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“Two-for-one” motel fine
Tuesday | Sep 24 2019TWO motels in NSW and Victoria have been whacked with a total of $280,000 in fines from the Federal Circuit Court after being pursued by the Fair Work Ombudsman for underpaying four Filipino workers.
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Tempo collapse “travesty”
Monday | Sep 23 2019AUSTRALIAN Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) Chief Exec Jayson Westbury says there are “many questions to be answered” around the collapse of Tempo Holidays & Bentours (TD 20 Sep), saying it is a “travesty” that parent company Cox & Kings India has moved to place the Australasian business into administration.
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Tempo administrator named
Monday | Sep 23 2019COX & Kings India has formally appointed Laurence Fitzgerald and Michael Humphris of accounting firm William Buck as the administrators of the collapsed Tempo Holidays Pty Limited (TD 20 Sep).
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Thomas Cook collapses
Monday | Sep 23 2019BRITISH travel giant Thomas Cook has collapsed today, going into liquidation and leaving a reported 600,000 holidaymakers affected around the globe.
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Dunk Island to be restored
Monday | Sep 23 2019QUEENSLAND’S cyclone-ravaged Dunk Island is set to be redeveloped, with Australian-owned investment and corporate advisory group Mayfair 101 confirming it has purchased the island for $31.5m.
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C&K puts Tempo and Bentours under
Friday | Sep 20 2019COX & Kings, the Indian parent company of Tempo and Bentours, has been branded as “duplicitous and underhanded” by a number of Australian suppliers caught up in the shock failure of the business yesterday (TD breaking news).
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Ignite to go international
Friday | Sep 20 2019IGNITE Travel Group founder Randall Deer is set to take his unique readymade package model global, in a new 50/50 joint venture with Flight Centre Travel Group announced today.
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AFTA boosts training focus
Thursday | Sep 19 2019THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) is set to significantly increase its participation in the education arena, with confirmation of a newly created Head of Education and Training role within the organisation.
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Airport fees a route killer
Thursday | Sep 19 2019EXCESSIVE fees being charged by Australian airports have the potential to kill off routes, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has cautioned at a National Press Club event in Canberra yesterday.
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VS to expand with LHR
Thursday | Sep 19 2019VIRGIN Atlantic has unveiled an ambitious global expansion plan, which would see it more than quadruple the destinations it serves from an expanded Heathrow Airport.