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Newly renovated Le Paul Gauguin
is ready to sail in 2022!
Choose from 36 departures available in 2022!
Tahiti - Moorea - Bora Bora - The Tuamotus
The Marquesas - The Cook Islands - Tonga - Fiji
Book early and SAVE up to 30%^
New to Paul Gauguin? Receive $800 off your first voyage #
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Contact our consultants on: Australia: 1800 878 671 | New Zealand: 0800 854 777
paulgauguin.aus@ponant.com | au.ponant.com/paul-gauguin
^ Paul Gauguin Cruises is part of the PONANT family. The PONANT Bonus is eligible on Paul Gauguin voyages, 30% discount is based on the Ponant Bonus offer. Ponant Bonus is yield managed and may
change at any time without notice. #Welcome Offer: AUD$800 discount is per stateroom based on double occupancy and only valid for guests travelling on their first Paul Gauguin cruise. This offer is
based on availability, cannot be combined with other special offers unless specified and may be withdrawn at any time, without prior notice. Terms and Conditions apply, refer to au.ponant.com for more
information. Photographs: © PONANT Studio Jean-Philippe NUEL / Paul Gauguin Cruises. ABN: 35 166 676 517.
Monday 29th March 2021
Here we go again... Industry slammed by NT ban Today’s issue of TD
QUEENSLAND Premier Travel Daily today has five
MILLIONS of dollars in travel whom have long term supplier
Annastacia Palaszczuk today pages of news including our
and cruise bookings - not to agreements with a number of
announced a snap three-day PUZZLE page plus a cover page
mention massive flow-on effects us, and of course our valued
lockdown for the greater Brisbane from Paul Gauguin Cruises.
to Northern Territory businesses distribution system – the travel
area, after the city reported 10
including suppliers, hoteliers, agents,” Bratton said.
new COVID-19 cases overnight.
Four were locally acquired,
airlines and port operators - have “Just across APT and Ponant’s Tahiti looks nice!
been jeopardised by a Northern bookings alone, some $6 million PAUL Gauguin Cruises has
while the remainder were in hotel
Territory Government decision on of agents commissions are being finalised renovations to its
quarantine.
passenger cruise ships. jeopardised,” she warned. 332-passenger Le Paul Gauguin,
The lockdown will become
Ponant Asia-Pacific Chairman Silversea Cruises Senior Vice with 39 South Pacific departures
effective at 5pm tonight for
Sarina Bratton told TD this President & Managing Director in 2022 now open for sale.
Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay,
morning the new limits imposed Asia Pacific Adam Radwanski The upgraded vessel will sail
Ipswich and Redlands, with a
by NT Chief Health Officer Hugh concurred, expressing his concern Tahiti, the Society Islands, the
review on Wed ahead of the
Heggie “effectively kill Kimberley to TD for the local suppliers the Tuamotus, the Cook Islands, the
Easter holiday break.
operations using Darwin as the cruise line was planning to use Marquesas, Tonga and Fiji with a
homeport of the NT.” during its Kimberley season. full refurbishment of staterooms,
VA Byron flights The new order bans vessels with In addition, the regulation bans suites and public spaces.
VIRGIN Australia’s inaugural more than 100 people on board, subsequent cruise ship arrivals Guests can enjoy a wide range
Melbourne-Ballina Byron service including crew members. if there are already two or more of complimentary outdoor
departed the Vic capital today, “This present position causes passenger vessels in NT waters - activities including snorkelling,
with six weekly flights scheduled us all great concern for the many a move which has already seen kayaking and paddle boarding,
to operate through to 25 Apr. thousands of Australians who Coral Expeditions scrap plans with SCUBA diving also on offer.
VA said it was “buoyed by the have confirmed bookings for for Darwin-based itineraries, The departures also offer an
demand” for the flights, and is the 2021 Kimberley season; the with its Coral Adventurer, Coral open bar & unlimited wi-fi, and
actively reviewing the potential many Darwin-based suppliers, Discoverer and Coral Geographer, there’s a “tribute art gallery” of
to extend them into other holiday hotels, ground operators, food all scheduled to cruise from the over 150 Paul Gauguin photos -
periods throughout the year. and beverage suppliers, all of NT capital from Apr to Sep. more details on the cover page.
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Monday 29th March 2021
Chimu South Pole flights QF to Mt Gambier
QANTAS has added Mount Window
CHIMU Adventures this 16 years flying over and cruising Gambier to its regional network,
morning released a new Great to Antarctica. with direct flights from Adelaide Seat
Southern Flights program, using “After researching Qantas’ and Melbourne to the SA city ICELAND is truly a land of fire
chartered Qantas 787-9 aircraft direct Perth to London route, kicking off yesterday. and ice, with hundreds of active
to fly travellers “over and beyond it looked like the 787-9 aircraft Both routes will be operated volcanoes including one which
the Southern Ocean” out of the could fly to the South Pole and five times a week using 50-seat is currently erupting nearby to
various Australian capital cities. back in a day...I reached out to Q300 QantasLink turboprops. the capital, Reykjavik.
