Headlines
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WWT innovates China visas
Friday | Nov 29 2019WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) founder Wendy Wu has been working closely with authorities in China to simplify visa processes for the company’s customers.
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GMTC growing strongly
Friday | Nov 29 2019BOUTIQUE wholesaler Greece and Mediterranean Travel Centre (GMTC) has reported exceptionally strong trading in recent months, with the company’s Managing Director Halina Kubica saying she believes the business is bucking the travel industry trend.
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Eden and Aria go to CMV
Friday | Nov 29 2019UK-BASED Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has been revealed as the purchaser of P&O’s Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria, which Carnival Australia earlier this week announced would leave its fleet in 2021 (TD 25 Nov).
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Seven to drop 7travel?
Thursday | Nov 28 2019SEVEN West Media has confirmed talks over the future of its “7travel” operations, as the company’s newly appointed CEO implements a strategy to divest all non-core brands and assets.
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Hurtigruten to the rescue
Thursday | Nov 28 2019THE cancellation of a fourth voyage by One Ocean Expeditions yesterday has seen Hurtigruten Cruises step up to assist agents and clients impacted by the ongoing issues at the operator which is undergoing a “difficult period of restructuring”.
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Accor plots loyalty revamp
Thursday | Nov 28 2019ACCOR Hotels has revealed details of a major makeover of its Le Club AccorHotels loyalty scheme, which is being relaunched as “ALL – Accor Live Limitless”.
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ATO backpacker challenge
Thursday | Nov 28 2019THE Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has formally appealed against a Federal Court ruling that Australia’s controversial backpacker tax was discriminatory and violated a number of international tax treaties (TD 31 Oct).
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Sabre axes Finnair content
Wednesday | Nov 27 2019TRAVEL agents are now unable to book Finnair flights through the Sabre GDS, after a failure to reach a deal over a replacement of the current Full Content Agreement between the carrier and the technology company.
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TMC market shares revealed
Wednesday | Nov 27 2019HELLOWORLD Travel now commands 17.5% of the corporate travel market in Australia, making it the second largest TMC after Flight Centre’s various brands such as FCM and Corporate Traveller, which together hold an estimated 29%.
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Entire “one-stop-shop”
Tuesday | Nov 26 2019ENTIRE Travel Group yesterday unveiled a major brand consolidation, which will see its various destination specialist wholesale operations brought together under a single banner.