Yesterday
Top city hotels drop prices by up to 50pc to get bodies in beds
Always fancied a room overlooking Sydney Harbour, Melbourne’s CBD or Brisbane River? There’s never been a better time to book an urban stay.
- Fiona Carruthers
February
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- Earnings season
Flight Centre pins black ink target on open borders
The travel giant just posted a $233 million loss, but aims to break even, with some caveats.
- Liam Walsh
Another Corporate Travel CFO bites the dust
How delighted we are that Jamie Pherous has returned to the fray!
- Joe Aston
Investors back signs of growth in Webjet, Corporate Travel
Travel outfit Webjet says the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines should prompt government clarity about the triggers for opening domestic and international borders.
- Liam Walsh
Have vaccine? Now get border clarity: Webjet
The travel outfit posted red ink, but said Australia’s short-lived domestic reopening prompted a quick burst of sunshine.
- Liam Walsh
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- Earnings season
Corporate Travel says Aussie bounce evidence of resilience
The outfit posted a half-year loss of $36.4 million and will not pay a dividend.
- Liam Walsh
Tourist operators plead for border certainty and more cash
Governments need to accept that they are largely responsible for the circumstances that have made it difficult for tourism to recover, and act accordingly, the industry says.
- Lucas Baird
Take a local holiday and save jobs, Tourism Minister pleads
Many regional areas have fared well, but the overall sector remains depressed nationally, prompting Tourism Australia to launch a $5 million ad blitz.
- Fiona Carruthers
January
Crown Sydney is a winner with locals, as inquiry prepares to report
Designed to attract high roller whales, Crown Sydney’s hotel has been open for almost a month. It’s in-house casino has been banned from opening, but the hotel is making a splash.
- Fiona Carruthers
Tourism bosses plead for certainty as borders come down
As Queensland and South Australia open their borders to Sydneysiders, the Morrison government has extended the suspension of quarantine-free travel from New Zealand.
- Andrew Tillett and Tom McIlroy
Disunited Australia harming tourism with NZ, Sherry warns
Unless federal and state governments work together off ‘one road map’ to open borders and mitigate risk, successful bubbles are unlikely to happen says this leading businesswoman.
- Fiona Carruthers
Virgin helps reignite 'AviationKeeper' pitch
Unions and employers have urged the government to continue wage subsidies to aviation workers beyond the March 28 cut-off date for JobKeeper.
- Lucas Baird
Border rules push travel recovery back
Rapid state and territory border closures in response to COVID-19 outbreaks have “taken the confidence out of every traveller”, says aviation expert Tony Webber.
- Lucas Baird and Liam Walsh
- Exclusive
- Tourism
Airlines want a say in reopening borders
Australia's on-again, off-again approach to borders, bubbles and passenger caps is affecting confidence not only in tourism, but also international aviation.
- Fiona Carruthers, Tom McIlroy and Lucas Baird
Will business travel ever recover from the pandemic?
Although many in the travel industry are predicting a robust recovery in leisure travel once borders can properly reopen as cooped-up workers make a break for overseas trips, business travel faces a severe crisis.
- Alice Hancock and Philip Georgiadis
Why Flight Centre's revival faces turbulence
Between the lows of April and November, travel stocks went for a trot. Here's why the steam cooled, and what threats remain.
- Liam Walsh
Fiji's safe silver lining for Australian luxury resort owners
Fiji provides a textbook lesson in doing tourism in the COVID-19 era. Its 'Big 8' luxury resorts are ready to begin welcoming back holidaymakers, having lost thousands of dollars since March.
- Fiona Carruthers
Airbnb to cancel Washington DC bookings over militia threat
Airbnb said it made the decision after consulting local and federal officials and after a number of hosts worried about potential attacks sought to cancel bookings.
- Anirban Sen and Ankit Ajmera
Airbnb hosts exploit loopholes to cut out middleman
The shift comes as hosts have been badly burnt by the pandemic, in particular by being forced to provide full refunds for cancelled stays.
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- Dave Lee
