Headlines
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Skroo confident on margins
Wednesday | Sep 6 2023WHILE Flight Centre CEO Graham ‘Skroo’ Turner concedes a new regime at Qantas may not necessarily lead to a change in agent commissions policy, he believes there will be future opportunities to improve margins through avenues like NDC.
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Andre Moten departs HLO
Wednesday | Sep 6 2023MAGELLAN Travel and Helloworld Business Travel (HWBT) Group General Manager Andre Moten (pictured) will depart the business after almost three years at the helm (TD breaking news yesterday).
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Signature key for travelmanagers
Wednesday | Sep 6 2023TRAVELMANAGERS’ alliance with the Signature luxury travel consortium (TD 03 Feb 2022) forms a key component in the group’s product offering for its home-based members, according to House of Travel Australia CEO Joe Araullo and TravelManagers Chief Operating Office Grant Campbell (pictured).
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Joyce exits Qantas early
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023THE flood of negative headlines about Qantas over the last couple of weeks has led CEO Alan Joyce to move his retirement forward, announcing this morning that he will depart the business effective today (TD breaking news).
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BNE blasts new caps plan
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023A parliamentary proposal from the Greens party to introduce a curfew and flight caps for Brisbane Airport has been slammed by the facility’s operator as having a “brutal impact on Queensland’s economy”.
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Travel ad spend bonanza
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023ADVERTISING spend by the travel industry has increased 10.4% YOY for the month of Jul according to Standard Media Index (SMI).
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Building wonders
Tuesday | Sep 5 2023PRINCESS Cruises will support community-based conservation efforts in New Zealand by offering funding from its Princess Local Partnerships program to Dunedin-based organisation, Natures Wonders.
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Skroo says “Let ’em fly”
Monday | Sep 4 2023A NUMBER of key stakeholders over the weekend have strongly urged the Federal Government to reverse its decision to block Qatar Airways from doubling its capacity to Australia (TD 19 Jul).
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WWT seeing China boom
Monday | Sep 4 2023WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) is experiencing the best trading conditions in its almost 30-year history, with Australian travel agents sharing in the bonanza driven by strong China demand as well as other destinations.
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Cruise needs to plan now
Monday | Sep 4 2023AUSTRALIA’S cruise industry needs to start planning for the next 10 years now, Australian Cruise Association (ACA) Chief Executive Officer Jill Abel told Travel Daily at the organisation’s annual conference last week.