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Articles tagged “australia”

Hotels

Check out when you want, not at annoying 11 am deadline, says Aussie boutique chain

A promotion such as this is only really plausible at a small boutique level, but could take off as an industry trend if it proves successful for the free spirited guest.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Check out when you want, not at annoying 11 am deadline, says Aussie boutique chain

Tourism

The cost of Australians getting in trouble abroad may soon result in travel levies

You know that your citizens are causing trouble abroad when you start asking everyone to pony up a little extra to help finance consular advice. Perhaps Australia should consider imposing the levy only on destinations where visitors get most out of hand.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Discount airline fined for not letting customers unsubscribe from mailing lists

It took an AU$110,000 fine for Tiger Airways to learn the difference between persistently reaching out to customers and spam.

Skift | 12 years ago

Business Travel

Business travel boosts Australia’s domestic tourism spending to a record high

The economic slowdown hasn’t slowed the Australian tourism industry, which witnessed an increase in spending in every travel segment, including outbound trips.

Skift | 12 years ago

Business travel boosts Australia’s domestic tourism spending to a record high

Airlines

Emirates to give a big helping hand to promote Australia as a tourism destination

With Emirates waiting for its Qantas codesharing deal to be approved, it has a bigger role to help market Australia to the world, and selfishly so.

Khaleej Times | 12 years ago

Tourism

Pollution and hungry starfish are eating away at the Great Barrier Reef

The coral is at the mercy of natural circumstances like water quality and starfish population, but can be aided by human intervention. The first step to take will be decreasing population and CO2 emissions.

Alok Jha, The Guardian | 12 years ago

Pollution and hungry starfish are eating away at the Great Barrier Reef

Airlines

Big alliance shakeup: Qantas ties knot with Emirates, ends BA codeshare deal

Qantas, the troubled Australian airlines, has seen the writing on the wall: that Middle East is the future of global aviation hub. And competition between Emirates, Etihad & Qatar airways can only be good for the passengers everywhere.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Tasmania gets tourism boost from growing number of cruise visits

Australia's little island is about as far away from foreign countries and it can get, but international tourists brought by cruise ships are helping boost the local economy.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Aussie economics firm predicts outbound tourism from Asia to significantly increase by 2015

Income growth for the middle class means tourism is expected to move beyond domestic borders and largely into Australia, although hotel growth will be needed to accommodate growing tourism sector.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Australia thinks Chinese foodies will double country’s tourism income by 2020

Tourism Australia is fretting over not having enough wait staff to handle the influx of Chinese travelers predicted to visit Australia, but it seems like a premature worry for a sector with gradual growth.

Skift | 12 years ago