Going nowhere fast
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
A report in The Times by Fiona Hamilton and Ashling O'Connor says that tourism leaders from around the world were…
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Qantas shares dip as passenger traffic drops
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
The Australian reports that analysts expect Qantas to cut more flights amid weakening traffic and warnings that tourism is being hit…
AirAsia scraps fuel surcharge on flights
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
AFP says that Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia has scrapped fuel surcharges on all its flights including on long-haul carrier AirAsia…
AirAsia X arrives in Melbourne
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
AirAsia X’s inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Victoria touched down at Melbourne Airport today on time at 11.40am launching…
London stuffs up World Travel Market 2008 big time
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
World Travel Market attendees are smarting from a two hour plus journey from Central London and the same on the…
Aldi to launch travel website
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
Aldi has announced that it is launching a travel website in January. The discount chain, which has 400 stores across the UK,…
The Travel Industry Careers Association to launch new website
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
The Travel Industry Careers Association will unveil its consumer website to industry luminaries at a morning tea event to be…
Optimism hard to find at World Travel Market
John Alwyn-Jones - Nov 12, 2025
Like thousands of other people heading for World Travel Market on its first morning, I felt like a stranded xl.com passenger with…
Backpackers defy economic downturn
Reader Contribution - Nov 12, 2025
Visiting backpackers to Australia are refusing to let the economic gloom of the credit crunch impact on their globetrotting ways,…
Trade ‘positive’ to mobile technology
Dinah - Nov 11, 2025
The travel industry is “hugely positive†towards using mobile technology but has some way to go before it is prepared…
United Bags Increased Fees
Karen - Nov 11, 2025
United Airlines parent UAL said Friday that it has canceled plans to raise its second bag fee to $50 from…
Government urged to back UK tourism – UPDATED
Phil Davies - Nov 11, 2025
The boss of VisitBritain has called for “wide-ranging†government backing for UK tourism as a report warned of barriers…
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