Headlines
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Brand USA makes push
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018TO COINCIDE with the launch of its annual Visit USA travel agent expos this week, Brand USA has made a quadruple announcement aimed at significantly ramping up excitement for the American market among Australian agents.
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Crystal doubles Aus pax
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018CRYSTAL Cruises has doubled its Australian bookings after establishing a dedicated regional office in Sydney just over 12 months ago, with ambitions to continue double-digit growth in the year ahead.
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Brand USA stays upbeat
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018NOTWITHSTANDING a drop in visitation last year, the United States remains a healthy travel prospect over the longer term for Aussies, says Brand USA’s director Australia and NZ Matt Fletcher.
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Qantas rejects cabotage
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018QANTAS has rejected calls to allow foreign airlines to operate regional domestic routes in Australia, warning that such a move would have “significant adverse consequences”.
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Arrivals & departures up
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018SHORT-TERM visitor arrivals to Australia in Dec increased 5.8% compared to the corresponding month in 2016, trend estimate data released by the ABS shows.
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Helloworld TTV nears $3b
Monday | Feb 19 2018GROWING ticketing volumes have boosted Helloworld Travel’s total transaction value (TTV) to almost $3 billion in the first half of the financial year, despite the impact of airfare discounting.
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Queen Liz Melb homeport
Monday | Feb 19 2018CUNARD has unveiled its 2020 deployment of Queen Elizabeth in Australian waters which will see the luxury liner based here for an unprecedented 101 days.
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Hawaii expense concern
Monday | Feb 19 2018AIRFARE prices to Hawaii are one of three highlighted barriers holding Australian travellers back from heading to the Aloha state, according to the local office of the US state tourism authority.
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Carnival damage control
Monday | Feb 19 2018CARNIVAL Cruise Line has endured a weekend of negative media coverage over the removal of an allegedly violent family group from Carnival Legend in the port of Eden last week.
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Backing for QF-EK tie-up
Friday | Feb 16 2018QANTAS and Emirates have won support from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for their revamped alliance, with the regulator annoucing today it proposes to re-authorise the partnership.