Headlines
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Regional carrier cooperation
Friday | Mar 27 2020THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted permission for Qantas, Virgin Australia and Regional Express (Rex) to coordinate operations on a range of regional routes.
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Aeronology joins IATA program
Friday | Mar 27 2020MELBOURNE-BASED travel technology startup Aeronology has been selected for a special “accelerator” program operated by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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89% of Mar trips cancelled
Friday | Mar 27 2020ALMOST 90% of business trips booked in Mar 2020 were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus, according to a new poll of Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) members.
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US stimulus package lifeline
Friday | Mar 27 2020AUTHORITIES in America have announced trillions of dollars in funding to assist businesses survive the COVID-19 crisis, with the US Travel Association (USTA) describing the bipartisan deal as a “vital lifeline to protect millions of travel workers”.
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Flight Centre slashes costs
Thursday | Mar 26 2020STAFF cuts, 250 store closures and suspension of all promotional activity are among radical actions announced today by Flight Centre Travel Group (TD breaking news) as the company continues to grapple with the COVID-19 crisis.
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Aussie Dream cancelled
Thursday | Mar 26 2020DREAM Cruises yesterday confirmed the withdrawal of its planned 2020/21 Explorer Dream deployment in local waters due to ongoing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brands and the future
Thursday | Mar 26 2020NEIL Stollznow is a Director of Stollznow Research, a leading research and insights advisory that has a speciality in visitor and travel research and has provided this comment on how to prepare your brand during the COVID-19 crisis.
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No AFTA membership fees
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) today announced it would not charge any membership fees for the next billing year, as one of several measures to support ATAS accredited agencies and the wider Australian travel sector.
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Virgin Australia shrinks
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020VIRGIN Australia Group has further shrunk its operations, reducing its domestic capacity to 90% and will stand down approximately 80% of its workforce (TD breaking news) following the escalation of state border closures across Australia.
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ScoMo bans int’l travel
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020PRIME Minister Scott Morrison last night escalated the existing global Level 4 “Do not Travel” advisory for Australian citizens to an outright ban (TD breaking news), claiming some people are still departing on leisure trips despite the COVID-19 situation.