Agents know more than most the dire industry flow-on effect of the extended travel ‘pause’. And, too often during the pandemic, the impact on ancillary businesses who serve every sector…
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AFTA and CATO work with Tourism Minister for travel industry
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterRepresentatives of both the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) and the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) have been in recent talks with the Federal Tourism Minister, Simon Birmingham,…
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Call for government funded tourism vouchers to boost domestic travel
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterBarry Robinson, the President and Managing Director, International Operations, for Wyndham Vacation Clubs, has called for government funded digital vouchers to boost domestic travel, saying what the industry’s small and…
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Bill Shorten backs AFTA’s lobbying for travel agent sector support
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterThe Member for Maribyrnong in Victoria, Bill Shorten, is among a number of Members of Parliament who addressed Federal Parliament on Monday to highlight the plight of the travel agent…
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AFTA still lobbying government for travel industry sector financial support
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterThe Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) is reassuring travel agents, travel wholesalers and tour operators that its fervent lobbying for financial support, on behalf of the sector, is continuing…
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AFTA members brief Minister for Health, Greg Hunt
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterThirty travel agencies zoomed with Federal Member for Flinders and Minister for Health, The Hon. Greg Hunt MP, last week to brief him on AFTA’s request for a $125m tailored…
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Agents get behind AFTA’s National Mobilisation Program
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterAFTA CEO, Darren Rudd, says agents right around Australia have been getting busy, securing meetings with their local Federal Parliamentarians to lobby for tailored support for the sector, ahead of…
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The Council of Australian Tour Operators has given its support to the recent joint call, by Flight Centre, Helloworld, Qantas and Virgin Australia, for the re-opening of Australia’s borders. With…
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The Accommodation Association calls for more government consultation
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterThe Accommodation Association of Australia has issued an urgent entreaty for Government consultation on the impact of border closures and travel restriction announcements on the accommodation sector of the industry.…
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#SaveAussieTourism movement ramps up with industry-led petition
by Staff Writerby Staff WriterThe Australian tourism industry has come together in a call to the nation’s State Premiers and Chief Ministers to re-open borders as part of a grassroots campaign to #SaveAussieTourism. In…