A travel agent can provide you a ‘one-stop shop’ that can handle all aspects of your travel, from airlines tickets, to ground transfers, accommodation, tours and activities. They have a world of travel information at their fingertips, and years of expertise. This information sheet highlights some of the key aspects in understanding the role of
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Canada, Thailand and Samoa Will Remove All COVID-19 Travel Rules from 1 October 2022
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Good news, travellers! The governments of Canada and Thailand have announced that they will remove all travel restrictions related to COVID-19 from 1 October 2022 and Samoa has already removed all restrictions as of 22 September 2022. What does this mean for you? This means that travellers will be able to freely enter and exit
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MTA, THE LARGEST LUXURY MOBILE TRAVEL NETWORK IN AUSTRALIA WITH OVER 470 ADVISORS LOCATED AUSTRALIA-WIDE, OFFERS TRAVEL EXPERTS AUTONOMY COMBINED WITH COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT. TWO MEMBERS TELL US JUST WHY IT WORKS SO WELL. The travel industry has changed forever. And with it, so have the lives of industry professionals. With flexible working and a positive work-life
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Underlining its strength in the luxury travel sector, MTA – Mobile Travel Agents had twenty-five Luxury Travel Advisors attend ILTM Asia Pacific held at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from 5-8 Sep. It was the first time the event had been held since 2019. MTA, with their Virtuoso membership, is the largest luxury mobile travel network in
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Remus Gheorghiu re-joins MTA Mobile Travel Agents in a newly created role as Air Product Manager after three years at Singapore Airlines in an airline sales role. Gheorghiu brings a wealth of airline knowledge with over 23 years in the industry both in Europe and Australia. The newly created role will be responsible for planning
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Aug
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MTA-Mobile Travel Agents has been named a finalist in the National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) – Most Outstanding Mobile Travel Advisor Network category. The winner will be announced at a gala dinner in Sydney on Saturday 15 October. The NTIAs are hosted by the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) to recognise excellence in the
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The Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has re-elected five directors and added one new member, MTA’s Roy Merricks to the AFTA board, at the Annual General Meeting. Joining Roy for the next two-year term will be Tom Manwaring – Express Travel Group, David Smith – Flight Centre, Spiros Alysandratos – Consolidated Travel, Graham Turner
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Virtuoso’s 34th annual Travel Week welcomed over 4,000 of luxury travel’s top professionals in person to Las Vegas this week and another 700 joined virtually. With attendees from over 100 countries, including a contingent from MTA-Mobile Travel Agents, the event is held across Bellagio Resort & Casino, ARIA Resort & Casino and Vdara Hotel &
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Travellers arriving in Australia will no longer need to complete a digital passenger declaration under changes to come into effect this week. Border restrictions enforced in response to the pandemic will be dropped this coming week, with arriving passengers no longer required to declare their vaccination status or obtain a travel exemption. The much-maligned Digital Passenger
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After five years in development, Air New Zealand has unveiled its game-changing new cabins with the goal of providing “the best sleep in the sky” for every passenger. Air New Zealand has eight new Dreamliners due to arrive in 2024 and a plan for more ultra-long-haul routes beginning with direct Auckland to New York flights