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Travel and COVID-19: Australians unlikely to travel overseas (beyond New Zealand) again before 2021

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Australians are unlikely to be able to visit popular destinations like the US and UK until next year, according to experts, as the federal government faces challenges in reopening borders. “It will depend on comparative stages of the outbreak in both the origin and destination of each traveller.”

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Traveller letters: Having ‘gold’ status with an airline doesn’t mean much now

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Earlier last month my wife and I travelled to Thailand with a stay in Bangkok and Rayong. At that airport a delightfully helpful Singapore Airlines manager spent at least an hour looking at ways to get us home. She succeeded in securing flights for us on All Nippon Airways via Tokyo, at no extra cost. That’s the bouquet.

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Travel employees laid-off due to cornavirus: Why aren’t Australians supporting them more?

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But do you care about travel? Oddly, I don’t see a lot of love out there for the people in the travel industry who have been affected by coronavirus lockdowns and movement bans. Travel was the first industry to be hit – it will be the last to recover. Travel is a luxury, of course. You should. I understand that.

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Traveller Letters: Tourists have ruined this town … and I was one of them

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We have been wondering how to help our favourite travel guides in Thailand, now that there is no-one to pay for day-trips, so no income in a country with no state welfare. However, we decided to offer to pre-book and pay for a couple of tours with this guide, to save for future travel. Everyone wins.

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Immunity passports, yellow fever and travel: What is it, and why it is different from coronavirus

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Coronavirus has given us a new vocabulary. “Social distancing”, “self-isolation”, “community spread” and “flattening the curve” slip easily into our conversations, and on the fringe, “immunity passports”, something that might change the way we travel. Photo: iStock.

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SME house builders demand action from “anti-building” Tories

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The impact of this policy approach is devastating for SMEs, and businesses unable to operate or generate an income are laying off staff, or increasingly closing their doors. Our direction of travel is entirely aligned with the direction of national policy.

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Attend Greenbuild – The Best Way To Grow Your Green Building Business

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USGBC reported in 2015, it upheld its commitment to offsetting 100% of our emissions (including attendee travel) through the purchase of Green-e certified offsets in partnership with TerraPass. It is your chance to meet incoming USGBC CEO Mahesh Ramanujam, the man to know in the post Fedrezzi era. And Greenbuild is sustainable.

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