News
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Where to for help?
Monday | Mar 16 2020RESOURCES are emerging to assist businesses and individuals dealing with the COVID-19 situation, including regular updates from the Federal Health Department.
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TIME for mentoring
Monday | Mar 16 2020THE Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) is offering an earlybird saving for its 26 Aug program intake, with founder Penny Spencer saying “this is a great time for ambitious travel, tourism, airline or hospitality professionals to be up-skilling and investing in their careers”.
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Jordan airspace shut
Monday | Mar 16 2020AUTHORITIES in Jordan have taken the dramatic step of closing the country’s airspace, with all commercial flights to cease at midnight tomorrow.
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Tour cancellations
Monday | Mar 16 2020WENDY Wu Tours (WWT) and Bunnik Tours are the latest operators to announce the suspension of tours, joining G Adventures, Intrepid, The Travel Corporation and Globus Family.
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VA COVID policy
Monday | Mar 16 2020VIRGIN Australia has released an updated commercial policy, allowing up to two changes per international booking.
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SQ deals with it
Monday | Mar 16 2020SINGAPORE Airlines has deployed additional resources to handle an “extraordinarily high volume of customer enquiries,” as passengers are being advised of a wave of SQ flight cancellations as far out as 10 weeks.
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Qantas pays out
Monday | Mar 16 2020QANTAS has come to an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman to pay $7.1 million in back-pay to 640 staff, following a “misclassification issue” dating back to 2011.
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WA proposed plan
Monday | Mar 16 2020TOURISM Council WA has labelled the $17 billion Federal stimulus package as “inadequate”, calling on the West Australian Government to implement a raft of new measures to further assist tourism businesses through the ongoing COVID-19 crisis period.
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HA suspends ANZ
Monday | Mar 16 2020HAWAIIAN Airlines (HA) has announced the temporary cessation of nonstop services between Honolulu and its Australia and New Zealand gateways later this month, following the latest government entry restrictions.
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Apollo revises view
Monday | Mar 16 2020APOLLO Tourism & Leisure announced that in light of governments escalating travel restrictions around the world, its earnings forecast for the full year 2020 would be impacted, conceding it was “not possible to quantify the extent at this time” due to the evolving nature of the current health crisis.