Tag: Australia

Australian businesses are finally lifting travel bans placed on employees during the global financial crisis, with travel agents recording substantial growth in corporate bookings.

Tiger Airways will abandon flights between Adelaide and Brisbane and Adelaide and the Gold Coast from November, citing poor passenger numbers on the routes.

Worldwide Online Printing after entering voluntary administration in February and subsequently being sold to Doublewest Corporation has returned to growth.

While your business may not need the services of a travel management company, here are three immediate steps you can take to save on your business travel:

Former Dynamic Business Magazine cover star Ruslan Kogan has slammed traditional bricks and mortar retailers for failing to innovate in the face of a changing marketplace.

Housing affordability in Australia is close to record lows according to the HIA-CBA Housing Affordability Report for the June quarter 2010.

Overcharging by telecommunications companies is rife, according to a draft discussion paper Hidden Overcharging in Telecommunications which seeks comment as to how to overcome overcharging in the industry.

Global cookie and coffee franchise Mrs. Fields has continued its strong growth during 2010 with four new stores opening across three Australian states in just 50 days.

Labor’s fiscal stimulus policy at the height of the global financial crisis will net the Federal Government an additional $16 billion in tax receipts from those who would have otherwise been unemployed.

Social networking software developer GaggleHouse has won an Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) iAward in the e-Inclusion and e-Community category for its development of 50and, Australia’s first social network dedicated to baby boomers.