Headlines
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Hurtigruten opportunity
Tuesday | Oct 27 2020HURTIGRUTEN’S plans to restructure its business into two separate entities (TD 23 Oct) will not affect the cruise line’s commitment to Australian travel partners, according to the cruise line’s MD APAC Damian Perry.
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P&O paying agent bonus
Tuesday | Oct 27 2020P&O Cruises Australia is set to offer travel agents an additional 5% commission on bookings for its 2021 local season aboard Pacific Explorer and the new Pacific Encounter & Pacific Adventure.
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Travel spending down a tick
Tuesday | Oct 27 2020LANGUISHING consumer confidence amid ongoing border uncertainty continues to weigh on travel spending sentiment, according to this week’s figures from News Corp Australia.
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QF confirms agent talks
Monday | Oct 26 2020QANTAS has promised to “keep the agency community updated” as it conducts ongoing discussions with resellers over their remuneration, after CEO Alan Joyce on Fri confirmed that the carrier was renegotiating its arrangements with third party distributors (TD 23 Oct).
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Airbnb regional platform
Monday | Oct 26 2020ACCOMMODATION giant Airbnb is providing $70,000 in funding for a new Australian Regional Tourism (ART) platform to help rural communities develop “world class farmstays”.
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Govt plots digital visas
Monday | Oct 26 2020THE Government’s plan to take incoming passenger cards online (TD 19 Oct) is part of an overarching “permissions capability” which would digitise and unify a range of immigration systems including visa processing.
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QF to save on agent costs
Friday | Oct 23 2020QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce this morning confirmed wide-ranging cost cutting measures to help the carrier survive the pandemic, for the first time revealing publicly that the measures include “renegotiating our arrangements with travel agents”.
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Webjet poised to grow
Friday | Oct 23 2020WEBJET’S share of the air booking market in Australia is expected to grow, with CEO John Gucsic citing the acceleration of the shift from offline to online due to the decreased presence of physical stores.
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New TMC model proposed
Friday | Oct 23 2020MELBOURNE-BASED Reho Travel’s Karsten Horne has spurred big discussion among his Helloworld for Business colleagues, with the presentation of a new retainer-based pricing model for TMCs.
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Cyber crime jumps in COVID
Friday | Oct 23 2020THE retail, hospitality and travel industries were hit with more than 4 billion web application attacks over last two years, according to a new report compiled by global cybersecurity consultant Akamai.