Headlines
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TD readers feel the impact
Wednesday | Feb 12 2020THE coronavirus outbreak is having a significant impact on TD readers, with 82% of respondents to our poll experiencing a cancellation of services as a direct result of the virus.
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Small group profitability
Wednesday | Feb 12 2020OPERATORS have hit back at comments made by The Travel Corporation (TTC) Global CEO Brett Tollman on the profitability of small group tours (TD yesterday).
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Jayride’s global increase
Wednesday | Feb 12 2020JAYRIDE has maintained the strong momentum of its upward growth trajectory for the first half of 2020, reporting a 67% increase in net revenues.
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Excite insolvent since Dec
Tuesday | Feb 11 2020THE collapsed Excite Holidays-owned vehicles, a Sydney CBD property and a yacht, were all sold off in the period before it ceased trading in an attempt to “assist with working capital”.
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itravel’s internal growth
Tuesday | Feb 11 2020ITRAVEL has seen double-digit growth over the past 12 months, MD Steve Labroski told Travel Daily at the group’s conference, held in Sydney over the weekend.
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Excite platform likely to be sold
Tuesday | Feb 11 2020THE Administrators of the collapsed Excite Holidays have confirmed they are in “confidential and advanced discussions” with a single preferred bidder for the company’s proprietary online travel booking platform.
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TTC on small group touring
Tuesday | Feb 11 2020THE Travel Corporation Global CEO Brett Tollman has hit out at “an unfortunate semantic” fixation on what constitutes a small group tour, telling TD “we are an expert and have been focused on small group touring for some time”.
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itravel enters wholesale
Monday | Feb 10 2020ITRAVEL launched an internal wholesale product for its agents over the weekend at the group’s second annual conference, held in Sydney.
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FCTG Topdeck write-off
Monday | Feb 10 2020FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has confirmed an almost $50 million impairment charge relating to its youth-focused Topdeck touring business due to the operation’s recent underperformance.
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New DNSW chief named
Monday | Feb 10 2020NSW Minister for Tourism, Stuart Ayres, has announced the appointment of Steve Cox as the new CEO of Destination NSW.