Headlines
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SeaLink takes app stake
Monday | Mar 19 2018SEALINK Travel Group will make a $3.2 million investment in Chinese tourism app UWAI as it prepares for a national roll-out across Australian businesses.
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AirAsia X mulls NTL, WTB
Monday | Mar 19 2018FOLLOWING in the path of AirAsia X Malaysia’s decision to relocate its Melbourne hub from Tullamarine Airport to Avalon (TD 04 Feb), the Kuala Lumpur-based LCC is considering flying to second tier airports outside Sydney and Brisbane under its growth strategy down under.
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Ireland specialists relaunch
Friday | Mar 16 2018TOURISM Ireland has debuted an updated version of its “Ireland Specialists” travel agent training program, and is offering potential spaces on an upcoming famil to consultants who register and complete the educational module.
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Travel to Vietnam surges
Friday | Mar 16 2018VIETNAM has leapt into the top 10 markets for outbound travel from Australia in the last 12 months, with Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released yesterday indicating a 28% year-on-year increase in departures to Vietnam for Jan 2018.
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Amex GBT ready for GDPR
Friday | Mar 16 2018AMERICAN Express Global Business Travel has warned that TMCs and companies with significant travel programs need to pay close attention to a change in European regulation which becomes effective on 25 May.
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$12m Federal events fund
Thursday | Mar 15 2018STATE and Territory bids to attract major business events will be backed by a new $12 million Tourism Australia fund announced today by Federal Tourism Minister Steven Ciobo.
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Qantas SME payment push
Thursday | Mar 15 2018QANTAS is enabling small businesses to earn Qantas Points on all of their supplier payments through a new partnership with Zenith Payments offshoot B2Bpay.
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New Qantas trade head
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018QANTAS yesterday announced it had appointed Igor Kwiatkowski to the position of exec manager sales and distribution, taking the place of Vanessa Hudson.
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LOT appoints local GSA
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018LOT Polish Airlines has appointed Aviation Online as its new general sales agent (GSA) in Australia and New Zealand.
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Inbound spending surges
Wednesday | Mar 14 2018TOURISM Research Australia today released its latest International Visitor Survey figures, with the results for the year to 31 Dec indicating a new high of $41.3 billion in visitor expenditure from overseas.