 2018, according to new figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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Agencies urged to join Qantas Channel
Thursday | Feb 7 2019THE Australian travel industry is set for another seismic shift, with today’s announcement of the new Qantas Channel (TD breaking news) – including a $17.50 per flight segment “Channel Fee” for agencies which do not sign up for a new QF commercial agreement.
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Solomons opens expo to all
Thursday | Feb 7 2019TOURISM Solomons says it is extending the “truest spirit of Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian brotherhood,” by inviting its regional neighbours to join in its 2019 “Me Save Solo” tourism exchange as exhibitors.
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Luxury clients spending big
Thursday | Feb 7 2019A new study of Australian high-end travellers commissioned by the Goldman Group has found one in five plans to spend at least $50,000 on travel in the next year.
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Scurrah takes top VA job
Wednesday | Feb 6 2019VIRGIN Australia has today confirmed the appointment of Paul Scurrah as its new CEO and MD (TD breaking news) – a decade after he was first mooted as a contender (TD 04 Dec 2009).
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Airport regulation okay
Wednesday | Feb 6 2019EXISTING regulation of Australian airports has been endorsed by The Productivity Commission (PC) into the Economic Regulation of Airports, which has released its draft report today.
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AAT’s Red Centre growth
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019A new long-term multi-year agreement between Voyages and AAT Kings is seeing The Travel Corporation significantly boost its investments at Ayers Rock Resort.
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Concierge Travel Group sale
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019SYDNEY-BASED TMC Concierge Travel Group has been acquired by UK-based corporate and event travel business Reed & Mackay.
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Express TTC incentive launch
Tuesday | Feb 5 2019EXPRESS Travel Group (ETG) has unveiled details of an exclusive incentive in partnership with The Travel Corporation, which will see 20 top achieving agents each win a European “self-paced” famil.
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Pardon, release for Lake
Monday | Feb 4 2019AUSTRALIAN travel identity Trevor Lake, who was imprisoned in Cambodia four years ago over allegations of having sex with underage girls (TD 08 Aug 2014), has been granted a full pardon.