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>> ADVANTAGE Global Business Travel and WIN Global Travel Network have signed two TMC partners in Australia – Bay Travel Group in New South Wales and FBI Travel in Victoria >> HYATT has opened its second property in Ekaterinburg and its first Hyatt Place property in Russia, developed by LLC Hotel Development Company >> AIR CANADA is increasing its non-stop flights between Heathrow and its Montréal hub from three times weekly to four times weekly from September 8 >> GBTA has moved its 2021 European conference from Weisbaden on October 13-15 to Berlin on December 6-8 after a survey of members and potential delegates >> TRANSPENNINE Express has added two extra train services on its Glasgow-manchester route <<