News
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Cond agent love
Thursday | Feb 23 2017COND Nast Traveller is showing its love for agents this month by devoting an entire 42 minute podcast episode from its Travelogue program to “Why you should be using a travel specialist”.
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UK visitor top record
Thursday | Feb 23 2017A RECORD number of overseas visitors arrived in the UK last year, according to the latest results released by Visit Britain.
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SLH appoints BLACK
Thursday | Feb 23 2017SMALL Luxury Hotels of the World this week announced BLACK Communications as its public relations partner for Australia and New Zealand.
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Jetstar record result
Thursday | Feb 23 2017JETSTAR’S international operations have helped drive a record result in the first half, with group underlying earnings (EBIT) up $13 million to $275 million.
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FLT buys in China
Thursday | Feb 23 2017FLIGHT Centre has confirmed a “small but potentially important investment for the future,” with the acquisition of a company called Shenzhen Sunny Holiday International, as earmarked at its AGM in Nov (TD 10 Nov).
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Staff static at FLT
Thursday | Feb 23 2017FLIGHT Centre increased its sales staff globally by 3% during the first half of the financial year, but overall team numbers were flat during the period as the company “successfully focused on productivity…rather than network expansion in some countries”.
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Corporate TTV in line
Thursday | Feb 23 2017TOTAL transaction value for Flight Centre’s corporate operations in Australia for the six months to 31 Dec was in line with the previous corresponding period at just under $1.2 billion, in what the company described as a “subdued trading environment”.
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QR to Yanbu, Tabuk
Thursday | Feb 23 2017QATAR Airways is set to commence new thrice weekly services to Yanbu and Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
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TIME mentees celebrate
Thursday | Feb 23 2017YET another group of mentees from the Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) program have graduated.
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Aussies love Hawaii
Thursday | Feb 23 2017AUSTRALIANS forked out a whopping US$877 million on trips to Hawaii last year, a 3.8% increase on the previous year’s figures, according to the latest results released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).