News
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Window Seat 24 Mar 20
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020SWAGMAN Tours MD Wayne Hamilton is busy making a last-ditch attempt to spread a smile among the travel industry by delivering care packages.
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MONEY 24 Mar 20
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020WELCOME to Money, TD’s Tue feature on what the Australian dollar is doing.
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TD breaking news – Emirates and Etihad cancel all flights
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020UAE Government suspends all passenger services. Emirates and Etihad have both announced the temporary global suspension…
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“Calm and confident” – WWT
Monday | Mar 23 2020WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) founder Wendy Wu says although Australia is currently in the grip of the coronavirus crisis, she is “very calm and very confident” that the market will recover.
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AFTA pushing government
Monday | Mar 23 2020THE Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) is continuing to work with the government to “identify the acute and specific challenges” being faced by the industry, with travel agents the “person in the middle” of the turmoil as customers cancel.
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HLO stands down 65%
Monday | Mar 23 2020HELLOWORLD Travel has today announced it will stand down 65% of its workforce, make 275 people redundant, implement reduced hours and cut all discretionary expenditure in an effort to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (TD breaking news).
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Airlines suspend services
Monday | Mar 23 2020GLOBAL aviation links are rapidly contracting this week, with many major carriers cutting routes drastically or even ceasing flights altogether.
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FLT cancels dividend payment
Monday | Mar 23 2020FLIGHT Centre this morning requested a short-term suspension of trading in its shares, to give the company more time to finalise its strategies in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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McNamara wake off
Monday | Mar 23 2020THE celebration of the life of Bill McNamara (TD 17 Mar), planned for today at Bar Reggio in Sydney, will be postponed “until the world is back to normality”.