News
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NZ cruising plea
Friday | Apr 22 2022THE New Zealand Cruise Association has urged authorities to provide clarity on the reopening of maritime borders, warning that further delay may impact cruise line deployment decisions for the 2022/23 season – more in today’s Cruise Weekly.
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Expedia Travalyst
Friday | Apr 22 2022EXPEDIA Group has joined the Travalyst sustainable travel coalition, first created by Prince Harry (TD 04 Sep 2019).
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Tassie confident
Friday | Apr 22 2022TASMANIA’S tourism industry is bouncing back from COVID-19, with 70% of tourism operators stating they are doing “better than expected” since the state’s borders reopened in Dec 2021.
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Branson is buoyed
Friday | Apr 22 2022VIRGIN Atlantic founder Richard Branson believes the carrier is finally starting to dig itself out of a “deep hole” after a sustained period of debt-laden inertia thanks to the pandemic.
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Few clues gained
Friday | Apr 22 2022THE answers behind a China Eastern Airlines crash which claimed the lives of 123 passengers (TD 22 Mar) is no closer to being solved after the badly damaged black boxes recovered from the impact site provided little evidence for aviation investigators.
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Get to the chopper!
Friday | Apr 22 2022PASSENGERS on board Scenic Eclipse are being offered the opportunity to embark on a helicopter excursion to witness 5,000 breeding pairs of Emperor penguins of Snow Hill Island in Antarctica.
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Bhutan readies
Friday | Apr 22 2022THE quarantine period for international arrivals to Bhutan dropped from 14 days to five days as of yesterday, with the country flagging plans to scrap it completely from as early as Jul.
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Maldives scraps
Friday | Apr 22 2022TRAVELLERS to the Maldives no longer need a COVID PCR test to enter the country, however inbound visitors must still complete a Traveller Declaration form 72 hours before departure.
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Evolve rego open
Friday | Apr 22 2022REGISTRATIONS are now open for Meetings & Events Australia’s Evolve 2022 event taking place from 29-30 Jun.
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Hats off to African luxury
Friday | Apr 22 2022LUXURY African lodge provider Singita recently hosted five Aussie travel agents on a ten-day Southern African safari.