Headlines
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Aurora boosts sales team
Friday | Jan 11 2019AURORA Expeditions has confirmed a major expansion of its sales and marketing operations in the lead-up to the launch of its new Greg Mortimer in Oct.
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ATG’s new agent portal
Friday | Jan 11 2019THE APT Travel Group (ATG) has announced an “all-encompassing trade portal” called ATG Connect will go live over the weekend.
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New IATA Pay tech success
Friday | Jan 11 2019THE International Air Transport Association has announced the first successful “IATA Pay” ticket purchase transaction in a live environment, with the booking conducted in partnership with UK-based finance technology provider ipagoo.
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Buy “smart” for value
Friday | Jan 11 2019CORPORATE Traveller is urging SMEs to implement “smart buying” through preferred hotels to achieve better value.
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Bestjet mystery deepens
Thursday | Jan 10 2019CONTROVERSY continues to swirl around the collapsed Bestjet Travel Pty Ltd (TD 18 Dec 2018), with the company’s administrators citing “evidence that 50% of the shares were held on trust for Ms Rachel James”.
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Sydney Airport hotel stoush
Thursday | Jan 10 2019UP TO eight hotels close to Sydney Airport could be pulled into legal action after the Sydney Airport Corporation lodged a complaint stating they were falsely using the “Sydney Airport” moniker to attract tourists.
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Au tourism going strong
Wednesday | Jan 9 2019AUSTRALIA’S int’l visitation numbers saw strong growth during the year ending Sep 2018, with arrivals up by 6% to reach 8.4m, the latest figures from Tourism Research Australia show.
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Expedia promises “puffery”
Wednesday | Jan 9 2019LAWYERS for Expedia have argued that claims on the website of its Australian offshoot Wotif that customers can “book with confidence” should not be relied on because they are simply a sales pitch or “puffery”.
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Venture Far owed $500k
Tuesday | Jan 8 2019FIGURES from the collapse of SA wholesaler Venture Far indicate creditor claims worth over $500,000 when the business was placed into administration last year (TD 24 Oct 2018).
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Sofitel Wentworth reno
Tuesday | Jan 8 2019SOFITEL Sydney Wentworth is undergoing a major multi-million dollar renovation which is scheduled to be completed by the end of Mar.