News in Brief: Monday September 29

News in Brief: Monday September 29
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P&O’s sneak peek

P&O Cruises Australia have released a sneak peek look at their new ships, Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria, due to arrive in Australia November 2015.

In a revolutionary first for P&O Cruises, they have announced they will banish the buffet on these latest ships. The start of this food revolution is one of the biggest transformations in Australian cruising and will feature the largest ever array of restaurant offerings replacing the traditional cruise buffet.

Take a look around the new Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria here.

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CTM represents Berjaya Colombo          

Sydney-based Complete Travel Marketing has added Berjaya Hotel Colombo to their portfolio, making it the eight property for the group to be represented by the group in Australia and New Zealand.

The three star beachfront hotel is located just near Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, in the city of Mount Lavinia.

 

Lowcost beds move to direct model

Independent global bed bank, lowcostbeds, plans to focus on forging more direct contracts with hotel partners across the Asia Pacific region, according to Australian director, Sophie Cann.

“Buyers from a range of companies were impressed by our vast product range of global hotels and understood how our solution could add value to their business. We will now ramp up our efforts on developing more directly contracted hotel product across Asia Pacific to support our growth in the region,” she said, following her attendance at the PATA in Cambodia last week.

 

Tailor-Made adventures

Adventure World will host agents from across the country to a series of signature events this October to unveil its 2015 Tailor-Made Worldwide Collection. Agents in Sydney, Wollongong, Perth, Melbourne or Brisbane keen to attend to hear about the latest local travel trends and win prizes can register here.

 

ATAS scores 98% approval rating

The results are in from the ATAS satisfactory survey with 98% of respondents saying they were satisfied with the online process and a further 93% were likely to recommend ATAS to others.

The survey also revealed some of the main reasons why agents were choosing to become ATAS accredited were to differentiate themselves from competitors, to be recognised as professional and credible, to provide clients with confidence and to support the elevation of industry standards.

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