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Developments
Holiday at home, Aussies urged, as sector fights “heartbreaking” devastation
‘Holiday Here This Year’ is the message of a new Tourism Australia campaign pushing Aussies to help rebuild domestic tourism…
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Collapsed travel agency allegedly duped clients with fake airline tickets
New Zealand company Travel Globe sold fake airline tickets to travellers for six months before it collapsed this month owing…
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Hotel bookings plummet following promising Spring
As Australia devotes $76 million to tourism recovery across the country, hotel performance data for December shows it is desperately…
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Industry
Accom’s mistrust on rate integrity revealed in data
Accom wholesaler Hotelbeds has published new research revealing the extent of the industry’s fears over room rate integrity online.
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$76m to fight “biggest challenge in living memory”
The government has committed an "unprecedented" $76 million to tourism recovery as it moves to protect jobs, businesses and local…
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Management
Agoda ad rekindles ‘bait and switch’ fears
An online travel agency censured overseas for questionable advertising tactics is allegedly running 'bait and switch'-style promotions in Australia.
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Developments
Neurotic, narcissistic? Airbnb profiling could see you excluded
Airbnb has developed technology that can probe a guest’s online personality to calculate the risk of them trashing a rental…
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Developments
Travel warning “the last thing we need”, premier tells Trump
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is urging US president Donald Trump to revise a US travel warning for Australia issued in…
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Developments
Expedia says inspection regime “in the best interests of customers”
Travel giant Expedia has defended a property inspection program which demands operators comply with health and safety obligations outside of…
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Travel company folds owing clients hundreds of thousands
Excite Holidays has collapsed, leaving numerous travel agencies thousands of dollars out of pocket and scrambling to accommodate stranded tourists.
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