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Meatball mania hits Viking Cruises
Monday | Apr 20 2020THERE’S clearly no beef among the Viking Cruises team during the COVID-19 shutdown, and they weren’t too chicken to try out new ideas in an office-wide remote meatball cook-off. From sales and marketing to administration and IT, everyone downed tools to take up aprons and tongs. “Though we can’t travel right now, exploring the culinary world from home is the next best thing, so Viking answered the call from Travel Daily to gather the team together virtually to cook and enjoy meatballs,” the company said.
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Marriott lights up Asia Pacific
Monday | Apr 20 2020MARRIOTT International will light up hotels across the Asia Pacific throughout Apr under a “Light for Hope” initiative.
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Window Seat 20 Apr 20
Monday | Apr 20 2020MOBILE Travel Agents (MTA) has partnered with advertising agency Cummins&Partners to create the new MTA Roam from Home competition.
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Brochures 20 Apr 20
Monday | Apr 20 2020WELCOME 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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Hang on until 2021 – Burnes
Friday | Apr 17 2020HELLOWORLD Travel CEO Andrew Burnes has warned Australian travel agents not to expect the world to begin moving again until next year.
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$165m for Qantas, Virgin
Friday | Apr 17 2020VIRGIN Australia has today kicked off a limited domestic schedule of 64 weekly services, with operations on the minimal network underwritten by the Federal Government for the next eight weeks (TD breaking news).
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Business travel key post-COVID
Friday | Apr 17 2020CORPORATIONS are unlikely to significantly reduce their air travel demand once coronavirus restrictions ease, according to a new survey by Irish private equity firm Renatus Capital Partners.
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SNA out of ATAS
Friday | Apr 17 2020THE AFTA Travel Accreditation Scheme (ATAS) participation of a company called SNA Asia Group Pty Ltd (ACN 165 238 326) has been terminated, with AFTA citing a breach of s2.5 (d) of the ATAS charter for the move.
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APT off till 30 Jun
Friday | Apr 17 2020THE APT Travel Group this morning confirmed that its international and domestic tours were suspended up to and including 30 Jun 2020.
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Viking opens Mississippi res
Friday | Apr 17 2020VIKING Cruises today opened up bookings to the public for its inaugural Mississippi season of river cruises, with the new destination to launch in 2022.