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ATIC says Aust government tourism support is not enough to stop job losses

: BTN News; Thursday, 11 March 2021

The Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) said the Federal government’s tourism support package will fail to stem major job losses and closures now occurring amongst many small, family run and larger tourism businesses.

Australian government launches A$1.2bn aviation support package

: BTN News; Thursday, 11 March 2021

Australia’s federal government has announced a A$1.2 billion aviation support package that includes 800,000 half-price airline tickets for Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia, plus cheap loans for businesses and direct support to keep planes in the air and about 8,600 airline workers in their jobs.

Neos applies for US rights

: BTN News; Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Italy's Neos has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DoT) for permission to fly passengers, mail and freight to the United States under the US & EU Air Transport Agreement.

Frontier files for IPO

: BTN News; Wednesday, 10 March 2021

USA-based Frontier Airlines - owned by Indigo Partners - has filed for a IPO with the country's Securities and Exchange Commission, hoping to raise US$100 million.

Howard Springs to grow quarantine capacity

: BTN News; Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Australia's Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory will more than double its capacity from 850 to 2,000 persons per fortnight within weeks.

Inaugural ITB India Virtual Event scheduled

: MICE News; Tuesday, 09 March 2021

The inaugural ITB India Virtual Event, a B2B trade show and conference curated to build a bridge to the Indian and South Asian travel market, will take place 07–09 April 2021.

'BE Immersed' the next stage of Cairns/Reef promotional journey

: MICE News; Tuesday, 09 March 2021

Australia’s Business Events Cairns & Great Barrier Reef is now accepting applications for its new-look event ‘BE Immersed:Cairns & Great Barrier Reef’ which evolved from the long-running popular Sell TNQ educational program for

Australian meeting planners.

Regional tourism relies on support for Australian ITOs - ATEC

: BTN News; Tuesday, 09 March 2021

Regional tourism businesses reliant on ‘high spending’ international visitors will be the big losers if Australian inbound tour operators (ITO) are not supported to survive until international borders reopen, says the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC).

ATIC calls for industry-wide support to avoid redundancy spikes

: BTN News; Tuesday, 09 March 2021

The Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) says tourism businesses across the industry are planning mass redundancies due to the lack of certainty caused by the impending end of JobKeeper at the end of this month.

Most associations salaries include a laptop

: MICE News; Monday, 08 March 2021

A new survey that examined recent salary data from Australian associations found there was an overall increase of five per cent in the average total salary package for association in-house event managers.

US okays Aer Lingus for ex-UK non-stops

: BTN News; Monday, 08 March 2021

Irish carrier Aer Lingus has received tentative approval from the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) to fly non-stop between Manchester, UK and the United States.

Weddings and 'end of Covid' party bookings boom in England

: MICE News; Monday, 08 March 2021

As England moves toward prime minister Boris Johnson's “cautious but irreversible” roadmap out of lockdown, it looks as though the events industry including private parties and weddings will see hundreds of thousands of celebrations between the northern summer and Christmas.

SITA hit by data breach

: BTN News; Monday, 08 March 2021

Aviation technology provider SITA was hit by a "highly sophisticated" cyberattack in February, targeting passenger data in its Passenger Service System that serves multiple airlines.