The initiative is the brainchild Qantas and shared my thoughts QantasLink also debuted flights And while Australians can’t
of Chimu co-founder Chad Carey, for an Australian first scenic flight from Melbourne to Albury and currently get there, a number
who said he had spent the past to the South Pole,” he said. Wagga Wagga yesterday, with the of scientists are excitedly
The first departure is scheduled carrier’s CEO John Gissing saying
for 27 Nov this year, giving hanging out on the slopes of the
JAL, Uber partner the additions reinforced Qantas’
travellers a bird’s eye view of the Galdingadalir volcano - and of
commitment to regional Australia.
JAPAN Airlines has announced coast and mountain ranges of course, even geeks gotta eat.
“As the national carrier we
a new agreement with Uber East Antarctica. Last week they created a
have an important role to play in
to offer select services via the Prices will lead in at $1,195 sensation when they published
driving tourism and supporting
airline’s smartphone app. per person, with all flights to a video showing how they
the industry in its recovery from
Effective 01 Apr the Uber icon be carbon offset as well as cooked sausages on the hot lava
COVID-19,” he said.
will be displayed on the JAL app, contributing to Chimu’s not-for- - taking the meat straight from
Gissing said the airline was
allowing pax to request Uber profit arm, the MAD project. the molten rocks onto buns,
working with tourism industry
rides from their arrival airport or The new South Pole Expedition complete with lots of sauce.
partners around Mount Gambier
request food delivery services at Flight offering will complement WIth a few sausage recipes of
“to promote the unique
their destination. the second season of last year’s our own, the TD team has to say
geographic landscape and world
Initially the platform is valid Chimu Southern Lights by Flight we just lava this idea!
class wine of the Limestone Coast
for Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and program (TD 21 Oct 2020). Check out the culinary arts at
to millions of our frequent flyers
Fukuoka, with plans to expand For more information see traveldaily.com.au/videos.
around the country”.
into North America and Hawaii. chimuadventures.com.au.
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Monday 29th March 2021
Discover Oita, Japan Learn more
WIN a $200 voucher to your favourite, local Japanese Restaurant
A day at the footy with QR Vic voucher release NY theatre jabs
THE Victorian Government will NEW York City Mayor Bill de
tomorrow release 50,000 more of Blasio has launched a vaccination
its $200 Regional Travel Vouchers drive to fast track COVID-19 jabs
which will be redeemable for for actors and theatre workers.
trips between 06 Apr and 31 May. Pop-up inoculation centres will
The new allocation goes online be established to help Broadway
at 10am on 30 Mar, bringing shows welcome tourists by the
the total number of vouchers third quarter of 2021.
released in the state’s regional
and metropolitan travel stimulus
schemes to 200,000.
The second round of the
scheme involved 40,000 vouchers
which were exhausted in 15 min -
but only 14,000 (35%) have been
claimed so far and the remainder
will expire on 01 Apr.
QATAR Airways added to the provider OAG that its more than The scheme applies to Vic
sea of red and white at the 1,000 weekly flights to over 130 residents over 18 who spend
Sydney Cricket Ground on Sat destinations in Mar 2021 made it at least $400 on paid tours,
as it hosted some key industry the world’s largest airline. accommodation, experiences or
partners for the weekend’s AFL In fact despite the pandemic, attractions in regional Vic.
game between the Sydney Swans in the last 12 months Qatar
and the Adelaide Crows. Airways has added seven new
QR has sponsored the Swans destinations including San
Phuket opens up
since 2016 when the carrier Francisco and Seattle in the USA, AUTHORITIES in Thailand have
became the club’s Official Abuja, Accra and Luanda in Africa, confirmed that Phuket will be the
International Airline Partner, Cebu in the Philippines as well first destination in the country to
coinciding with the debut of the as its new Brisbane operations welcome vaccinated travellers.
carrier’s direct flights from Doha which have seen the airline No quarantine will be required
to the NSW capital which has just granted special permission to fly for visitors who arrive by air at
marked a five year milestone. to the Qld capital. Phuket International Airport after
The airline is one of the few However Australian operations 01 Jul, having previously been
which have maintained extensive remain heavily hampered by the inoculated against COVID-19.
Australian connectivity, with the current quarantine caps. Phuket residents are also being
early stages of the pandemic Pictured enjoying QR’s prioritised in the Thai vaccine
seeing QR become the country’s corporate hospitality are, from rollout, with the aim of having
largest international operator left: Tracey Edwards, Event Travel 70% of the island’s population
with a 44.5% market share in Apr. Management; Cassandra Kerr, jabbed before arrivals resume.
