Headlines
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Industry overall satisfied
Tuesday | Sep 18 2018MOST workers in the Australian travel industry are satisfied with their overall employment conditions but would consider a new job if one was offered, according to the annual Travel Daily/travelBulletin salary and employment survey.
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Airport investment at risk
Tuesday | Sep 18 2018BILLIONS of dollars in future airport investment would be put at risk by greater government regulation, the country’s major gateways have warned, with airlines likely to be the main beneficiaries of any price cuts.
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Outbound travel surging
Tuesday | Sep 18 2018THE number of Australians taking overseas trips is growing at twice the pace of inbound arrivals, with Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for Jul 2018 showing a 2.8% year-on-year growth rate for visitors to Australia – compared to a 5.8% increase in “short-term resident returns” versus Jul 2017.
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Celestyal appoints Williams
Monday | Sep 17 2018FORMER Globus Family of Brands managing director for Australasia, Stewart Williams, has taken on a new role as the Asia Pacific regional manager for Celestyal Cruises.
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SQ, LH seek Scoot deal
Monday | Sep 17 2018SINGAPORE Airlines and Lufthansa have lodged a request with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission which aims to include Scoot in their wide-ranging collaboration agreement (TD 20 Oct 2017).
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US visitor turnaround
Monday | Sep 17 2018AMERICA’S so-called “Trump slump” in tourism has been reversed by the US Government which has withdrawn negative figures for 2017 and replaced them with revised data showing positive visitor growth.
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$15b MEL rail proposal
Monday | Sep 17 2018MELBOURNE Airport has joined a consortium bidding to construct a $15 billion rail link to the city centre, having yesterday unveiled a detailed blueprint for a 20-minute “Super Train”.
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A night in Bordeaux at Sofitel on Collins
Monday | Sep 17 2018BORDEAUX and Nouvelle-Aquitaine tourist office statistics show the Australian market performing strongly (up 20% on 2016 stats). Steve Reynolds from APT also acknowledged the strong demand from Australians for river cruises through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, which also encompasses such beautiful areas as Biarritz, the Dordogne valley, the Basque Country, Cognac and the Pyrenees.
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Majestic marks cruise season
Friday | Sep 14 2018PRINCESS Cruises’ new flagship, Majestic Princess, set sail from Brisbane last night, embarking on a two-night cruise into Sydney where she will tomorrow officially kick off the line’s summer season.
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WTAAA payment push
Friday | Sep 14 2018THE World Travel Agents Associations Alliance (WTAAA) has urged airlines to look beyond a “one-dimensional approach” to credit card acceptance, saying current policies are stifling modernisation of the travel payment chain.