Qantas Group stands down 2500 staff as lockdowns bite
Lockdowns against Covid in Greater Sydney and southeast Queensland have hit Qantas hard and fast, with the airline standing down 2500 frontline Qantas and Jetstar employees for “an estimated two months in response to ongoing Covid outbreaks”. … Continue Reading
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Voyages says it is doing its utmost to recognise the exceptional work being done by their trade partners to manage their clients’ travel plans, by launching an exciting new incentive program called “Just Wow”! 
Qatar Airways passengers will be able to explore even more of Africa following its new partnership with Rwanda’s flag carrier, RwandAir via their hubs at Doha and Kigali. 
Qatar Duty Free (QDF) today celebrated the launch of Viale di Lusso, a new premium fashion avenue at the heart of the award-winning Hamad International Airport (HIA), introducing the world to a unique luxury travel experience, featuring an enhanced retail and dining portfolio and a number of global and regional firsts. 
Langham Hospitality Group (LHG) today welcomes back Brett Butcher as chief executive officer who had previously served in the same role for five years from 2009. He left the group in 2014 and returned as chief executive officer of GE Hospitality Asset Management Limited in 2017, a position that he will continue to hold. 
Making promising steps toward a post-pandemic life, Destination British Columbia in Canada is preparing to welcome the world, launching Open to More: a concept to encourage wider exploration and new adventures throughout the province. 
More support is desperately needed for the travel sector which has been in hard lockdown since March 2020. 
Holiday park owners and operators will regather this week at the Holiday Parks New Zealand Conference, culminating in the reveal of the Holiday Parks Awards 2021 winners. 
Raffles Hotel Singapore invites guests to celebrate this National Day with a curation of delightful culinary specials, luxurious gifts, and pampering experiences, available at Raffles Hotel Singapore and Raffles Arcade from 2 – 29 August 2021. 
Fintech Week London, which ran for the week from 12th July across a number of venues in the capital, invited attendees to join both in-person or online, for the first major hybrid event of its kind since the pandemic. 
The future of travel has arrived with the launch of Tourist Journey, a first-of-its-kind digital connected travel platform. The tech-based and user-led site offers a hand selected collection of the world’s most interesting and high-quality travel experiences. 
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to reiterate that both the Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus programmes are going ahead as usual, and the plans to reopen Krabi and Phang Nga to fully vaccinated international tourists are set to start within August. 
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