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Selling Australia for 52 years!
Monday | May 16 2022TOURISM Australia Managing Director Phillipa Harrison today honoured veteran Aussie travel operator and inbound wholesaler Bruce Hodge, whose Canada-based Goway Travel has now been showcasing Australia to a global travel audience for more than half a century.
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Window Seat 16 May 22
Monday | May 16 2022THIS column on Fri brought to you the story of an untrained passenger landing a light aircraft after its pilot became incapacitated (TD 13 May).
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Brochures 16 May 22
Monday | May 16 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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Payments to be made: Tehan
Friday | May 13 2022AUSTRALIA’S Tourism Minister Dan Tehan has today confirmed a request to Austrade that all remaining payments of the third round of the Consumer Travel Support Program (CTSP) be paid out by the end of the month.
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WA sinks $70m into tourism
Friday | May 13 2022THE Western Australian Government has announced $70 million in funding to revitalise the state’s tourism sector, as part of its 2022-23 State Budget plan.
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Big things in small packages
Friday | May 13 2022WHILE large Fijian tourism operators make hay while the sun shines, it is the luxury and smaller, more boutique product that will offer the Aussie trade the best opportunity, Tourism Fiji Chief Executive Officer Brent Hill told Travel Daily.
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Travellers poised to spend
Friday | May 13 2022THE average wealth of local consumers grew significantly during 2020, with Australia second only to Switzerland on the global landscape meaning there is plenty of proclivity to travel, according to figures revealed by Virtuoso this morning.
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Fiji, Japan, Italy top of mind
Friday | May 13 2022A recent YouGov survey of Australian consumers commissioned by Virtuoso has revealed some key destinations which are on the list for travellers as border restrictions ease.
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Risk assessments urgent
Friday | May 13 2022NATURAL events and civil unrest made up 44% of all travel-related incidents in 2021, BCD Travel revealed in its new Travel Risk Outlook Report.
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NSW wants digital edge
Friday | May 13 2022STRUGGLING NSW tourism businesses are set to be offered free training opportunities by the NSW Government to help them be as prepared as possible for the full-scale return of travel.