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Qantas and One World partner British Airways this morning combined with Starwood Hotels to host a breakfast at Sydney’s Westin Hotel to update 230 trade partners on the airlines’ Joint Services Agreement and the fast expanding Starwood brand.
Operating for the past 15 years, the JSA offers daily services ex-SYD and MEL to SIN, BKK & HKG with BA arriving at the new T5 terminal at LHR while Qantas serves T3. Neil Ager, Regional Commercial Manager South West Pacific said T5 was recently voted best terminal in the world by Skytrax 2012 and has 96 self-serve kiosks for boarding passes and seat assignment, eliminating large queues at checkin counters. It also features 60 top end stores and a Gordon Ramsay food outlet. Peter Collins, NSW Regional General Manager said the QF/BA tie-up means pax can make fast connections to over 90 destinations in the UK and Europe. Transfers take only 20mins from T3 to T5. He pointed out that QF also has a daily flight to Frankfurt ex-SYD. Starwood Hotels and Resorts were there in force at the breakfast with reps from across Asia/Pacific and the USA, including Hawaii. “We’re rapidly growing with the group opening a new hotel every 9 days in the Asia Pacific region,” said Megan Fleming, Regional Director of Global Sales Pacific Region Starwood Hotels. She said the group now has over 1,100 hotels globally in 100 countries with 9 brands. “In September we’ll open our largest property, the Sheraton Macau with 3,846 beds.” The breakfast ended with 6 lucky agents winning an exclusive famil to London on QF and BA later this year. Collins and Ager with the 6 winners Matthew Inman, Maxims Travel, North Sydney |
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Peter Collins, QF Megan Fleming, Starwood Neil Ager, BA |
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