Headlines
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Chilean eVisa system delayed
Tuesday | Dec 10 2019AUSTRALIAN travel agents with clients travelling to Chile have been given some certainty about their customers’ travel documents over the coming months, after the Chilean government decided to postpone the introduction of a new electronic visa platform.
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QFLink boosts Vic flights
Monday | Dec 9 2019QANTASLINK this morning announced a new direct route between Sydney and Mildura, as well as boosting frequencies to Bendigo to help expand visitor spending in regional Victoria.
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New TA advisory board
Monday | Dec 9 2019FLIGHT Centre’s Travel Associates (TA) brand has launched its inaugural consultant Advisory Board, with 10 agent members from across the country to help guide the organisation’s “strategic direction for expansion and differentiation”.
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Qantas expands QF/KL pact
Monday | Dec 9 2019QANTAS Frequent Flyer members can now access reward seats, tier benefits and earn points across the entire Air France-KLM network, under a “comprehensive new partnership” between the airlines.
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Qatar still denied to BNE
Friday | Dec 6 2019QATAR Airways is unlikely to fly into Brisbane at any point in the immediate future because of a failure between governments to reach a bilateral agreement.
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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.