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Philippines promotes wellness
Tuesday | Oct 25 2022THE Philippine Department of Tourism hosted the debut Wellness Summit in The Tweed New South Wales earlier this month to showcase the country’s wellness offerings to Australian and New Zealand travellers.
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ETG Reconnects after three years
Monday | Oct 24 2022EXPRESS Travel Group (ETG) on Fri brought together member agents from across its four networks, as well as a number of its preferred partners, for the ETG Reconnect 2022 conference. Agents from Independent Travel Advisors, Independent Travel Group, italktravel & cruise, and Select Travel Group all convened on Melbourne for the full-day conference and networking event, hosted at the W Melbourne. Attendees were addressed by Chief Executive Officer Tom Manwaring, and Australian Federation of Travel Agents Chief Executive Officer Dean Long, who took part in panel discussions.
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Flower power in full force
Monday | Oct 24 2022PENINSULA Hotels hosted its first roadshow in Australia since 2019 in Melbourne last night, to showcase its new London and Istanbul properties, which are opening early 2023.
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TA hits the red carpet in NY
Friday | Oct 21 2022TOURISM Australia premiered the short film G’Day last night in New York, which tells the back story of Ruby the kangaroo and Louie the unicorn, stars of the new global campaign (TD 19 Oct).
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Glitter and glam for NTIA 2022
Friday | Oct 21 2022THE afterglow from last Sat’s National Travel Industry Awards ceremony in Sydney continued all this week as winners, finalists, nominees and sponsors reflected on the most highly anticipated event of the year.
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Travel in safe hands with TAFE
Thursday | Oct 20 2022THE CEO of the Australian Travel Careers Council (ATCC) Rick Myatt was on hand at a recent boardroom luncheon hosted by Business Sydney yesterday to push the employment agenda forward for the sector.
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NCL steppers take 3 for the sea
Thursday | Oct 20 2022THE Norwegian Cruise Line Walk for Wellness challenge to Take 3 for the Sea (TD 13 Oct) was enthusiastically supported by the now more than 1,070 participants in the industry mental health initiative, with Amanda Powell from Purser’s Travel Group taking out the weekly prize for her trash collection (pictured), which she was horrified to say was collected on just a five-metre stretch of beach.
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AFTA thanks NTIA VIPs for support
Thursday | Oct 20 2022AFTA hosted key travel industry supporters at an exclusive cocktail party last Sat afternoon, just before the doors of the Sydney International Convention Centre opened to the wider sector for the hotly anticipated National Travel Industry Awards. Attendees were treated to a collection of canapes, cocktails and other refreshments as AFTA Chairman, Tom Manwaring from Express Travel Group, thanked them for their support.
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CATO Korea series wraps up
Thursday | Oct 20 2022LAST night marked the third and final event of The Council of Australian Tour Operators’ (CATO) education seminar series, which wrapped up in Sydney at the Royal Exchange.
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Tourism speed dating
Wednesday | Oct 19 2022THE Whitsundays has welcomed 31 trade delegates to the region to take part in the first Whitsundays Tourism Exchange today in three years.