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Big bins, more loos for QF
Wednesday | Mar 26 2025QANTAS has showed off the first of its new Airbus A321XLRs to media in Hamburg this week, revealing the planes will have larger overhead bins to store more luggage, as well as an additional toilet.
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How to support young travel agents
Wednesday | Mar 26 2025YASEMIN Yanik is a 25-year-old travel consultant at Queanbeyan City Travel.
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Dining delivers tasty rise in tourism
Wednesday | Mar 26 2025COST-OF-LIVING pressures are not stopping travellers’ rising desire for experiential dining, according to a new report from Canvas8 called Why food tourism is winning luxury fans in Australia.
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Record year for Intrepid
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025B CORP travel business Intrepid has announced a record performance for FY24 with revenue of $626 million, up 17% year-on-year.
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HLO lux brand launches
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025VIVA Holidays’ newest brand, VIVA GOLD, has officially launched (TD 04 Dec), with a speciality preview brochure now in market to showcase the “luxury high-end accommodation which will be packaged with unique experiences, exclusive partnerships, tailor-made itineraries and hyper-personalised holiday experiences”.
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‘More at Sea’ proves “easy” shift for NCL
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025THE brand positioning shift from ‘Free at Sea’ to ‘More at Sea’ for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has been “a really easy transition”, according to Senior Director Sales, Strategy and Operations APAC Damian Borg.
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Safety push targets youth
Tuesday | Mar 25 2025THE Australian Government will launch a safety hub on the Smartraveller website in Jun, in the wake of a spike in methanol poisoning incidents last year.
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LHR chaos sparks probe
Monday | Mar 24 2025THE UK’s energy resilience will be probed after the British Government ordered an investigation following the North Hyde electrical substation fire that shut down Heathrow Airport on Fri (TD breaking news).
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NCL’s quest for better res
Monday | Mar 24 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has confirmed an enhanced reservation system is on the way, and that its global guest services team has recently entered the beta testing phase.