Headlines
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Feb launch for C&K site
Friday | Jan 15 2010COX & Kings is set to launch the Australian version of its Ezeego1 travel website next month, with the domain name already registered and work apparently well underway on what’s being billed as “Australia’s biggest online travel supermarket”.
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Major OETG expansion
Thursday | Jan 14 2010ORIENT Express Travel Group has launched an upgraded version of its Express Ticketing system, expanding it with four additional airlines and also giving access to Galileo travel agents.
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Australia drives TT growth
Thursday | Jan 14 2010MOST of the revenue growth being seen by Tiger Airways is occurring in Australia, with the carrier revealing that its Asian operations grew just 1.7% in the 2009 financial year.
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Qantas offers JAL help
Wednesday | Jan 13 2010QANTAS executive manager Rob Gurney has offered to share the secrets of the QF “two-brand” model to Japan Airlines, as part of a oneworld push to keep JAL within the alliance.
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Carnival marketing push
Wednesday | Jan 13 2010CARNIVAL Australia today urged travel agents to prepare for “another wave of cruise bookings” as it launches a major marketing campaign.
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Nov arrivals up by 5.5%
Tuesday | Jan 12 2010SHORT term visitor arrivals to Australia during Nov 09 were 5.5% higher than the previous year, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today.
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Auckland Airport CNS buy
Monday | Jan 11 2010NZ-LISTED Auckland International Airport has purchased a 24.55% stake in the operator of Cairns and Mackay Airports, saying the deal “opens up exciting new opportunities to strengthen and grow air services connections with Cairns as a stepping stone between New Zealand and the high-growth tourism markets of Asia.”
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C&K adds Scandinavia
Monday | Jan 11 2010COX & KINGS Australia has expanded its range to include Scandinavia with this morning’s announcement of the purchase of Bentours (TD breaking news).
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SYD best in 09 for Wotif
Friday | Jan 8 2010NEW South Wales and Sydney were the top tourism destinations for domestic holiday bookings processed in 2009 through online accom website Wotif.com, according to NSW state tourism Minister Jodi McKay.
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Skroo: LCCs won’t survive
Friday | Jan 8 2010FLIGHT Centre Limited boss Graham ‘Skroo’ Turner says lowcost carriers (LCCs) will not survive in the Australian market if they don’t enlist the additional support from travel agents.