Headlines
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AccorHotels takes Mantra
Thursday | Oct 12 2017MANTRA Hotels directors have unanimously recommended shareholders accept a $1.18 billion takeover offer, which will see the Australian hospitality group become part of the global Accor network (TD breaking news).
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IJ launches Footloose Tours
Thursday | Oct 12 2017HELLOWORLD’S Insider Journeys has announced the debut of “Footloose Tours,” a new touring concept offered as “an alternate way to tour for independent travellers”.
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Incomes rise in industry
Thursday | Oct 12 2017DESPITE low wage growth across Australia in the past year, the travel industry has bucked the trend and reported pay increases in Travel Daily’s annual salaries and employment survey.
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Garden Island endorsed
Wednesday | Oct 11 2017THE Garden Island Naval base has been confirmed as the preferred solution to Sydney’s cruise infrastructure crisis in a landmark report prepared for the NSW Government.
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QF, EK revamp Tasman routes
Wednesday | Oct 11 2017QANTAS and Emirates today provided an update on their partnership (TD breaking news) including confirmation that EK will suspend its daily A380 flights from Melbourne and Brisbane to Auckland from Mar 2018.
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Carter leaves Amadeus
Wednesday | Oct 11 2017AMADEUS IT Pacific managing director Tony Carter has left the company, with Amadeus confirming his departure today.
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Brand USA re-signs Gate 7
Tuesday | Oct 10 2017GATE 7 has retained the Brand USA account, successfully re-tendering to represent America’s national tourism organisation four years after it was initially awarded the Brand USA deal down under (TD 05 Mar 2013).
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AFTA adds Mint to AICS
Tuesday | Oct 10 2017THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents today announced that ASX-listed Mint Payments Limited has become an approved AFTA Insolvency Chargeback Scheme (AICS) payment provider.
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Mantra in Accor’s sights
Monday | Oct 9 2017LISTED Australian hotelier Mantra Group has granted AccorHotels access to its books, with the French hospitality giant proposing a takeover bid valuing the company at almost $1.2 billion (TD breaking news).
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Princess at home in WA
Monday | Oct 9 2017PRINCESS Cruises will redeploy Sun Princess to homeport in Fremantle late next year following a commitment from the Western Australia Government to dredge at Broome Port.