Headlines
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QF profit hit by fuel costs
Thursday | Aug 22 2019QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce insists the airline’s strategy to boost its international group is working, despite the division’s underlying earnings declining 28% to $285m last year.
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Air NZ’s FY19 profit drop
Thursday | Aug 22 2019AIR New Zealand has revealed a 31% drop in net profit before tax for FY2019 in its annual results, down to NZ$374 million from NZ$540 million.
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HLO boasts 2,447 members
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019HELLOWORLD has highlighted the growth of its retail network across Australia and New Zealand to a total of 2,447 members as at 30 Jun 2019, including the opening of 30 new Helloworld Travel branded agencies.
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Cruise Boutique launches
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019FLIGHT Centre’s new “Cruise Boutique” initiative (TD 12 Aug) formally launched last night, with an initial complement of 14 specialist Travel Associates branches undergoing a redesign to reflect the new concept.
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CTM moves to new phase
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019CORPORATE Travel Management says it’s moving into “Phase 3” of its business plan, which will see the TMC optimise its global network “and grow a sustainable, long-term business”.
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Serko targeting $100m revenue
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019LISTED travel technology firm Serko this morning unveiled an ambitious target to quadruple its annual revenue to over $100m.
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Express Travel Group Exchange a hit
Wednesday | Aug 21 2019MORE than 290 delegates attended the first ETGX conference in Bangkok over the weekend, which brought together all of Express Travel Group’s (ETG) brands, Select Travel Group, Independent Travel Group and italktravel & cruise.
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Qantas regional discounts
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019QANTAS has announced it will invest up to $10 million a year to provide greater discounts in 16 towns across Queensland, the Northern Territory and WA as part of an expansion of its discounted fares program.
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SQ A350-900 to MEL
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019SINGAPORE Airlines will deploy the A350-900 to Melbourne on SQ247/8 from 01 Nov, allowing the airline to deliver lie-flat Business class seats on all of its services to and from Australia.
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Whitsundays’ bright future
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019THE recent re-opening of Hayman Island Resort (TD yesterday) is set to bring a major injection into the Whitsunday economy, as the region continues to recover from the devastation of Cyclone Debbie in 2017.