News
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CVFR support
Friday | Apr 3 2020CVFR Travel Group has pledged its good wishes to the travel sector, promising that while we are in a holding pattern now, the industry “will take off again”.
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HAL ships docking
Friday | Apr 3 2020AUTHORITIES in Florida have granted permission for troubled Holland America Line (HAL) ships Rotterdam and Zaandam to disembark fit passengers at Port Everglades, after being denied entry to multiple other ports.
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IHG awarded
Friday | Apr 3 2020INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group (IHG) has been awarded Green Hotel Chain of the Year in the inaugural Finder Green Awards.
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Capacity down 77%
Friday | Apr 3 2020INTERNATIONAL seat capacity has fallen to just 23% of what it was in the first week of Apr last year, according to travel analytics company ForwardKeys.
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Second Chimu flight
Friday | Apr 3 2020POLAR tour operators Chimu Adventures’ second repatriation charter flight landed earlier today, bringing home 136 Australians stranded in South America in the wake of COVID-19 (TD 27 Mar).
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BA to slash staff
Friday | Apr 3 2020BRITISH Airways has come to an agreement with unions to temporarily suspend the employment of more than 30,000 ground staff and cabin crew.
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Bali emergency
Friday | Apr 3 2020INDONESIAN authorities have declared a state of emergency in Bali after a huge jump in positive coronavirus cases and a spate of locally transmitted infections.
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Qatar extension
Friday | Apr 3 2020QATAR Airways has announced the extension or reinstatement of tier status for members of its Privilege Club loyalty scheme.
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QF, VA cut catering
Friday | Apr 3 2020THE few remaining flights being operated by Qantas and Virgin Austalia will no longer offer economy class in-flight meals, as one of many measures the airlines are taking to mitigate risks associated with coronavirus.
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Egencia chief out
Friday | Apr 3 2020THERE’S been a changing of the guard at Expedia’s corporate offshoot Egencia, with the departure of Rob Greyber who has headed up the online-focused TMC since May 2009.