Headlines
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Travel Team ceases trading
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019ADMINISTRATORS have been appointed to Queensland over-50s specialist agency Travel Team, formerly known as Seniors Holiday Travel.
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Singapore opens tech lab
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019SINGAPORE Airlines has officially opened a digital innovation hub called KrisLab, a technological workspace designed to help staff develop innovative ideas and “co-innovate” with external partners, start-ups, established incubators and accelerators.
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Tourism Aus content deal
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019TOURISM Australia has launched a major magazine-focused promotion to encourage high value US travellers to head down under, with the venture a partnership with local publisher Australian Traveller Media.
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OAM for Botanica founder
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019JUDY Vanrenen, the founder of APT’s offshoot Botanica World Discoveries, was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours announced last weekend.
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ASTA urges industry shift
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019THE American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) is urging travel agents to follow its lead and rebrand themselves as a “travel advisor” in their consumer and trade communications.
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Atout France at the convent for a luxury L’Occitane spa!
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019THE team from Atout France managed to prise Fabien Piacentino, GM of Provence’s Couvent des Minimes away from the rather glamorous setting of his workplace to spend some time in Australia recently.
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AAT Kings on Rezdy
Friday | Jan 25 2019AAT Kings has entered into a deal with Rezdy to make a selection of its products available through the independent booking and distribution platform.
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Qantas upgrades Bali
Friday | Jan 25 2019QANTAS has revealed plans to upgrade its aircraft on its flights from Sydney to Bali from a Boeing 737 to Airbus A330, adding 650 seats on the route each week.
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FCM sets up NDC team
Friday | Jan 25 2019FCM Travel Solutions and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group have established a global airline distribution team to develop solutions and service industry collaboration on new distribution capability (NDC).
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EK revamps bag allowance
Thursday | Jan 24 2019EMIRATES has announced a major revision of its free baggage allowances, shifting to a fare-based arrangement for Economy passengers, rather than a “one size fits all” approach.