News
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Vignette Patong
Monday | Nov 21 2022IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with Dinso Resort Co. to bring its luxury and lifestyle collection brand, Vignette Collection, to Thailand’s Patong region in mid-2023.
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Wootton steps down
Monday | Nov 21 2022THE West by North West Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) in Tassie is recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer following the announcement of Tom Wootton’s resignation, which will see him wrap up in Jan.
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Sell Qld to the world
Monday | Nov 21 2022CAIRNS will host the 50th ATEC Meeting Place this week, giving the region’s tourism operators the chance to meet face-to-face with more than 100 buyers who can sell and promote Queensland holiday packages to overseas travel agents.
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Ponant in icy straits
Monday | Nov 21 2022THIS group of intrepid Aussie agent explorers is getting up close and personal with the ice of Antarctica this week, aboard Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot icebreaker as it explores the White Continent’s Weddell Sea.
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View from the Viking bridge
Monday | Nov 21 2022SOME of the Australian contingent on board Viking Polaris in Antarctica this week were treated to a rare glimpse of the high-tech ship’s bridge, courtesy of Captain Margrith Ettlin, who also happens to be Viking’s first female master.
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Peek inside our A321neos
Monday | Nov 21 2022KOREAN Air has unveiled the interiors of its new Airbus A321neos, which will offer the carrier’s first-ever narrow body Business class flat beds (pictured).
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Space (travel): The Final Frontier
Monday | Nov 21 2022TRAVELMANAGERS’ access to Space Perspectives’ product (TD 11 Nov) through the newly minted partnership between the two will be supported by an introductory webinar later this month, and a national TravelManagers roadshow will be held next year.
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Window Seat 21 Nov 22
Monday | Nov 21 2022GOLFERS playing a round at the Western Lakes Golf Club in Pewaukee, Wisconsin had to contend with a hazard of a very different kind when a plane crashed on the course carrying 53 rescue dogs from New Orleans on board.
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Brochures 21 Nov 22
Monday | Nov 21 2022WELCOME to Brochures of the Week, Travel Daily’s Monday feature. If your firm is releasing a new brochure you’d like to make the industry aware of, send a brief description summarising its features and itineraries, including a PDF of the front cover, and contact details to brochures@traveldaily.com.au.
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QF to appeal in High Court
Friday | Nov 18 2022QANTAS has welcomed a High Court decision today to grant the carrier leave to appeal a ruling earlier this year, which found the airline was in breach of the Fair Work Act when it outsourced around 2,000 ground crew workers in 2020 (TD 05 May).