T-QUAL demise clears way for industry-led initiative: AFTA
With the T-QUAL accreditation scheme consigned to the scrapheap, other industry-led accreditation schemes have an opport...
Carnival responds to industry changes
Carnival Australia has responsed to end of the Travel Agents Act and the start of the new industry accreditation scheme ...
Travel industry enters ‚Äúnew era” as reform takes effect
The protracted deregulation process has culminated in today’s official implementation of the Australian Federation...
MTA: The tide is turning for travel agents
A growing number of consumers are returning to travel agents, with ATAS to play a vital role in communicating their prof...
Comment: Travel agents should be careful what they wish for
By now every travel agent will be aware that from July 1 most states repealed the Travel Agents Act and as a result agen...
Collapse raises question mark over credit card chargebacks
The recent collapse of All Travel Toukley in NSW proves that the majority of consumers will not be protected from travel...
ATAS receives Helloworld backing
Helloworld has spoken out in support of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents' accreditation scheme, with the r...
Agency collapse strengthens call for TCF extension: Mayo
The termination of NSW based travel agency All Travel from the Travel Compensation Fund (TCF) further highlights th...
AFTA embarks on ATAS consumer awareness mission
Consumer messaging around ATAS will start appearing in market from the end of July as the Australian Federation of Trave...
TravelManagers calls on govt to extend TCF
TravelManagers has urged the government to let ATAS and the Travel Compensation Fund run side by side for six months to ...
SA acts on industry reform with passing of repeal bill
The South Australian Parliament has become the latest jurisdiction to repeal the Travel Agents Act, with the Australian ...
Mandatory insolvency insurance "not the answer", says MTA
The inclusion of a single mandatory insolvency insurance product into ATAS will not provide an industrywide solution to ...
MTA warns against ATAS "misapprehension"
Mobile Travel Agents has spoken out in defence of ATAS insisting the scheme’s critics are in the minority, as the ...
CATO vote passed but not without contention
Companies who want to remain a member of the Council of Australian Tour Operators must become accredited by AFTA under n...
CATO members to vote on ATAS motion
Membership of the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) will be dependent on joining the industry’s new volu...
Comment: ATAS must remain under close scrutiny
If the Australian Federation of Travel Agents believes the “naysayers” will be silenced, it would be well ad...
ATAS workshops fail to alleviate Mayo's concerns
TravelManagers has disputed claims by the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) that the latest and final round ...
D-day nears as AFTA insists: "This is the future"
Australian Federation of Travel Agents chief executive Jayson Westbury has dismissed the 11th hour debate over its contr...