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CWT partners with Concur
Friday | May 29 2020CWT has announced an expanded relationship with SAP’s Concur Travel, under which CWT travel management clients using the Concur platform can select RoomIt by CWT as their enriched source of hotel content.
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Stand together, urges AFTA
Thursday | May 28 2020AFTA Chairman Tom Manwaring and the AFTA Board are today urging the industry to speak with a single voice, after a grassroots email campaign from tour operators and agents targeting local Parliamentarians threatened to derail AFTA’s efforts to highlight the heavy impact of COVID-19 on the Australian travel sector.
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Be a Thai specialist today
Thursday | May 28 2020TOURISM Authority of Thailand has today launched a brand new learning and development program for travel agents across Australia and New Zealand, designed to equip them with additional knowledge and skills.
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Exodus integrates GAA
Thursday | May 28 2020EXODUS Travels has formally integrated its operations with sister brand Grand American Adventures (GAA), with the move meaning 19 new US itineraries will be available under the combined Exodus Travels banner.
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OPINION: Do you have a plan for when JobKeeper ends?
Thursday | May 28 2020MALCOLM Peak is the Director of Employer Branding and HR Advisory group Peak Corporate Solutions, providing advice to small business owners to help them grow and manage their businesses.
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COVID-clean accreditation
Wednesday | May 27 2020THE Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) has released a new complimentary online program to help tourism businesses develop plans and procedures to create and maintain a COVID-safe workplace and operations.
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VA mass cancellations
Wednesday | May 27 2020VIRGIN Australia has today cancelled all bookings currently in place for its international passenger services for the period 15 Jun-09 Aug, which will not be operating.
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LATAM files for Chapter 11
Wednesday | May 27 2020LATIN American carrier LATAM Airlines has announced a major restructuring of its debt by filing for Chapter 11 protection in the United States – a move the airline said was necessary to keep it afloat during the pandemic.
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Tourism industry “Restart Timetable” released
Tuesday | May 26 2020AUSTRALIANS could be heading to New Zealand for a holiday in early Jul and venturing to other short-haul international markets by Sep, according to a timetable released today by the newly formed Tourism Restart Taskforce (TD 29 Apr).
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A glimmer of spending light
Tuesday | May 26 2020THE latest consumer travel spending data from News Corp Australia (pictured) shows a small improvement across all sectors, despite being collated for the week to 11 May, before the latest government moves to open intrastate travel.