Travel agent welcomes government support package

A support package for travel agents will keep them afloat so they can recover the costs of canceled holidays, a tourism business boss says. Photo: RNZ / Matt Chatterton Flight Center NZ managing director David Coombes said the $47.6 million travel reimbursement scheme announced today was good news for the…

‘More work for no pay’: Travel agents say they’re in trouble after slew of trip cancellations

When the federal government prohibited flights from South Africa in response to Omicron, Kerwin Dougan took calls at odd hours to help his clients navigate a patchwork of travel bans and COVID-19 testing requirements.Since then, he says, the situation for travel agents like himself has only gotten worse."Right now, we're…