Headlines
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Expedia promises “puffery”
Wednesday | Jan 9 2019LAWYERS for Expedia have argued that claims on the website of its Australian offshoot Wotif that customers can “book with confidence” should not be relied on because they are simply a sales pitch or “puffery”.
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Venture Far owed $500k
Tuesday | Jan 8 2019FIGURES from the collapse of SA wholesaler Venture Far indicate creditor claims worth over $500,000 when the business was placed into administration last year (TD 24 Oct 2018).
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Sofitel Wentworth reno
Tuesday | Jan 8 2019SOFITEL Sydney Wentworth is undergoing a major multi-million dollar renovation which is scheduled to be completed by the end of Mar.
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Australia #2 for Silversea
Tuesday | Jan 8 2019AUSTRALIA is on the cusp of becoming the second largest global market for Silversea Cruises, according to the company’s CEO Roberto Martinoli who is in Sydney this week to help celebrate the inaugural visit of flagship Silver Muse.
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RSSC Explorer to sail here
Monday | Jan 7 2019REGENT Seven Seas Cruises this morning confirmed details of the 2020/21 deployment of its flagship Seven Seas Explorer in Australasian waters for the first time ever.
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QF leads OTP for 2018
Friday | Jan 4 2019QANTAS was Australasia’s most punctual airline last year, according to a new report from flight data aggregator OAG, which has compiled its 2018 “Punctuality League” based on 58 million flight records.
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US online ahead of pack
Friday | Jan 4 2019THE US online travel sector continues to grow at a faster pace than the overall market, according to research compiled by travel industry research authority Phocuswright.
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Michael James firmly in Bestjet frame
Thursday | Jan 3 2019MICHAEL James, the disgraced former owner of Air Australia who presided over the carrier’s $97 million collapse in 2012, has been heavily implicated in the operations of the failed Bestjet Travel (TD 18 Dec), with a preliminary report to the administrators repeatedly citing his involvement with the OTA.
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Schwartz invests in Qld
Thursday | Jan 3 2019PRIVATE hotel investor Dr Jerry Schwartz has made his first investment in Queensland with the $70 million purchase of the five-star Hilton Surfers Paradise from the Chinese group, Ja Feng.
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Flight Centre expands
Wednesday | Jan 2 2019FLIGHT Centre has announced a series of new investments across the USA and Asia following the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based Casto Travel and the signing of a 10-year lease on the four-star Camakila Legian Bali Hotel (TD breaking news 21 Dec).