Headlines
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NZ wants to slug tourists
Wednesday | Aug 30 2017NEW Zealand’s Labour Party has expressed intent on charging inbound tourists an extra NZ$25 to help fund tourism projects after a surge in overseas visitors to the country in recent years.
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QF BNE Dreamliner base
Wednesday | Aug 30 2017THE second wave of new Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, to be delivered from mid-2018, will be based in Brisbane, opening up new potential int’l routes.
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TA, Union Pay agreement
Tuesday | Aug 29 2017TOURISM Australia has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s UnionPay Int’l, opening up opportunities for the organisations to work together on business development and joint promotional activity.
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TNQ lures Amway delegation
Tuesday | Aug 29 2017CAIRNS will welcome 8,000 delegates in 2019 for the Amway China Leadership Seminar.
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Profits take off for Rex
Tuesday | Aug 29 2017REGIONAL Express this morning announced a $17.8 million pre-tax profit for the year to 30 Jun – four times the figure from the previous financial year as the company saw green shoots of recovery in the national economy.
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Mantra profit jumps 23%
Tuesday | Aug 29 2017THE acquisitions of six new properties during FY 2016/17 drove Mantra Group Limited’s full year revenue to $689 million, up 13.7%, with the hotelier saying it had seen particularly strong revenue growth from the key markets of Sydney, Melbourne, the ACT and the Sunshine Coast.
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Skinner to head Tour East
Monday | Aug 28 2017JEFF Skinner has been appointed as the new general manager Australia of Tour East, the inbound operator formerly part-owned by Qantas and acquired by Japan’s JTB some years ago (TD 09 Oct 2014).
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Qantas executive shuffle
Monday | Aug 28 2017QANTAS Group ceo Alan Joyce says the company’s new senior leadership structure (TD breaking news) will “help the company keep delivering for customers and shareholders”.
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Strong year for Flight Centre corporate
Friday | Aug 25 2017FLIGHT Centre’s corporate TTV across Australia and New Zealand reached $2.6 billion in 2016/17, with the businesses benefiting from “a strong year of account wins,” according to the FLT annual results released yesterday.
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Golden age at Cruise360
Friday | Aug 25 2017AUSTRALIA’S cruise industry leaders have turned out in record numbers today for the Cruise360 conference in Sydney, hosted by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia.