Headlines
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ANA takes a PAL stake
Thursday | Jan 31 2019ANA Holdings, parent company of Japan’s largest airline All Nippon Airways (ANA), is set to invest US$95m in PAL Holdings, the parent company of Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) and acquire 9.5% of PAL Holding’s outstanding shares.
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Qantas tops up points
Thursday | Jan 31 2019QANTAS has introduced a new feature to its Frequent Flyer Wellbeing app that rewards members with bonus points for “developing healthy lifestyle habits” while they sleep.
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Air NZ to review network
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019AIR New Zealand this morning unveiled concerns about slower revenue growth (TD breaking news), with CEO Christopher Luxon saying the carrier would “review our network, fleet and cost base to ensure the business is on a strong footing going forward”.
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Travel Team ceases trading
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019ADMINISTRATORS have been appointed to Queensland over-50s specialist agency Travel Team, formerly known as Seniors Holiday Travel.
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Singapore opens tech lab
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019SINGAPORE Airlines has officially opened a digital innovation hub called KrisLab, a technological workspace designed to help staff develop innovative ideas and “co-innovate” with external partners, start-ups, established incubators and accelerators.
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Tourism Aus content deal
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019TOURISM Australia has launched a major magazine-focused promotion to encourage high value US travellers to head down under, with the venture a partnership with local publisher Australian Traveller Media.
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OAM for Botanica founder
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019JUDY Vanrenen, the founder of APT’s offshoot Botanica World Discoveries, was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours announced last weekend.
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ASTA urges industry shift
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019THE American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) is urging travel agents to follow its lead and rebrand themselves as a “travel advisor” in their consumer and trade communications.
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Atout France at the convent for a luxury L’Occitane spa!
Tuesday | Jan 29 2019THE team from Atout France managed to prise Fabien Piacentino, GM of Provence’s Couvent des Minimes away from the rather glamorous setting of his workplace to spend some time in Australia recently.
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AAT Kings on Rezdy
Friday | Jan 25 2019AAT Kings has entered into a deal with Rezdy to make a selection of its products available through the independent booking and distribution platform.