News
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FCTG office sale
Monday | Mar 30 2020FLIGHT Centre is understood to be soliciting offers for its office tower in St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, as part of measures to boost liquidity in the COVID-19 crisis.
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Cruises off till Jun
Monday | Mar 30 2020THE Federal Government has extended its ban on Australian cruise operations until 15 Jun.
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New Skal committee
Monday | Mar 30 2020FRANCES Fausett from Darwin has been elected as National President of travel industry networking club Skal International, after an electronic vote which was required because of the cancellation of the group’s National Assembly scheduled to take place in Darwin last week.
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ASTW nominations
Monday | Mar 30 2020THE Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) is now calling for nominations to fill the casual vacancies which have opened up following the sudden resignation of five members of its Committee last week (TD 25 Mar).
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Lally returns to ATG
Monday | Mar 30 2020JUSTINE Lally has taken a new role as General Manager of Product & Marketing at APT Travel Group.
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Incoming travellers in hotel quarantine
Monday | Mar 30 2020STRICT new procedures for travellers arriving in Australia (TD breaking news) are now in place, with incoming pax to spend 14 days in hotel lockdowns in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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One&Only deferrals
Monday | Mar 30 2020ONE&ONLY Resorts has postponed the planned opening of new resorts in Montenegro, Mexico and Malaysia, and also closed a number of other properties amid the global coronavirus crisis.
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Cancellation service
Monday | Mar 30 2020FREQUENT flyer points specialist Steve Hui is pivoting his business through the COVID-19 crisis by launching a new “iFLYflat Travel Cancellation Assist Service”.
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Webjet update
Monday | Mar 30 2020WEBJET today issued a further advisory on its ongoing suspension of share trading, saying “work on its proposed capital raising remains ongoing”.
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Disney closures
Monday | Mar 30 2020THE Walt Disney Company has announced that its US theme parks will remain closed until further notice due to the coronavirus pandemic.