Headlines
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Travel to Vietnam surges
Friday | Mar 16 2018VIETNAM has leapt into the top 10 markets for outbound travel from Australia in the last 12 months, with Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released yesterday indicating a 28% year-on-year increase in departures to Vietnam for Jan 2018.
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Amex GBT ready for GDPR
Friday | Mar 16 2018AMERICAN Express Global Business Travel has warned that TMCs and companies with significant travel programs need to pay close attention to a change in European regulation which becomes effective on 25 May.
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$12m Federal events fund
Thursday | Mar 15 2018STATE and Territory bids to attract major business events will be backed by a new $12 million Tourism Australia fund announced today by Federal Tourism Minister Steven Ciobo.
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Qantas SME payment push
Thursday | Mar 15 2018QANTAS is enabling small businesses to earn Qantas Points on all of their supplier payments through a new partnership with Zenith Payments offshoot B2Bpay.
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New Qantas trade head
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018QANTAS yesterday announced it had appointed Igor Kwiatkowski to the position of exec manager sales and distribution, taking the place of Vanessa Hudson.
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LOT appoints local GSA
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018LOT Polish Airlines has appointed Aviation Online as its new general sales agent (GSA) in Australia and New Zealand.
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Inbound spending surges
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018TOURISM Research Australia today released its latest International Visitor Survey figures, with the results for the year to 31 Dec indicating a new high of $41.3 billion in visitor expenditure from overseas.
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Aussies can escape to Sicily
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018THE founder of Sicily Escape, a Perth-based wholesaler offering its services to retail travel agents across Australia, has flagged plans to launch new brochures to the market in coming months.
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Infinity brand phase out
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018FLIGHT Centre Travel Group will gradually replace Infinity with Flight Centre and Travel Associates-branded brochures as the company prepares to re-shape its retail network.
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Qantas Singapore drive
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018SINGAPORE will be promoted as a destination in its own right and a connecting gateway hub to Asia, Europe and Australia under a new partnership between Qantas, Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Changi Airport Group.