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www.traveldaily.com.au Friday 16th October 2020 Media role for Cam Today’s issue of TD Air New Zealand Chief Urgent call from AFTA FORMER Travel Daily today has six Commercial and Customer Officer THE Australian Federation of “This is because I did the pages of news including our Cam Wallace was yesterday Travel Agents (AFTA) yesterday responsible thing as a business PUZZLE page. announced as the new CEO of issued another rallying cry for owner and moved immediately Mediaworks New Zealand, the its members to maintain the on the closure of the international operator of a number of radio pressure on local Members border to reduce as many of Air NZ quarantine- stations and outdoor advertising of Parliament, in the lead-up my overheads as possible... free flights businesses across the country. to post-budget discussions by this means I, like most agents, New Zealand has today Mediaworks, which has also politicians in Canberra next week. generated only very small losses AIR operated its first flight to announced a partnership with The last-ditch efforts include an in FY20,” the advice continues. Australia as part of the newly Travlr (TD yesterday) said Wallace analysis by the Federation which The letter cites AFTA analysis established Safe Travel Zone. would start in the new year. indicates that less than a quarter based on a WA sample which Effective immediately The company last month sold its of travel agents will actually shows just 14% of agents will passengers travelling from NZ are NZ free-to-air TV stations to US- benefit from the Loss Carry Back benefit from the provision. able to travel to NSW without based Discovery Inc. provision announced by Treasurer “Additionally agencies that Josh Frydenberg that AFTA had are set up as family trusts, unit the requirement for quarantine Fly & Dine day trips lobbied for in last month’s Budget trusts, partnerships or a sole on arrival, with health screening submission (TD 02 Sep). trader do not qualify as corporate taking place in Sydney and a CROOKED Compass has today A letter to AFTA members tax entities,” it adds, noting health declaration stating they announced a new collection of yesterday obtained by Travel that AFTA has over 1,300 sole have been in NZ for the preceding domestic “Lunch Club” trips, Daily urges them to email and traders operating a travel agency 14 days required. giving travel agents the ability to also phone their local Federal business, none of whom qualify. Currently NZ is operating curate personalised trips whisking MP today to explain why the Politicians are being asked eight return flights between their clients away for lunch at a Loss Carry Back measures are to share these concerns with Auckland and Sydney each week, winery, on a secluded beach or at ineffective for the industry. the Government as a matter of six of which are planned to be an outback station. “With AFTA CEO Darren Rudd urgency, and to also raise them in quarantine-free, the airline said. The new Fly & Dine experiences currently in Canberra pushing party meetings next week. MEANWHILE the carrier also feature charter planes and our case for tailored support, we It’s understood that influencing today announced additional luxury superyachts, and are fully need you to keep up the pressure several key backbenchers is flights to Norfolk Island from both commissionable. on your behalf,” the letter says. seen to be of great importance, Brisbane and Sydney for travel 09 Crooked Compass founder LIsa “While AFTA did ask for a Loss including Angie Bell (Moncrieff Nov 2020-23 Mar 2021. Pagotto said the sample portfolio Carry Back, the approach taken Qld), Tim Wilson (Goldstein Vic), includes day trips to Orange in the Federal Budget doesn’t Trent Zimmerman (North Sydney Free counselling and Buddabadah ex Sydney and actually help many travel agents.” NSW), Nicolle Flint (Boothby SA) THE Black Dog Institute has Whitehaven ex Brisbane, with all Sample wording in the letter and Pat Conaghan (Cowper NSW). announced a trial offering 250 including “exclusive local foodie suggests agents tell politicians WA agents Christine Ross-Davies people the opportunity to access experiences and destination that “while JobKeeper has helped and Jo Francis, who have been six hour-long “positive mood” highlights”. offset some of the impact, the leading the charge on behalf of counselling sessions at no charge. Custom trips, “mystery flights” reality is that I simply don’t the industry for months, said Participants will receive $100, and proposal and wedding have the losses in FY20 to make “this is critical, we need to ensure with Black Dog collecting data on packages are also available - see the Loss Carry Back provision every MP hears from their local how successful the program is - crookedcompassbyair.com. meaningful. travel agent before next week”. blackdoginstitute.org.au. A summer sale like never before. Earn $50* For every eligible booking and a chance to win a place on an ‘All of NT’ famil, which includes an amazing experience on The Ghan. For more information, visit tourismnt.com.au/summer-sale * Terms and conditions apply. Travel Daily e [email protected] t 1300 799 220 w www.traveldaily.com.au page 1 Need a distraction amid the doom and gloom? Check out our daily puzzle page. Friday 16th October 2020 CLIA offers more Border backlog plan MEMBERS of Cruise Lines Window THE Federal Government is set flights from India. International Association (CLIA) to reopen the Howard Springs More than 38,000 Australians Australasia will be eligible to earn Seat quarantine facility near Darwin as have registered their presence a range of bonus commissions part of a plan to help repatriate overseas with the Department and rewards next year under a OUTGOING Virgin Australia some of the tens of thousands of of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and brand new incentive initiative. CEO Paul Scurrah will leave a Australians trying to get home. almost 30,000 of them say they The CLIA Australasia Travel legacy in the Australian aviation Arrangements would see the wish to come home. Agent Rewards Program will sector in more ways than one, Northern Territory’s inbound It’s understood that passengers be open to all Australian and not least because he has coined passenger caps lifted, with a will be classified on the basis New Zealand agents who either the phrase “burger shaming”. mixture of commercial and of vulnerability, with family join the body or renew their Speaking at the AFR National charter flights to fly into the circumstances, financial situation membership in 2021, with the Infrastructure Summit Royal Australian Air Force base and health taken into account. scheme initially applying to 21 recently, Scurrah expressed in Darwin and passengers then The Govt is also understood member cruise lines between 01 his frustration with the flight taken to the facility for 14 days of to be close to announcing an Jan and 31 Dec 2021. shaming movement, stating that mandatory quarantine. increase in the inbound flight The combination of extra burger shaming would make The ABC unveiled the move caps for the states and territories, rewards can potentially equate more environmental sense. yesterday, suggesting Qantas to further assist people wanting to a value of $1,500, and is being “You don’t see people burger would operate a total of eight to get back to Australia. rolled out to further improve the shaming but you do see people services as part of the plan - four Existing quarantine value agents are getting for their plane shaming,” he argued. from London and four from India. arrangements would remain in annual membership cost during Flights produce roughly 915 The Boeing 787 flights would be place, it’s believed, with Deputy the challenging travel period. million tonnes of CO² per year, underwritten by the Australian PM Michael McCormack noting “The global pandemic has while food production accounts Government, with fares from there were “plenty of hotel had a devastating impact on for an estimated 13.7 billion London costing about $2,000 per rooms” available to be “filled with travel agents...the new bonus tonnes per annum. person and around $1,000 for the returning Australians”. commission and rewards available in 2021 can repay the cost of CLIA membership many times over,” said CLIA Australasia Managing Director Joel Katz. 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