Some Sinorama customers left out of pocket may qualify for compensation from the Travel Agents Association. Nearly 1000 bookings by New Zealand and Australian travellers have been cancelled, some at short notice, following the liquidation of Sinorama NZ this week. The company blamed its Canadian booking agency Vacances Sinorama, which went into administration in July. READ MORE: Travellers caught out by travel agency Sinorama NZ's liquidationAndrew Olsen, chief executive of TAANZ, the Travel Agents Association of New Zealand, said TAANZ cancelled Sinorama NZ's membership early last month. He believed TAANZ should have alerted customers to Sinorama's cancelled membership three weeks ago.

Source: Stuff October 05, 2018 22:52 UTC