Headlines
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Britain eyes multi-billion-dollar spend
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025AUSTRALIAN visits to Britain in 2025 are forecast to inject 1.76 billion (A$3.6 billion) into its visitor economy, representing a 50% lift on 2019 visitor spend.
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ATIA expresses its thanks
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025ATIA’S upcoming Beyond Borders 2025 summit has the backing of a range of major sponsors, including Afterpay, Helloworld Travel and Mint Payments, who are supporting the sold-out annual event.
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Regions getting ignored
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025MAJOR Australian cities and large coastal hotspots are at risk of overtourism, while many small towns are being ignored by travellers, new data is suggesting.
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Record 1000MTG growth
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025INDEPENDENT travel advisor network 1000 Mile Travel Group has revealed 20% of its Australian agent base achieved over $4 million in sales in the past year.
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Game on: Agents serve up fun at Collette pickleball championship
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025OVER 55 travel agents gathered at the Pimpama Sports Hub on the Gold Coast on 02 Oct for a fun and friendly pickleball championship hosted by Collette.
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Advisors and hotels up: Virtuoso Luxe Report
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025LUXURY travel is bucking the trend and still on the rise, with hotels and travel advisors reaping a lot of the rewards, according to the Virtuoso Luxe Report 2026.
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CVFR Holidays launches
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025LUXURY Escapes (LE) and CVFR Consolidation Services Travel Group have teamed up to create CVFR Holidays, a new white-label travel package service exclusively targeting travel agents (TD breaking news).
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Mint expands overseas
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025MINT Payments has expanded internationally for the first time, through a major partnership with The Travel Network Group (TTNG), one of the UK’s largest travel advisor consortiums.
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Air NZ happy with ruling
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025NEW Zealand’s Commerce Commission has sided with Air New Zealand in its push to improve transparency at Auckland Airport, while ruling out a formal government inquiry.
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Pure-air resort
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025OCTOLA Private Wilderness, an ultra-luxury retreat in Finnish Lapland, claims it has become the first destination globally to monitor ultrafine air participles using research-grade tech, in order to offer guests a rare insight into the purity of Arctic air.