Headlines
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Flight Centre adds B2B
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) new “The Travel Junction” business-to-business offering (TD breaking news) will provide a new option for independent travel agents to source product.
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BP swaps Virgin for Qantas
Wednesday | Sep 4 2019A partnership with Qantas will form the “cornerstone” of a new customer loyalty program launched today by fuel retailer BP Australia.
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AFTA advances skills training
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019COURTNEY Duddleston, Head of Strategy and Finance at the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA), is set to join the Industry Reference Committee with Skills IQ, replacing long-time AFTA representative Rick Myatt.
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Hurtigruten opens in Melb
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019HURTIGRUTEN Cruises yesterday formally opened its new Australian office, with the company’s staff across the globe celebrating with a worldwide “plastic free morning tea”.
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Save on transfers: ACCC
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019A NEW report published by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found that Aussie travellers in 2017/18 could have saved $150 million if they had used the lowest priced international money transfer (IMT) service.
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Rezdy, ANZCRO partnership
Tuesday | Sep 3 2019ANZCRO has today confirmed a new partnership with online B2B marketplace Rezdy, with the pact said to benefit thousands of tour and activity suppliers in New Zealand and Australia.
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Air NZ, Virgin making up?
Monday | Sep 2 2019THERE appears to have been a softening of relations between Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand, with VA now offering interline travel between its ports in NZ on Air NZ services.
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Haircut for QF executives
Monday | Sep 2 2019QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce saw his salary package cut by almost $1 million last year, with the carrier’s lower share price and a reduced bonus taking the figure to $9.97m, down from last year’s $10.87m.
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Hong Kong crisis deepens
Monday | Sep 2 2019PASSENGERS travelling to and from Hong Kong have been warned of “calls for public activities” in different parts of the city today & tomorrow, with Hong Kong Int’l airport urging travellers to check with airlines & also allow sufficient time before departure.
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Virgin Voyages debuts
Friday | Aug 30 2019VIRGIN Voyages will soon begin taking registrations from Australian travel agents, after this morning announcing a new GSA deal with Travel the World (TTW).