Buoyant domestic market helps Air NZ weather pandemic
In a graphic demonstration of how suppressing Covid-19 helps a country and its travel industry, Air New Zealand has reported domestic seat capacity has reached 76% of pre-Covid levels, “led by robust domestic tourism and the return of business demand during the first half of the 2021 financial year”.
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TIA Chief Executive Chris Roberts has been selected as one of 13 New Zealand and Australian Association Influencers in 2020.
With the number of states and countries being added for testing, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has taken a step further towards passenger safety by not only allowing Mylab Discovery Solutions a space to set up the RT-PCR testing counter, but also to facilitate the processing of the sample for a quick turnaround. 
The Anam has elevated five employees with more than five decades of hospitality experience to managerial positions despite the difficulties COVID-19 has inflicted on the tourism industry. 
A Festival in Light is out and features an impressive host of high-calibre acts to perform at the iconic free event in Alice Springs next month. 
Air Astana is estimating financial performance for the combined months of January and February 2021 at its highest level since 2017, after reporting a loss of $94m in 2020. 
Sydney’s most romantic hotel, SKYE Suites has once again hosted the newlywed couples from Australia’s most talked about social experiment, Married at First Sight (MAFS) with a luxury hotel escape. 
Courtyard by Marriott today announced the opening of its first hotel in Brisbane, Australia. 
“The events of the past year have caused many people, not least our clients, to re-evaluate their sense of, and relationship with Time. At a moment in history when so much in life seems ephemeral, our patrons are seeking solace in the unique timelessness, longevity and permanence offered by a Rolls-Royce motor car. 
IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of revenue management software and services, announced today IDeaS Optix™, a cloud-based advanced reporting and analysis module for IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS). 
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, southern African safari operator, African Bush Camps (ABC), is adding a 15th camp, Khwai Leadwood, to its portfolio in April 2021. 
The rural Hockley Motel in Monto, Ontario, also known as the infamous Rosebud Motel in hit television series Schitt’s Creek, listed for sale for a cool $2 million following the show’s historic sweep at the Emmy Awards. But it’s not just Schitt’s Creek fans who are ogling the retro property. 
Rovaniemi attracted a star-studded line-up for the first ever Arctic Rally Finland powered by CapitalBox, and the world’s best rally drivers were seen driving the snowy roads of Lapland. 
