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Bendigo’s tourism spike
Thursday | Dec 15 2016BENDIGO has experienced exponential growth in both domestic and international search traffic on TripAdvisor, according to the site’s 2016 Inbound Travel Trends report.
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Virtuoso celebrates a huge 2016 in Australia
Thursday | Dec 15 2016THE Virtuoso travel group has had a big year, with members from across Australia participating in a series of local and international events. Activities included the inaugural Virtuoso Asia-Pacific Luxury Awards in Sydney, the annual Virtuoso Symposium event in Cape Town, South Africa, and of course the 28th annual Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas, which saw almost 120 Australian luxury travel advisors in attendance.
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MTM office closes today
Thursday | Dec 15 2016MARINE Tourism Management which oversaw marketing for South Sea Cruises Group (incorporating Awesome Adventures Fiji, Yasawa Islands Holidays, Blue Lagoon Cruises and Vinaka Fiji Volunteering) is closing down its Auckland office today.
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ACCC defends FLT action
Thursday | Dec 15 2016THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it pursued its long-running court case against Flight Centre (TD breaking news) because it was concerned that the agency group’s conduct had “affected the competitive process”.
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Virgin Aus/Air Canada c’s
Thursday | Dec 15 2016AIR Canada has formed a strategic cooperation agreement with Virgin Australia aimed at making travel between Canada & Australia & New Zealand easier.
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Freedom Road for Brisbane
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016CHINA-BASED Freedom Road Travel has opened an office in central Brisbane as part of its push into Australian markets.
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QR upgauges MEL to A380
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016MELBOURNE will welcome yet another Airbus A380 operation from late Jun with confirmation Qatar Airways will deploy the superjumbo to the Victorian city.
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CTM grows in UK, Australia
Wednesday | Dec 14 2016CORPORATE Travel Management this morning announced a $71 million capital raising, to fund the acquisition of British corporate agency Redfern Travel and Tasmania’s Andrew Jones Travel (TD breaking news).
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CWT cites 15% over-spend
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016CARLSON Wagonlit Travel (CWT) has identified corporate over-spending of up to 15% in a new white paper on managing business traveller behaviour.
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10 months of visitor growth
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016INBOUND short-term visitor arrivals to Australia skyrocketed 11.1% year-on-year in Oct to 709,300, led by significant jumps from the United States, Malaysia, South Korea and India.