Headlines
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Emirates, Etihad grounded
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020AN overnight edict by the rulers of the United Arab Emirates has seen two of the world’s largest international carriers suspend all flights effective from tomorrow night (TD breaking news).
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Agents call for protection
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020SUPPLIERS protecting commission has been ranked by travel agents as the most helpful initiative to help them manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business, in the TD Business Support Poll.
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Travel spending plummets
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020THE latest News Corp Australia consumer travel spending index (pictured) clearly demonstrates the slump in demand, with the figures now including data for the week commencing 09 Mar.
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“Calm and confident” – WWT
Monday | Mar 23 2020WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) founder Wendy Wu says although Australia is currently in the grip of the coronavirus crisis, she is “very calm and very confident” that the market will recover.
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AFTA pushing government
Monday | Mar 23 2020THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) is continuing to work with the government to “identify the acute and specific challenges” being faced by the industry, with travel agents the “person in the middle” of the turmoil as customers cancel.
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HLO stands down 65%
Monday | Mar 23 2020HELLOWORLD Travel has today announced it will stand down 65% of its workforce, make 275 people redundant, implement reduced hours and cut all discretionary expenditure in an effort to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (TD breaking news).
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Airlines suspend services
Monday | Mar 23 2020GLOBAL aviation links are rapidly contracting this week, with many major carriers cutting routes drastically or even ceasing flights altogether.
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FLT cancels dividend payment
Monday | Mar 23 2020FLIGHT Centre this morning requested a short-term suspension of trading in its shares, to give the company more time to finalise its strategies in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Travel Daily Correction
Monday | Mar 23 2020On 07 Jan 2019, Travel Daily published an article “James’ Bestjet “heartbreak”, reporting on the collapse of the online travel agency Bestjet.
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Massive industry job cuts
Friday | Mar 20 2020THE Australian travel and tourism sector has reacted swiftly to the government-imposed restrictions tackling the COVID-19 outbreak, with thousands of industry workers to be out of a job this week.