Headlines
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Air China plans PEK/BNE
Friday | Aug 4 2017BRISBANE Airport is set to receive additional passenger uplift to/from China’s capital, Beijing, with two new routes winning approval from Chinese authorities.
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Tourism set to hit $150b
Thursday | Aug 3 2017AUSTRALIA is set to hit the upper range of its tourism targets and achieve spending of $151.4 billion over the next decade, according to new projections released yesterday afternoon.
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Webjet takes JacTravel
Thursday | Aug 3 2017WEBJET will be hopeful of a share price rebound when it ends a trading halt tomorrow (TD Tue) after announcing the buy out of European B2B travel business JacTravel Group for 200 million (TD breaking news last night).
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McKeon to head UL operation
Thursday | Aug 3 2017AUSTRALIAN airline veteran Peter McKeon has been appointed as the gm of Sri Lankan Aviation Pty Ltd, a newly established GSA business which will handle SriLankan Airlines’ soon-to-launch direct Melbourne-Colombo flights.
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Global online bookings soar
Wednesday | Aug 2 2017A REPORT produced by Expedia Affiliate Network & Phocuswright has forecast online travel bookings in 2017 should reach a massive US$567 billion, up more than US$50 billion compared 2016.
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TA BuzzFeed partnership
Wednesday | Aug 2 2017TOURISM Australia has forged a new partnership with internet giant BuzzFeed, putting local destinations in the spotlight via team of travelling “storytellers”.
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HLO buys into Hunter
Wednesday | Aug 2 2017HELLOWORLD Travel will purchase a minority stake in its largest multi-franchise operator, Hunter Travel Group (HTG).
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RAC Travel WA into Express
Wednesday | Aug 2 2017THE Express Travel Group will expand on 01 Oct this year with the addition of Western Australian group RAC Travel.
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Googling travel’s future
Tuesday | Aug 1 2017TECH giant Google has come to dominate virtually every corner of the online world and shows no sign of easing back its phenomenal pace – and this month’s travelBulletin provides an insight into what that means for travel.
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Flight Centre NZ move
Tuesday | Aug 1 2017FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has bolstered its New Zealand presence with the acquisition of two local companies, the leisure-focussed Travel Managers Group and corporate independent Executive Travel Group.