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SNORKEL, DIVE, SWIM AND EXPLORE WINE, DINE AND SLEEP UNDER THE STARS 2 DAY, 1 NIGHT EXPERIENCE FROM $499 PER PERSON FIND OUT MORE CELEBRITY CRUISES ALASKA WILDLIFE ENCOUNTER “3B” 11 NIGHTS FROM $3,999 per person Save $100 pp Monday 5th November 2018 VIEW HERE > Reef sleep offer CRUISE Whitsundays is ATAC hits new heights highlighting its new “Reef Sleep” THE biggest year ever for air Both Morgan and Emerton experience, giving guests the ticket sales and exceeding many highlighted transparency and the on location in opportunity to spend a night preferred partner targets has core financial proposition of ATAC sleeping under the stars at the seen the Australian Travel Agents as a key driver for its growing Singapore Great Barrier Reef, on a pontoon Co-operative (ATAC) achieve a membership. Today’s issue of TD is about 39 nautical miles offshore - record total transaction value “We put more money back coming to you from the 2018 see the cover page for details. (TTV) for the 2017/18 financial into our members’ pockets, not Australian Travel Agents Co- year, surpassing all prior periods. take it from them,” Morgan said, operative (ATAC) conference. Speaking with Travel Daily at adding “what you earn is what BEFORE ATAC’s 2018 the group’s annual conference you keep”. conference wrapped up in Singapore over the weekend, With no up front fees, marketing yesterday attendees heard ATAC Chairman Ken Morgan levies and lean managerial from Andrew Bryant, an expert said the final figures “will be up overheads, Morgan opined “all on how to lift performance and NOW around the $225m to $230m TTV you get back from ATAC are boost productivity. mark for the last financial year”. cheques eight times a year and Then they had the chance to PLANTING IN The figure represents a 10% our members love that”. discover Singapore via a tour increase on the prior period. More from ATAC on page four. with a social media challenge. Air consolidation sales increased Iconic sites across the city TASMANIA provided the perfect backdrop 40% on the previous year, with for attendees to hone their the group seeing average override Today’s issue of TD Facebook, Snapchat and CHOOSE E-DOCS payments rising above $25k. Travel Daily today has nine Instagram skills. The group also reported a pages of news including a front cover page for Journey Sunday concluded with a surge in membership, with ATAC formal gala dinner where Beyond, a photo page for GM Michelle Emerton saying sponsors conferred rewards ANTO, plus full pages from: the group “currently is at 115 and prizes upon ATAC members • American Qu Steamboat Co members and we’ve got another for achievements made four sitting in the wings in • AA Appointments jobs throughout the year. Western Australia. “We’ve just had one new member from Queensland join with another two to come over to Mastercard us and we’ve got another one in Victoria,” she said. 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WE’VE all had those days at under construction, with striking platform it says will consolidate The addition follows Webjet’s work when a little afternoon workers and a financial crisis its position in the business-to- acquisition of JacTravel in 2017, nap would improve things, but forcing a change of board at the business arena. which Guscic said had been an American baggage handler Croatian builder. The company has operations largely integrated and was has found himself in an entirely The Uljanik Group appointed a across the Middle East, Europe, continuing to drive growth. different state after falling new chairman and three-member Asia-Pacific and the Americas, DOTW generated a TTV of asleep in an aircraft cargo hold. management board on Fri, and will be purchased using US$529 million in the year to 30 The Kansas City worker was Croatian media report, with talks $102 million in debt as well Jun, with earnings (EBITDA) of reportedly drunk when he now underway with creditors and as an entitlement offer to US$16.4 million. nodded off aboard an American government over a restructure. existing shareholders worth Webjet will issue approximately Airlines Boeing 737 and found Scenic Chairman Glen Moroney approximately $153 million (TD $28 million in new shares himself transported to Chicago said progress was being achieved breaking news). to continuing management O’Hare about an hour later. and strikes had been resolved, “DOTW is highly complementary shareholders and the private AP reports the cargo hold however Scenic had taken full to WebBeds’ existing portfolio equity vendor of DOTW at an was pressurised and heated ownership of Eclipse and was and significantly enhances issue price of A$12.77 per share.