News
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FCTG prepares for cuts
Thursday | Mar 19 2020FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has conceded it will be significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, revealing plans to accelerate its business review to identify where the group can make urgent cash savings (TD breaking news).
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Industry Survive & Revive
Thursday | Mar 19 2020IN the face of ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 situation, The Travel Industry Hub’s (TTIH) Richard Taylor and C&M Recruitment’s Melissa Schembri have teamed up with Travel Daily to launch Industry Survive and Revive sessions.
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AA celebrates 21
Thursday | Mar 19 2020AA APPOINTMENTS MD Adriana D’Angelis has marked the company’s 21st b’day today by congratulating her “fantastic team” and praising the company’s highly valued clients.
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Virgin domestic deal
Thursday | Mar 19 2020VIRGIN Australia is offering up to 35% off the price of domestic flights when bookings are made by 23 Mar.
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WEB preps to raise
Thursday | Mar 19 2020WEBJET is currently in a trading halt on the ASX pending an announcement relating to a capital raising.
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Tassie gets tough
Thursday | Mar 19 2020TASMANIA has taken the strongest travel restrictions of any state to date, announcing that from midnight Fri all non-essential travellers from the mainland, including returning Tasmanians, will need to go into 14 days of quarantine.
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Massive QF layoffs
Thursday | Mar 19 2020THE Qantas Group will cease all scheduled international flights, and will temporarily suspend two-thirds of its 30,000 employees until the end of May (TD breaking news) due to a huge drop in travel demand.
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ATE gets canned
Thursday | Mar 19 2020TOURISM Australia (TA) has cancelled its flagship trade event showcase, the Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE), which was due to take place in Melbourne in May (TD breaking news).
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Status credit moves
Thursday | Mar 19 2020QANTAS and Virgin Australia have both announced changes to their frequent flyer programs in the light of COVID-19, allowing members to maintain their status.
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Hurtigruten pauses
Thursday | Mar 19 2020HURTIGRUTEN has made the decision to suspend all operations until the end of Apr as the world battles the COVID-19 crisis.