News
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AFTA urges govt support
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020AUSTRALIAN Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) Chief Executive Jayson Westbury has assured the industry that the organisation is “doing all that is possible to seek significant support from the Federal Government”.
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Travel Daily’s COVID help
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020THE Travel Daily and Cruise Weekly teams are working around the clock to keep the industry informed about the current situation with regards to coronavirus.
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QF & NZ slash more routes
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020QANTAS and Air New Zealand have both announced a fresh round of major capacity cuts, to be phased in from later this month (TD breaking news).
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Airlines plead for assistance
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020ONEWORLD, Skyteam and the Star Alliance have issued a joint appeal to governments to “evaluate all possible means to assist the airline industry during this unprecedented period”.
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Hit the VA jackpot
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020VIRGIN Australia’s 20 million points promotion will reward the top 50 corporate agents and top 50 retail/wholesale consultants with the highest revenue sales of VA tickets in the period 02-31 Mar 2020 – for details see the cover page of today’s TD.
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Serko appoints
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020SERKO has announced the appointment of Jonathan Starkings as the head of its new partnership with Booking.com.
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Sun Island’s Touropa
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020SUN Island Tours has partnered with Europamundo to create Touropa, a new fully customisable touring option allowing the creation of flexible holidays based on 77,000 tour departures.
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FC NZ tapers week
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020FLIGHT Centre New Zealand has introduced a four-day working week to combat the financial pressure of COVID-19, with staff told they will need to use annual leave or take leave without pay to accommodate the policy.
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Billy Mac’s funeral
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020THE funeral of the late great Bill McNamara will be held in Sydney next Mon 23 Mar.
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MCEC closure
Tuesday | Mar 17 2020THE Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) will close to the public until 13 Apr as a precautionary measure, following the ban on non-essential gatherings by state and federal authorities.