This Month
Cancelled holidays hit Queensland tourism operators
Tourism operators around Cairns and Port Douglas are expected to lose $125 million as holidaymakers cancel their summer plans.
- Tess Bennett and Sarah Mitchell
Deluge swamps Queensland tourist, agriculture zones
Record levels of rain have struck the region and caused one town of 300 people to be evacuated.
- Liam Walsh
November
Oatley family dumps plan for $1b Hamilton Island sale
The family had tasked UBS with a review of the prized tourism asset but decided against offloading it.
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- Primrose Riordan
The factors that could block Flight Centre’s resurgence
The global travel agency says transactions have been rising after the pandemic. But the bigger question among the bears is whether its profit margin can hit a lofty target.
- Liam Walsh
King is the ‘minister for higher airfares’: Flight Centre boss
The travel industry is still stinging about a decision to block additional flights from Qatar Airways, which was seen as a boost to Qantas.
- Liam Walsh
How Aussies with a party bus turned Top Deck into a 50-year business
Flight Centre boss “Skroo” Turner was in London for the half-century birthday bash of his coach-tour company. A new film breathes life into its origin story.
- Hans van Leeuwen
October
Qantas lawyer Andrew Finch still flying high
Last week in San Antonio, he was one of four new directors sworn in to the Association of Corporate Counsel.
- Myriam Robin
Ruby Princess liner negligent, misleading in COVID-19 trip
Justice Angus Stewart found the cruise company knew, or ought to have known, about the heightened risk of COVID-19 infection.
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- Maeve Bannister
