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Coronavirus and travel: Can you get a refund and how do flight and travel credits and vouchers work?

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Although we are now banned from travelling out of Australia except for emergencies, many travellers now find ourselves on an unknown path through unfamiliar territory. Millions of Australians, myself included, have booked and paid for overseas travel in the next few months. Refunds, vouchers and cancellations.

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Travel in Europe during coronavirus: Plan to create ‘tourism corridors’ between countries

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It faces the loss of at least half of its turnover in 2020, with countries in southern Europe particularly badly hit, the European Commission said. The commission is pinning its hopes on encouraging tourism between the member states. The country is in coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Getty Images.

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Melbourne to Sydney: New vintage rail journey aboard the Spirit of Progress launches in March 2020

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An old train will bring a slow-travel mentality to what has become a commuter run, when the newly commissioned Spirit of Progress makes her first journey in 33 years between Melbourne and Sydney in March. A historic photo of the Spirit of Progress 1937 in Melbourne. Photo: Supplied. Photo: Supplied.

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Kengo Kuma, the architect behind Tokyo’s new and controversial Olympic National Stadium

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Th New National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. From SunnyHills, located in the chic Tokyo neighbourhood of Aoyama, the layer cake-like 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Stadium is a few kilometres stroll away with another of Kuma’s works, the serene, privately-owned Nezu Museum just down the street.

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Stephen Tucker, a helping hand

The Korte Company

With graduation comes a commission as a second lieutenant. But in 2020, all that was out the window. With 80 Soldiers under my command I oversaw the safe travel of all to Austin for in-processing, and then a sudden movement back to Houston right before the winter storm hit.”. In 2020, the world called for help.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

The builder reported 1,323 closings in 2020, raising its ranking among Pro Builder’s 2021 Housing Giants to No. That amenity, along with water conservation measures, became a standard feature for all Ivory Homes in 2020. Also, starting in 2020, every home is pre-wired for an electric vehicle charging outlet.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Structures built since the mid-20th century generally feature large, deep floor plates whose cores are far from where natural light and fresh air could travel. Perkins Eastman received the Sinclaire commission after its developers toured WeWork: WeLive in nearby Crystal City, Va.,