Headlines
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Brand USA stays upbeat
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018NOTWITHSTANDING a drop in visitation last year, the United States remains a healthy travel prospect over the longer term for Aussies, says Brand USA’s director Australia and NZ Matt Fletcher.
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Qantas rejects cabotage
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018QANTAS has rejected calls to allow foreign airlines to operate regional domestic routes in Australia, warning that such a move would have “significant adverse consequences”.
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Arrivals & departures up
Tuesday | Feb 20 2018SHORT-TERM visitor arrivals to Australia in Dec increased 5.8% compared to the corresponding month in 2016, trend estimate data released by the ABS shows.
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Helloworld TTV nears $3b
Monday | Feb 19 2018GROWING ticketing volumes have boosted Helloworld Travel’s total transaction value (TTV) to almost $3 billion in the first half of the financial year, despite the impact of airfare discounting.
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Queen Liz Melb homeport
Monday | Feb 19 2018CUNARD has unveiled its 2020 deployment of Queen Elizabeth in Australian waters which will see the luxury liner based here for an unprecedented 101 days.
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Hawaii expense concern
Monday | Feb 19 2018AIRFARE prices to Hawaii are one of three highlighted barriers holding Australian travellers back from heading to the Aloha state, according to the local office of the US state tourism authority.
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Carnival damage control
Monday | Feb 19 2018CARNIVAL Cruise Line has endured a weekend of negative media coverage over the removal of an allegedly violent family group from Carnival Legend in the port of Eden last week.
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Backing for QF-EK tie-up
Friday | Feb 16 2018QANTAS and Emirates have won support from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for their revamped alliance, with the regulator annoucing today it proposes to re-authorise the partnership.
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Accor backs NT stimulus
Friday | Feb 16 2018ACCORHOTELS regional head Simon McGrath has applauded the Northern Territory Government’s $103 million tourism stimulus package, saying a strong investment pipeline is critical to support the industry’s “tier-one” growth prospects for the Australian economy.
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OTAs dissed in Canberra
Friday | Feb 16 2018THE Accommodation Assoc of Australia’s (AAA) ceo Richard Munro has highlighted the impact global internet-based companies are having on competition at a Parliamentary Committee hearing this week in Canberra.