Headlines
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Express prefers Wendy Wu
Thursday | Oct 13 2016THE Express Travel Group has signed a new partnership agreement with Wendy Wu Tours, making WWT a preferred supplier for Asia to ETG members across Australia.
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QF pilot push for China
Thursday | Oct 13 2016QANTAS has started to ramp up its pilot training and recruitment, opening up applications for external candidates for the first time since 2009.
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Alliances key for Air NZ
Thursday | Oct 13 2016AIR New Zealand’s international growth is underpinned by the carrier’s strong alliance partnerships, with a presentation to an investor conference today indicating inbound tourism to NZ is expected to continue to fuel the airline’s domestic growth.
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Club Med wedding packages
Wednesday | Oct 12 2016CLUB Med Australia & New Zealand has unveiled a new all-inclusive destination wedding package to the trade.
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Travel tax senate inquiry
Wednesday | Oct 12 2016THE Federal opposition has held out on taking a stance on the proposed backpacker tax legislation and called for a short Senate inquiry to “inform Labor’s final position”.
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EK plot Aus A380 upgauge
Wednesday | Oct 12 2016EMIRATES aspires to increase capacity on routes to Australia by converting all its services to the Airbus A380, the Gulf carrier’s president Tim Clark has revealed.
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CATO continues to grow
Wednesday | Oct 12 2016THE Council of Australian Tour Operators is expanding, with chairman Dennis Bunnik telling TD a number of new members are in the process of joining as the CATO strategy develops.
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Virtuoso Incubator push
Tuesday | Oct 11 2016INNOVATIVE travel technology startups are being invited to apply for Virtuoso’s 2017 Incubator program, now in its third year.
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BYOjet to launch into UK
Tuesday | Oct 11 2016BYOJET, the Australian online travel agency acquired by Flight Centre last year (TD 21 Dec) is set to expand internationally, with founder Lenny Padowitz today confirming the business is in the process of launching in the UK.
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Qantas to restart Beijing
Tuesday | Oct 11 2016QANTAS appears set to resume mainline services to Beijing after receiving approval from Chinese authorities to commence flights from Australia to the capital.