Headlines
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Velocity 40% transfer bonus
Thursday | May 3 2018VIRGIN Australia’s Velocity loyalty scheme is making a concerted push this month for members to boost their points balance, with a bonus of up to 40% of the points transferred.
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Qantas fast-tracks fleet
Wednesday | May 2 2018QANTAS has confirmed the end of an era, bringing forward plans to retire its ageing Boeing 747 fleet in 2020 as it marks its centenary.
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Melb agent sentenced
Wednesday | May 2 2018MELBOURNE-BASED travel consultant Zvi Dov Bartak has been sentenced to community service and ordered to repay his clients almost $25,000, in a hearing in the Moorabbin Magistrates Court last month.
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Pacific Aria redeployment
Wednesday | May 2 2018P&O Cruises has pulled preliminary port bookings for Pacific Aria in Cairns for 2019, with the line saying the sale of Pacific Eden to Cruise & Maritime Voyages (TD 08 Mar) meant Aria would be “needed elsewhere”.
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Hyatt Centric Melbourne
Wednesday | May 2 2018HYATT has announced plans to develop a second Centric property in Australia, having signed a management agreement with the developers of a 280-room hotel planned for Melbourne’s CBD.
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HLO offloads US wholesaler
Wednesday | May 2 2018HELLOWORLD Travel has taken a further step in its plan to dispose of non-core investments with the sale of its stake in US-based outbound wholesaler Down Under Answers (TD breaking news).
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CTM expands in Australia
Tuesday | May 1 2018CORPORATE Travel Management’s (CTM) acquisition of Platinum Travel Corporation in NSW and Queensland (TD breaking news) is part of a key strategy to expand its SME corporate and events operations.
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Accor takes Movenpick
Tuesday | May 1 2018FRENCH hotelier AccorHotels has continued its recent global buying spree, announcing it has inked an agreement to acquire Switzerland’s Movenpick Hotels & Resorts for 482 million.
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QF/PX c’share knock back
Tuesday | May 1 2018PLANS by Qantas to extend its codeshare partnership on Papua New Guinea routes with Air Niugini have struck a hurdle after the Australian regulator ruled the ongoing arrangement would not be of benefit to the public.
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travelBulletin tackles pay gap
Tuesday | May 1 2018THIS month’s edition of travelBulletin is on its way to subscribers, having locked horns with the thorny issue of the gender pay gap in the industry.