Headlines
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$1m payout for ALG agents
Thursday | Jun 29 2017AUSTRALIAN travel agents impacted by the All Leisure Group collapse in the UK earlier this year will receive more than $1 million in compensation, under a deal brokered by AFTA ceo Jayson Westbury.
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Visa boost for inbound
Wednesday | Jun 28 2017AUSTRALIA is set to welcome more visitors from Spain and Argentina after a Federal Government decision to raise caps on work and holiday visas.
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AFTA chargeback solution
Wednesday | Jun 28 2017AFTA today launched the AFTA Insolvency Chargeback Scheme (AICS), described by ceo Jayson Westbury as solving “the missing link in the travel agency reform agenda” (TD breaking news).
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Agent hacker pleads guilty
Wednesday | Jun 28 2017TASMANIAN travel agent Lee-Anne Levett, founder of Hobart agency The Travel Studio, yesterday pleaded guilty to 48 counts of “unauthorised access of a computer” in relation to using the Tramada logins of a competitor to gain access to sensitive business information (TD 04 Oct 2013).
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Adelaide to host ATE ’18
Tuesday | Jun 27 2017SOUTH Australia will host next year’s Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE), bringing 2,500 industry delegates to Adelaide in an event worth around $10 million to the local economy.
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Flight Centre, Airbnb pact
Tuesday | Jun 27 2017FLIGHT Centre and Airbnb today announced a new alliance (TD breaking news) which will see FCTG corporate clients offered Airbnb accommodation options.
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New Mantra “masterbrand”
Monday | Jun 26 2017MANTRA Hotels & Resorts has announced the consolidation of its existing multi-branded portfolio into a new single consumer brand.
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VA ACCC ‘condition’ risk
Monday | Jun 26 2017LAWYERS for Virgin Australia and its proposed Australia-China air alliance partners HNA Group, Hong Kong Airlines & HK Express have objected to the competition regulator’s plan to impose a “non-exclusivity condition” relating to interline and/or codeshare pacts.
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Ritz-Carlton into cruise
Friday | Jun 23 2017RITZ-CARLTON Hotel Company has signalled it will move into the luxury yachting and cruises sector, establishing The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection.
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EY ditches chauffeur service
Friday | Jun 23 2017ETIHAD Airways has confirmed the suspension of its free chauffeur drive service for premium passengers in Australia, which will no longer be available from 03 Jul this year.