Headlines
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Time to axe airline caps
Friday | Sep 22 2023UNRESTRICTED access for foreign carriers to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth would potentially lower the price of air tickets and lead to a better choice of aviation services, the Productivity Commission has told a Senate meeting this week.
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Border closures examined
Friday | Sep 22 2023EXPLORING whether Australia was right to close its international borders to travel for an extended period will form a key pillar of a newly announced review by the Federal Government into the country’s COVID-19 response.
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Lessons needed on CTSP
Friday | Sep 22 2023AN INDEPENDENT review of the Consumer Travel Support Program (CTSP) conducted by Austrade needs to be submitted to an upcoming Federal inquiry into the government’s response to the pandemic, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) CEO Dean Long believes.
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Biz travel spurs innovation
Friday | Sep 22 2023EIGHT in 10 businesses around the world recognise that embarking on a greater number of business trips for face-to-face meetings unlocks a higher level of innovation, a new report compiled by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) & Harvard Business Review Analytic Services has found.
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FCM to “disrupt” events
Thursday | Sep 21 2023FLIGHT Centre’s FCM Meetings & Events (M&E) division has announced plans to shore up its global expansion ambitions.
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Lally joins Baillie Lodges
Thursday | Sep 21 2023BAILLIE Lodges has appointed Justine Lally to the newly created role of General Manager, Marketing and Communications.
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QF admits “acute” trust issue
Thursday | Sep 21 2023QANTAS has admitted the airline is currently experiencing an “acute loss of trust from the community” in the summary of its latest annual report published late yesterday.
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NZ deal takes off in Asia
Thursday | Sep 21 2023WHILE there has been plenty of consternation in Australia around a need to forge more open skies agreements to bolster capacity (TD 20 Sep), across the ditch in New Zealand the situation is much brighter, this week announcing a major new Air Services Agreement (ASA) in Asia.
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Aussies de-prioritise events
Thursday | Sep 21 2023AN increasing number of Australians are forgoing events due to cost barriers, according to new findings from the 2022 National Arts Participation Survey facilitated by new national arts funding body, Creative Australia.
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CEO touches down in SYD
Wednesday | Sep 20 2023OUTGOING Transurban chief Scott Charlton has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Sydney Airport (SYD), effective 01 Dec.