Headlines
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Travel spend creeps up
Tuesday | Sep 29 2020AS predicted last week, there have been small improvements in the most recent travel spend graph compiled by New Corp, with all key travel sectors showing rare gains.
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CTM set for big acquisition
Monday | Sep 28 2020SHARES in Corporate Travel Management (CTM) were placed in a trading halt today, with the firm flagging a capital raising in connection with a “company-changing” acquisition.
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Regional tourism boost
Monday | Sep 28 2020THE Federal Government has announced the details of a major multi-million dollar funding package that will help the struggling regional travel sector get back on its feet.
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Domestic pax down 82%
Monday | Sep 28 2020GOVERNMENT figures released this morning confirmed the massive impact of COVID-19 on the local aviation sector, with domestic airlines carrying just 1.04 million passengers during Jul, down 81.8% on the previous corresponding period.
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Alliance to fly from CBR
Friday | Sep 25 2020ALLIANCE Airlines has announced plans to launch a new Canberra-Sunshine Coast-Cairns service twice weekly from 23 Oct, the first of its kind for the carrier from the capital.
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SLK fast-tracks local push
Friday | Sep 25 2020SEALINK Travel Group (SLK) has accelerated the rollout of its new group-wide consumer-facing Brilliant Travels brand (TD 13 Nov 2019) as part of an initiative to boost its domestic market share.
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Should AFTA be renamed AFTBGCC?
Friday | Sep 25 2020THIS opinion piece was sent in by a very concerned Travel Daily reader from an agency, which until this week was a loyal AFTA member – and who wishes to remain anonymous .
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“Slow but steady” recovery
Friday | Sep 25 2020THE latest iteration of Flight Centre Travel Group’s global State of the Market study (TD 22 Sep) has found that 50% of corporate travel clients across the world already have employees travelling or making bookings to travel in the near future.
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Make Travel Matter: TTC
Thursday | Sep 24 2020THE Travel Corporation (TTC) has launched a new proprietary assessment tool called Make Travel Matter (MTM), which aims to measure experiences against ethical criteria informed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Journey Beyond team grows
Thursday | Sep 24 2020JOURNEY Beyond has made a number of senior appointments, including a new role for Justine Lally as the company’s GM Marketing and Communications just weeks after her departure from APT Travel Group following a restructure (TD 14 Aug).