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“Agent of Last Resort” urged
Wednesday | Jul 15 2020THE Australian travel industry needs to seriously consider the prospects of shutting down, according to a downbeat discussion paper prepared by a Travel Daily agent reader.
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Tour Atlas search engine
Wednesday | Jul 15 2020TOUR Atlas has launched a white label tour search engine called go touring, which allows agents to select the brands they want to show up in their search engines.
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An open letter to AFTA, the Australian travel industry and whoever else will listen…
Wednesday | Jul 15 2020A concerned Travel Daily reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, has posed some tough questions which we have agreed to publish in the form of a discussion paper. We welcome your input, so let us know what you think at feedback@traveldaily.com.au.
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Qantas status credit boost
Tuesday | Jul 14 2020QANTAS is working hard to maintain the loyalty of its premium customers, today announcing a one-off boost of 50% of the status credits required to maintain their current Qantas Frequent Flyer status.
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Jun arrivals down 98%
Tuesday | Jul 14 2020OVERSEAS arrivals into Australia were down 98% year-on-year, with almost two thirds of passengers comprising Australian or New Zealand citizens according to the latest provisional figures released this morning by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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APT adds walking holidays
Tuesday | Jul 14 2020APT is set to expand its portfolio with the addition of a new Walking Holidays product range in Australia and New Zealand.
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Constable shifts to London
Monday | Jul 13 2020HELLOWORLD Travel senior executive John Constable has returned to the UK for personal reasons, but will continue to undertake his role remotely as Group General Manager of Retail, Commercial and Air Tickets.
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Ponfoort to head Aurora
Monday | Jul 13 2020MONIQUE Ponfoort has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Expeditions, and will join the company in Oct this year.
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BYO quarantine funding
Monday | Jul 13 2020THE NSW Government will begin to charge returning international travellers for their hotel accommodation from 12:01am this Sat, 18 Jul, unless they bought their flights before 11:59pm 12 Jul AEST.
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WebBeds inks tech deal
Friday | Jul 10 2020WEBJET’S accommodation division WebBeds has entered into a new inventory partnership with cloud-based B2B travel transaction business Aeronology.