News in Brief: Friday September 12
ATAS has announced it has reached 2000 accredited agents under the scheme, with numbers expected to continue growing alongside industry support.
AFTA general manager Gary O’Riordan said the broad industry support from independents and major travel groups highlights the importance of the reforms at a consumer, agent and industry level.
“The 2,000 agents already accredited reflect the majority of the industry in terms of turnover, and include a growing list of independents and majors,” O’Riordan said.
“Application levels have remained constant since the July 1 commencement of ATAS and the accreditation team are continuing to work hard to ensure timely review and processing of applications,” he continued, stating that a further 400 applications were currently underway.
Tigerair is launching its ‘Queensland Quad’ sale from midday today on four popular Queensland routes, which includes fares from $39 each way.
Travellers can fly either way between Cairns and Brisbane from $39, Cairns and Sydney from $59, Cairns and Melbourne from $59 and Brisbane and Darwin for $79.
The sale will run until midnight tomorrow, Saturday September 13.
Evvnt and Evolero have announced a new partnership, which will allow event organisers to submit their event to multiple targeted listings sites more efficiently, which drives event registration and ticket conversions.
The partnership brings together event registration and attendee management, with Evolero planned for development into the evvnt platform to boost marketing services and build and manage customer relationships.
“Evvnt… specialises in bringing the targeted traffic to the event website while Evolero is built to convert this traffic into registered attendees, increase engagement towards and during the event and form a post event content network & community to sell the next one,” Evolero founder and CEO Tal Shoham said.
Jetstar customers travelling to Hawaii will board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all flights departing Sydney from February next year.
The Sydney to Honolulu service will become the airline’s tenth route operated by the 787, with the CEO David Hall saying it is a step in the right direction to reducing costs and enhancing customer experience.
Air Seychelles has today announced the launch of direct flights to Antananarivo, Madagascar, starting on December 3 2014.
The twice-weekly flights to the capital’s international airport will be operated using a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft, with 16 Business Class and 120 Economy Class seats.
Tigerair has introduced new carry-on baggage measures, with its stricter enforcements to come into effect on September 18.
The new carry-on measure will allow passengers to carry a maximum of two bags free of charge, provided they do not exceed 54com x 38cm x 23cm, or a total combined weight of 10kg.
The InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa has been named Best Fijian Property at the Hotel Management Awards held in Sydney last week.
The resort took home the award over other finalists such as Starwood Sheraton & Westin Fiji and Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort, and accredited the success to quality service and a hardworking team.
Avis Australia has released the names of the four finalists for this year’s Avis Travel Agent Scholarship, with the winner to receive a range of educational and travel-related prizes valued in excess of $40,000, including a grant to study at Southern Cross University.
The finalists are Paul Mirabito from Corporate Travel Management NSW, Jodie Gonzales from American Express Global Business Travel QLD, Meagan McLeod from Escape Travel NSW and Melanie Whyte from TravelManagers in Tasmania.
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