Headlines
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Tourism NZ luxury win
Wednesday | Sep 28 2016TOURISM New Zealand were recognised for New Zealand’s luxury travel offering, winning two awards at the Luxperience Awards Night last week.
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Qantas, Sheridan get cosy
Wednesday | Sep 28 2016QANTAS has bedded down a new partnership with home and lifestyle brand, Sheridan which will see the parties collaborate on “the ultimate sleep experience” for its First Class Suites.
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Bestjet “sky-high” returns
Wednesday | Sep 28 2016BESTJET, the online travel agency headed up by Rachel James, today revealed its financial results for 2015/16, reporting a pre-tax profit of $928,000.
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Luxury Escapes $200m TTV
Wednesday | Sep 28 2016LUX Group ceo Adam Schwab yesterday revealed that the company’s Luxury Escapes brand is now transacting around $200 million in annual travel sales, comprising two thirds of the group’s overall TTV.
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Cover-More acquires Travelex
Tuesday | Sep 27 2016TRAVEL Insurance provider, Cover-More Group, has announced the 100% acquisition of Travelex Insurance Services for US$105 million (AU$138m).
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FLT expands Euro footprint
Tuesday | Sep 27 2016FLIGHT Centre Travel Group has acquired corporate businesses owned by European online travel agency eDreams ODIGEO.
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FC to sell Ignite packages
Tuesday | Sep 27 2016THE new partnership between Flight Centre and Ignite Travel (TD 15 Sep) is already bearing fruit, with a new exclusive ‘Get Luxe’ product range to launch later this week for sale via Flight Centre’s Escape Travel stores.
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Backpacker review blast
Monday | Sep 26 2016MORE than 1,700 stakeholders have made submissions to the review of the Working Holidaymaker Visa, which is looking at the government’s budget decision to no longer consider working holidaymakers as residents for tax purposes.
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TCF report finally released
Monday | Sep 26 2016THE long-awaited final report from the Travel Compensation Fund has been made public, confirming that almost $19.5 million was paid out to the various states on 16 Dec 2015.
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GTA acquires MTS Globe
Friday | Sep 23 2016GTA has signed off on an agreement to acquire the hotel distribution systems, destination management services and IT businesses of one of Europe’s largest independent, inbound companies, MTS Globe.