Headlines
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Excite cash crisis since Nov
Tuesday | Jan 14 2020EXCITE Holidays had been taking advice about a possible company restructure since late Nov 2019, and had actually engaged accounting firm KPMG to provide “advisory assistance” about six weeks before it ceased trading last week (TD 10 Jan).
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Google refreshes travel
Tuesday | Jan 14 2020GOOGLE has updated its travel planning features to include a suite of new tools that help travellers decide which hotels to stay at, the best time to visit a destination, and pricing information on what you can expect to pay.
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Eur, SA up for Bunnik
Tuesday | Jan 14 2020BUNNIK Tours’ 25th anniversary celebrations has been buoyed by early returns of double-digit growth in the European market, and a strong rebound in South America, co-founder Dennis Bunnik revealed to Travel Daily.
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Excite Holidays goes down
Monday | Jan 13 2020SUPPLIERS to the collapsed Excite Holidays are believed to have cancelled all of the company’s forward bookings, after administrators were formally appointed late on Fri (TD breaking news Fri and Sat).
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Reho bookkeeper sentenced
Monday | Jan 13 2020A bookkeeper who stole $100,000 from Melbourne-based corporate travel specialist Reho Travel has been sentenced to a three-year community corrections order.
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Citilink links with Avalon
Monday | Jan 13 2020GARUDA low-cost subsidiary airline Citilink Indonesia will commence operating daily flights between Melbourne (Avalon) and Denpasar, Bali, from 24 Jan.
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Excite suspends bookings
Friday | Jan 10 2020ONLINE wholesaler Excite Holidays has stopped taking bookings on its website, with Managing Director Nicholas Stavropoulos saying the measure is because the company is in the “final stages of commercial discussions” (TD breaking news).
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Viva offers Excite hotline
Friday | Jan 10 2020HELLOWORLD Travel’s Viva Holidays/ReadyRooms wholesale division has acted swiftly in the wake of yesterday’s closure of Excite Holidays’ booking website (see page one), this morning implementing a dedicated phone number to assist affected agents.
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Concerns mount over Excite
Thursday | Jan 9 2020VIRTUAL credit cards issued by Excite Holidays to pay for confirmed bookings are being dishonoured due to lack of available funds, as frustrated travel agents continue to be advised to get clients to pay for their accommodation again and then “lodge a service complaint” with the company (TD 02 Jan).
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Qantas adjusts routes
Thursday | Jan 9 2020IN RESPONSE to rising tensions between Iran and the United States, Qantas has announced it will be circumnavigating air space over Iran and Iraq until further notice for safety reasons.