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I’d like to be, under the sea
Thursday | Mar 26 2020PASSIONS of Paradise staff have been putting their extra time to good use since the Cairns company stopped running tours due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by volunteering to help plant coral on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Window Seat 26 Mar 20
Thursday | Mar 26 2020A small Austrian village is set to significantly rethink its visitor marketing strategy – or perhaps they should just give up.
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Appointments 26 Mar 20
Thursday | Mar 26 2020WELCOME to Industry Appointments, Travel Daily’s Thursday feature which has the latest job appointments from across the industry. If you have just appointed someone to a new position and would like to update the industry email appointments@traveldaily.com.au.
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TD breaking news – Flight Centre to close 30% of leisure stores in Australia and stand down 6,000 staff
Thursday | Mar 26 2020FCTG plan to tackle “prolonged coronavirus-driven travel downturn”. Flight Centre has just announced major changes in…
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No AFTA membership fees
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) today announced it would not charge any membership fees for the next billing year, as one of several measures to support ATAS accredited agencies and the wider Australian travel sector.
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Virgin Australia shrinks
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020VIRGIN Australia Group has further shrunk its operations, reducing its domestic capacity to 90% and will stand down approximately 80% of its workforce (TD breaking news) following the escalation of state border closures across Australia.
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ScoMo bans int’l travel
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020PRIME Minister Scott Morrison last night escalated the existing global Level 4 “Do not Travel” advisory for Australian citizens to an outright ban (TD breaking news), claiming some people are still departing on leisure trips despite the COVID-19 situation.
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Qantas funding
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020QANTAS this morning confirmed it had completed a new round of debt funding, with additional borrowings of $1.05 billion “to strengthen its position as it manages through the coronavirus outbreak”.
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ASTW resignations
Wednesday | Mar 25 2020FIVE of the 11 committee members of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) resigned yesterday, including the President and Vice President, TD can exclusively reveal.