Headlines
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ASIC’s timeshare concern
Friday | Dec 6 2019MANY customers buying timeshare accommodation feel they are not getting the expected value from their memberships, according to a new report released by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) today.
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Swagman supporting SAA
Friday | Dec 6 2019SWAGMAN Tours is urging the industry to get behind the beleaguered South African Airways, with CEO Wayne Hamilton guaranteeing any new SAA bookings made from now until the end of Mar 2020, regardless of travel date.
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Viva’s USA Roadshow a red-hot success
Friday | Dec 6 2019THE inaugural Viva Holidays USA Roadshow hit Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this week supported by
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Lacaze & Carstensen are back
Thursday | Dec 5 2019RUSSELL Carstensen, former head of Air Tickets and QBT at Helloworld Travel prior to his sudden departure from the company (TD 23 May 2018), has today reappeared as the CEO of a new travel technology business backed by Peter Lacaze.
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Shock Expedia departures
Thursday | Dec 5 2019A “disagreement over strategy” is being cited for the abrupt overnight resignations of Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and the company’s CFO, Alan Pickerill.
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Accor wellness push
Thursday | Dec 5 2019ACCOR will undertake a major rethink of its wellness program in 2020, according to a white paper it released yesterday.
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Climate-neutral call by 2050
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019THE World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has reiterated the global travel sector’s commitment to sustainability, overnight setting an ambition for climate neutrality by 2050 through science-based targets, energy efficiency measures and initiatives to reduce waste and plastics use.
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SAA “determined to survive”
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019TIM Clyde-Smith, South African Airways Asia Pacific Regional GM, says the airline is determined to remain open for business, despite ongoing ructions which led to the cessation of supplier insolvency coverage by the AFTA Chargeback Scheme (TD yesterday).
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2019 – it went that-a-way!
Wednesday | Dec 4 2019THE Dec issue of travelBulletin is winging its way to subscribers across the country, and as always at this time of the year we have included a review of the last 12 months in the industry.
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itravel moving to CVFR
Tuesday | Dec 3 2019ITRAVEL has announced that from 01 Jan 2020 it will switch its ticketing away from Express Travel Group to CVFR Consolidation Services.