News in Brief: Monday July 14

News in Brief: Monday July 14
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A partnership between United Airlines and Concur will allow mutual clients greater corporate booking capability.

Leveraging Concur’s TripLink product, clients can now book travel on united.com and United apps with the airline, linking their Concur and MileagePlus profiles to receive their company’s corporate benefits when booking 

 

Brady Hotels will officially launch with the opening of its Melbourne property on 1 October this year.

Located at 30 Little Latrobe Street, the boutique four-star property gives guests easy access to popular destinations like Bourke St Mall, Emporium Melbourne, Chinatown, Queen Victoria Market, Southbank and Crown Casino with a convenient CBD location.

Brady Group plans to roll out further accommodation under the brand in the future, offering guests what General Manager William Lee calls “the Brady Experience.”

 

Australian travellers can now be inspired to travel with the launch of the Globus Brands’ new websites.

The new websites have had a complete redesign, geared to make holiday planning an important part of the travel experience.

Each website is designed with a common contemporary style that is clear and easy to navigate for the Globus Brand’s Globus, Cosmos, Avalon Waterways and Monograms.

In celebration of the launch, Avalon Waterways and Cosmos are offering two holiday prizes to Australians who subscribe to newsletters via the websites. 

 

Effective immediately, AirAsia and AirAsia X guests can enjoy a seamless connection when flying through multiple cities with the introduction of the 139 new Fly-Thru routes.

The new routes eliminate the hassle of numerous check-ins, transit visas or multiple baggage transfers.

Travellers will receive an onward flight boarding pass from the first point of embarkation and will be allowed to bypass immigration clearance at the airline’s Fly-Thru hubs—Kuala Lumpur (klia2) or Bangkok-Don Mueang (DMK), with all check-in baggage tagged for automatic transfer to the consecutive flight, all the way to the final destination.

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