Headlines
-
AFTA, Accor partnership
Wednesday | Jan 31 2018THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has partnered with luxury accommodation provider AccorHotels on a new knowledge sharing agreement.
-
ATEC forecasts record
Wednesday | Jan 31 2018THE Australian Tourism Export Council is predicting 2018 will be a record year for inbound tourism to the country, anticipating an additional 8.5 million arrivals and a cash injection of $44 billion into the Australian economy.
-
QBT, ITG Indigenous TMC
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018HELLOWORLD Travel Ltd has forged a joint venture between QBT and In Travel Group (ITG)to create a majority Indigenous-owned TMC in Australia called Inspire Travel Management.
-
Wendy Wu trade focus
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018THE recent appointment of Steve Richards to head up Wendy Wu Tours in Australia (TD 12 Dec 2017) continues the tour operator’s strong emphasis on sales through travel agencies in Australia, with group ceo Joe Karbo telling Travel Daily “we haven’t hit our optimum levels with the trade yet”.
-
QF Dreamliner JFK start
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018QANTAS will replace its Boeing 747-400 jumbos on the Brisbane-Los Angeles service with brand new 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft from 01 Sep (TD breaking news).
-
Australia Day honourees
Monday | Jan 29 2018THE travel and tourism industry made its mark in this year’s Australia Day 2018 Honours List, with the lineup including Tramada Systems owner Anna Buduls and Village Roadshow Limited co-exec chairman & co-ceo Graham Burke.
-
Trump slump ‘unfounded’
Monday | Jan 29 2018AUSTRALIAN travellers are undeterred to visit the United States following the election of “controversial US President” Donald Trump, results of a new Roy Morgan study has concluded.
-
Marriott commission cuts
Monday | Jan 29 2018MARRIOTT International plans to cut commissions paid to group and meetings intermediaries from 10% to 7% for all hotels in the United States and Canada.
-
APT adds new Croatia ship
Thursday | Jan 25 2018APT has announced an expansion of its small ship cruise offering, with the debut of the brand new Queen Eleganza on the Croatian coast in 2019.
-
Star revamps RTW fares
Thursday | Jan 25 2018STAR Alliance will open up new itinerary options under its Round the World (RTW) fare products, having cut the minimum stopover requirement from three to two.