QR’s network is continuing Qatar Airways Regional Manager The staged reopening will then JOURNEY
to expand as travel around the Australasia; John Baty, Flight see Krabi, Phangnga, Koh Samui, THROUGH TIME
world resumes, with the recent Centre Corporate; Lida Alevizos, Chonburi and Chiang Mai all
restart of flights to Mykonos and Qatar Airways; and Glenn Wilcox, accessible quarantine-free for experiencealula.com
confirmation from travel data Corporate Travel Management. vaccinated travellers from Oct.
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Sudoku BEGINNER
THE aim of Sudoku is to complete the entire grid using the numbers
1-9. Each number can only be used once in each row, once in each
column, and once in each of the 3×3 boxes.
Monday 29th March 2021
Where in the world?
www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day!
THIS is one of the most popular
Hindu shrines outside of India,
high ceiling.
In order to reach the caves,
Whose mascot is this?
and is visited by around 1.5 visitors have to climb just over
million people each year. 270 stairs.
This image only shows part of As well as religious significance,
this site, with the main section the caves are a centre of rock
comprised of a series of caves climbing, with around 160 routes
which are used as temples. developed in the past 10 years.
There are three main caves, Do you know where in the
with the largest having a 100m world you could visit this place?
Pick the nation
COUNTRIES have unique geography, ethnicities and cultures
which come together to often form very distinctive symbols.
Based off the four different symbols and famous faces, see if
you can figure out which country they represent.
WHILE usually it is the athletes both his team and state, he has
1 2 who are injured, this bear has had a day named after him in his
copped his fair share of knocks constituency – an honour very
over his nearly 30-year career, few, if any, of the players have
with his maladies including a torn received.
bicep and ruptured calf tendon. Do you know whose mascot
So important is this mascot to this is?
ANSWERS 26 MAR
Test your airline knowledge: Airport codes - 1 Incheon
3 4 International, Seoul, South Korea, 2 Abu Dhabi, 3 Townsville,
Australia, 4 Warsaw, Poland, Airline liveries - 1 Allegiant Air, 2 Japan
Airlines, 3 EasyJet
Pub quiz: 1 Sands Hotel & Casino, 2 Flushing Meadows-Corona
Park, 3 Tower Bridge, 4 b) Tasmania, 5 Norway, 6 1.3 kilometres, 7
Venice, 8 India, 9 c) 14th century, 10 Cairo
Icon under a microscope: Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
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Monday 29th March 2021
IndiGo payouts Finnair electric LOI Viva La Difference!
INDIAN low-cost carrier IndiGo FINNAIR is exploring the use
has processed 99.95% of the total of electrically-powered aircraft,
amount owing to customers in having signed a Letter of Interest
terms of refunds from when it (LOI) with sustainable aviation
paused operations in the early developer Heart Aerospace.
phases of the pandemic. Heart is developing the ES-19
The resumption of operations electric aircraft, and is targeting
and a steady increase in demand a commercial launch by 2026 for
has enabled it to prioritise the 19-seater planes.
refunds in an expedited manner. Finnair has suggested it could
The outstanding payments are acquire up to 20 of the planes for
mostly cash transactions where use on short-haul routes, with AY
IndiGo is awaiting bank details. VP of Sustainability Anne Larilahti
IndiGo is represented locally by saying “electric aviation will be
Airline Rep Services. one of the tools for the future”.
BROCHURES THE team from Brisbane-based from The Africa Safari Co and
WELCOME to Brochures of the Week, Travel Daily’s Monday feature. travel agency Viva Travel (not to Matthias Dybing from Nuvho
If your firm is releasing a new brochure you’d like to make the industry be confused with Helloworld’s Hotels (pictured), all of whom
aware of, send a brief description summarising its features and Viva Holidays) - Mandi Forrester- offered some great deals for
itineraries, including a PDF of the front cover, and contact details to Jones, Andrew Hager, Yann customers who book in the next
brochures@traveldaily.com.au. Charavel and Riva Forrester-Jones few weeks.
- held a supplier information Viva Travel is a member of
Canberra 2021 Meeting Planners Guide
evening last week at Brookwater Travellers Choice, and is donating
The 2021 Canberra Meeting Planners Guide is the
Golf Club. $100 from each booking to the
ultimate guide to the nation’s capital for meeting
planners wanting to hold an event. As one of the
Guests were treated to a Queensland Cancer Foundation,
safest cities in Australia, and the least impacted by drink and snacks prior to short while one lucky customer also
COVID-19, Canberra is ready to meet again. And presentations from AAT Kings’ won a two-night package at the
offering direct flights to 12 domestic destinations Nikki Steadman, Darren Partridge Emporium Hotel in Brisbane.
it is easier than ever to host your next event in the
city. The Meeting Planners Guide is available in a
comprehensive 114-page printed version or also in an enhanced digital
format - for more details see mpg.canberraconvention.com.au.
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