Who’s Gauguin to Tahiti?

Virgin goes regional

VIRGIN Australia will reintroduce its Brisbane to Alice Springs and Emerald flights as part of its expanded holiday services this summer.

The carrier is also increasing frequencies on the Brisbane Hamilton Island and SydneyBallina routes, as well as flights to Adelaide from Brisbane and Sydney.

MEANWHILE, most of Virgin Australia’s Directors will depart the airline ahead of the formal takeover by Bain Capital, who have thus far only appointed Alan Hunt as a new Director.

Topdeck assurance

GLOBAL Touring has released the details of its flexible COVID-19 booking policy for the Topdeck Travel brand, which includes a full refund or travel credit to customers that are unable to travel due to either contracting the virus or because of government enforced travel restrictions.

The new policy is valid until 28 Feb next year and applies to all new bookings made across its 2021/22 season.

TAHITI Tourisme last week organised a series of Tahitian experiences for selected groups of retail travel advisors, including an authentic Gauguin style painting class which was conducted in partnership with Paul Gauguin Cruises/Ponant.

Some of the stunning artwork - definitely headed straight to the pool room - is being showcased above by Alex Stagalinos from Paul Gauguin Cruises alongside Caroline Brunel and Rita Mardirossian from Tahiti Tourisme.

QF SYD to LST

FOLLOWING the easing of border restrictions between New South Wales and Tasmania, Qantas has moved quickly to take advantage of the new travel corridor by launching a new route between Sydney and Launceston.

The service will commence 04 Dec and operate three times a week utilising Boeing 717 aircraft, with frequencies to increase to four times weekly from 11 Dec until 01 Feb.

Close to 900 extra seats will be added to the route as a result of the move and is the first time QF has flown the route since 2004.