News
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CLIA agent sessions
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022CRUISE Lines International Association (CLIA) is offering two lunchtime webinars for its travel agent members to help them get the most out of the Cruise Month campaign running across Sep.
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Stay inside SYD
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022PLAZA Premium Group has opened the doors to a new on-site hotel inside Sydney Airport’s T1 International Terminal.
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Ayres steps down
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022NSW Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres has resigned from his Cabinet position amid allegations he interfered with the recruitment process of former Deputy Premier John Barilaro regarding a NY-based trade role.
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Visit USA’s in town
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022AMERICAN suppliers are meeting with the Australian travel industry this week in the highly anticipated return of the annual Visit USA Expos.
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STA committee to meet next week
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022A meeting of the Committee of Inspection for the collapsed STA Travel (TD 20 Aug 2020) will take place next week, with attendees to be advised of “the acts and dealings that remain to be carried out in order to complete the winding up”.
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NCL’s Viva floats out
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) will later this month debut its new Norwegian Prima, but is also continuing the momentum with the formal “float out” of next year’s sister ship Norwegian Viva.
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VA recruits new comms chief
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022VIRGIN Australia has appointed Christian Bennett as its Head of Corporate Affairs, filling the role vacated by the departure of Moksha Watts nine months ago.
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Smarter chargebacks
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022BERLIN-BASED “payments intelligence company” Fraugster has announced the launch of a new platform which eliminates chargeback losses for merchants in the travel sector.
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Cabin crew days
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022EMIRATES has announced a new round of open days for recruitment of cabin crew, with events to be held in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Adelaide over the next month.
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SIA pushing ahead
Wednesday | Aug 3 2022SEVERAL Travel Daily readers got in touch with us this week to question why Singapore Airlines would go ahead with plans to cut agent commissions in the wake of a significant first quarter operating profit of A$576 million (TD 01 Aug), a result the carrier said was fuelled by surging passenger demand.