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ACCC defends FLT action
Thursday | Dec 15 2016THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it pursued its long-running court case against Flight Centre (TD breaking news) because it was concerned that the agency group’s conduct had “affected the competitive process”.
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Virgin Aus/Air Canada c’s
Thursday | Dec 15 2016AIR Canada has formed a strategic cooperation agreement with Virgin Australia aimed at making travel between Canada & Australia & New Zealand easier.
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Freedom Road for Brisbane
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016CHINA-BASED Freedom Road Travel has opened an office in central Brisbane as part of its push into Australian markets.
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QR upgauges MEL to A380
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016MELBOURNE will welcome yet another Airbus A380 operation from late Jun with confirmation Qatar Airways will deploy the superjumbo to the Victorian city.
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CTM grows in UK, Australia
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016CORPORATE Travel Management this morning announced a $71 million capital raising, to fund the acquisition of British corporate agency Redfern Travel and Tasmania’s Andrew Jones Travel (TD breaking news).
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CWT cites 15% over-spend
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016CARLSON Wagonlit Travel (CWT) has identified corporate over-spending of up to 15% in a new white paper on managing business traveller behaviour.
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10 months of visitor growth
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016INBOUND short-term visitor arrivals to Australia skyrocketed 11.1% year-on-year in Oct to 709,300, led by significant jumps from the United States, Malaysia, South Korea and India.
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CCS tick for SQ/LH tie-up
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016THE Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has approved a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Germany’s Lufthansa after the airline powerhouses agreed to capacity commitments.
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Zurich in Cover-More bid
Monday | Dec 12 2016COVER-MORE has revealed a take-over bid worth $854 million by the Zurich Insurance Company, which has made an offer of $1.95 per share (TD breaking news).
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Badgerys Creek go ahead
Monday | Dec 12 2016THE second Sydney Airport has been given the green light, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher finalising paperwork today.