News
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Sandals update
Friday | May 27 2022AS stated by a number of local reports, carbon monoxide was the likely cause of three deaths at Sandals Emerald Bay in the Bahamas (TD 09 May).
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Venice tax delayed
Friday | May 27 2022VENICE has postponed its planned new tourist tax until next year, according to Euronews.
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Bali travel ban?
Friday | May 27 2022AUSTRALIA should ban travel to Indonesia during the country’s foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, Global AgriTrends analyst Simon Quilty argues.
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Hotel breaking new ground
Friday | May 27 2022CENTRAL Element and Boston Global have broken ground on the 25hours Hotel in Paddington, the first in Australia (TD 14 Jan 2021).
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The Grand Tour of Catalonia
Friday | May 27 2022THE Catalan Tourist Board held an event on Tue at Catalan restaurant, Parlar, in Sydney to showcase its new product, ‘The Grand Tour of Catalonia’ to travel trade and media.
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Window Seat 27 May 22
Friday | May 27 2022WHILE space travel is really heating up now with Virgin Galactic, Space X and Blue Origin representing just a sprinkling of the movers and shakers in the growing segment, a new research paper may provide some sobering context to any future human endeavours into colonising the final frontier.
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Wendy Wu highly optimistic
Thursday | May 26 2022WENDY Wu Tours founder Wendy Wu believes there is huge opportunity for her business, which has dramatically expanded its range of destinations over the last two years of the pandemic.
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No longer a DayAway
Thursday | May 26 2022SINGAPORE-BASED hotel day experience booking platform DayAway has formally launched its operations in the Australian market this week, marking the milestone moment last night at the Park Hyatt Sydney.
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Bupa offers travel cover
Thursday | May 26 2022BUPA members will soon have access to travel insurance products supplied by Australian digital insurance company Open, after the two brands signed a strategic partnership this week.
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Seeking all culture vultures
Thursday | May 26 2022CULTURAL Attractions of Australia (CAOA) has announced it will place a greater emphasis on the business events sector, marketing its collection of experiences, activities and venues to national and international incentive and conference planners who are looking for a “premium event experience”.