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DISAPPOINTMENT......BOOK AHEAD!
In our 18 years
of Travel Management I have never known the
international travel market to be so
strong.....'lucky you' I here you say.
Absolutely, none of us wish to see a weak
market. The
challenge is that supply is currently being
completely outstripped by demand. Most of this
excessive demand is being driven by the
corporate market. This growth has been partially
unpredicted and suppliers are scrambling to
acquire new inventory. Qantas through Jetstar
and Virgin Blue have both just placed
significant orders for new planes, principally
to feed their commitments to the international
market. Emirates have announced recently that
they expect to be flying thrice daily into
four Australian cities by 2011, this is a 70%+
increase in current supply. These plans take
often years to materialise. Similarly there
are no new 5 star hotels planned to open in
Sydney & Melbourne over the next 18 months.
Understandably the suppliers feel justified in
increasing prices in this environment. How can
you minimise your exposure to this trend? There
are two initiatives that Travelogic can assist
you with in managing travel better; Firstly
ensure you have the right corporate deals with
the right suppliers i.e.. airlines, hotels and
car hire companies. Secondly where ever possible
encourage your executives to plan and book
ahead. There are good deals to be had, albeit
based on limited supply. Your Travelogic Account
Manager would be happy to explore these
opportunities further with you.
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The end of April will see our 5th GlobalStar
Annual Global Sales Conference, Travelogic as the Australian
partner will be sending representatives from Sales and Account
Management to this forum to network with our partners and to
gain a valuable insight into the travel management markets in
other regions that will in turn benefit our local accounts and
we will feature more on this in our May issue.
Our Executive Director, Claire
Gray, continues to support the Global Management Team in
developing GlobalStar as the independent Global TMC to consider
alongside the wholly owned mega agencies. We look forward to
updating you on the many developments after the conference in
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Virgin Blue Change Fees
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From 1st April Virgin Blue have amended
their fee structure with the following changes:
The Domestic Change fee increases by $5
to $35 for online changes and changes for bookings not made
through their website. Domestic cancellation fees
remain the same if cancelled online but increase by $5
to $45 for cancellations made through the Guest Contact
Centre (GCC) or not through their website. International cancellation
fees increase follow the same rules as Domestic
cancellation fees with all fees increasing by a $10
amount.
These increases only affect bookings
made after 1 April 2007, all bookings made prior to this
date will need to be actioned through the GCC to receive
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oneworld® today completed
the biggest expansion in its history with Japan
Airlines, Malév Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian
all now offering the alliance's services and benefits as
full members.
Seven other airlines
have joined at the same time as affiliate members - LAN
Argentina and LAN Ecuador and JAL associates JALways,
Japan Asia Airways, JAL Express, J-AIR and Japan
Transocean Air.
Their addition has
expanded oneworld substantially, to:
- Almost 700
airports, around a hundred more than now.
- Nearly 150
countries. 9,000 daily departures, a thousand more
than today.
- Around 315 million
passengers, 65 million more than at present.
- 265,000 employees.
- Almost 2,500
aircraft.
- Nearly US$90
billion annual revenues, up by a third.
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Qantas has announced that from 14 August
2007 their New York service will move from 5 times a
week to a daily service. This is good news to many of
our corporates who are frequent travellers to this
destination. The service will continue to route via Los
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Following on from Etihad's arrival in
Australia last week, the government has announced an
increase in the number of flights Emirates may operate
to 84 by 2011. The deal with the United Arab Emirates
will see a doubling of services between both countries,
recognising the increasing significance of the Middle
East as a hub into Europe and beyond. |
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Rugby World Cup 2007 |
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From the 7th of September
through to the final on 20th October the sporting world
will descend on France where the tournament for the
World's top Union playing nations will meet to fight for
the Webb-Ellis trophy.
Whilst September may
still seem a long way off for many, flights to Europe
over this period are already showing as very busy in
both the economy and business cabins so please be aware
when planning business trips during this period that
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Travelbooker Educational to
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In mid-March in
conjunction with Emirates, Travelogic took a select
group of Travelogic clients on a weekend familiarisation
trip to Auckland. Vanessa Skip, Account Manager,
Susan Jones, International Travel Specialist escorted
the clients to New Zealand with a mixture of fun, food
and site inspections. It is something that we wish to
repeat on a regular basis and for those interested in
more details on what went on can click on
http://www.travelogic.com.au/int/NZEmiratesFamilTripMarch07.htm
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