Headlines
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White Paper a white knight
Tuesday | Aug 27 2024A number of key stakeholders have welcomed the Federal Government’s Aviation White Paper, with lobby group Airlines for Australia & New Zealand (A4ANZ) and consumer organisation Choice heaping praise on the report.
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Two ships on the Murray
Tuesday | Aug 27 2024MURRAY River Paddlesteamers has announced it will offer two overnight riverboats for the first time from Aug 2025, in order to cater to “huge demand”.
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RateHawk launches in Aus
Tuesday | Aug 27 2024RATEHAWK has debuted in the Australian market this month, bringing its B2B booking platform to local travel advisors.
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A win for consumer rights
Monday | Aug 26 2024THE Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) has welcomed the impending establishment of a new Aviation Industry Ombuds Scheme (TD breaking news yesterday), labelling the move a “win” for consumer rights.
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Stephen Thompson exits
Monday | Aug 26 2024AFTER close to three decades with Qantas, well-known executive Stephen Thompson will step away from the carrier at the end of the year.
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Consumer tech is failing
Monday | Aug 26 2024A lack of progress in adopting customer-facing technology has been called out during a panel session with travel advisors at Express Travel Group’s Xchange conference over the weekend.
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Hilton revamps lux program
Monday | Aug 26 2024HILTON’S regional headquarters in Singapore has confirmed a revamped luxury preferred partner program includes agents based in Australia and NZ.
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Hamilton leaves trade ‘Satisfied’
Monday | Aug 26 2024BRAND USA hosted 21 Australian and New Zealand travel advisors in ‘the room where it happens’ on Sat, as winners of its Hamilton incentive viewed a matinee performance of the world renowned musical at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre.
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HLO united with Ensemble
Friday | Aug 23 2024HELLOWORLD’S recent decision to form a partnership with Canadian-headquartered Ensemble Travel Group (TD 17 Jul) was forged for several key reasons, but for Executive Director Cinzia Burnes, bringing something new to the Australian market was motivation enough to ink the contract.
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Credit protection needed
Friday | Aug 23 2024THE group that called for Australia to adopt a Passenger Bill of Rights to protect the interests of air travellers (TD 30 Nov 2023) has this week added further calls for protections around credits.