Headlines
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Virtuoso show to Melbourne
Friday | May 4 2018TOURISM Australia has enticed the 2019 Virtuoso Symposium to Melbourne, expected to bring approximately 500 influential decision makers in the luxury travel sector to the country, 10 years after the show was held in Sydney for the first time.
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CWT new sales windfall
Friday | May 4 2018CARLSON Wagonlit Travel (CWT) secured US$1.7 billion in contracted new sales during 2017, having completed its first full year under the group’s digital strategy “CWT 3.0”.
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Amex GBT goes to ground
Friday | May 4 2018AMERICAN Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has announced a ground transport booking and management product, designed to give travel managers more flexibility, control and choice.
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EK boosts published fares
Thursday | May 3 2018EMIRATES overnight announced a review of tariffs on year-round published fares from Australia, with fares to rise on key routes as well as the imposition of a new date-based Q surcharge.
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NTIA finalists revealed
Thursday | May 3 2018AFTA has released its full list of finalists for this year’s National Travel Industry Awards, naming those in the running to win at the industry’s big night on 21 Jul.
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Widespread AA/QF love
Thursday | May 3 2018AMERICAN Airlines’ proposed joint business agreement (JBA) with Qantas on services between the USA and Australia & New Zealand is continuing to garner widespread support.
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Velocity 40% transfer bonus
Thursday | May 3 2018VIRGIN Australia’s Velocity loyalty scheme is making a concerted push this month for members to boost their points balance, with a bonus of up to 40% of the points transferred.
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Qantas fast-tracks fleet
Wednesday | May 2 2018QANTAS has confirmed the end of an era, bringing forward plans to retire its ageing Boeing 747 fleet in 2020 as it marks its centenary.
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Melb agent sentenced
Wednesday | May 2 2018MELBOURNE-BASED travel consultant Zvi Dov Bartak has been sentenced to community service and ordered to repay his clients almost $25,000, in a hearing in the Moorabbin Magistrates Court last month.
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Pacific Aria redeployment
Wednesday | May 2 2018P&O Cruises has pulled preliminary port bookings for Pacific Aria in Cairns for 2019, with the line saying the sale of Pacific Eden to Cruise & Maritime Voyages (TD 08 Mar) meant Aria would be “needed elsewhere”.