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Hi
All,
I
am Al Laird, the new Head of Growth at Travelogic.
I
look forward to communicating with you directly in the future on
just how Travelogic can bring significant value to your travel
processes.
With
the new service fee changes recently coming into effect, now is
the perfect time to re-evaluate the value you are receiving from
your current travel service provider.
I
trust you find this letter newsworthy and informative. Thank you
in advance, for accepting my upcoming call to you.
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Smart
Travel Update - July 2005
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Want
your own copy? You can arrange it from here!
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 Claire
Gray, Executive Director says
"Welcome
to July 2005. We wish you a very prosperous
and successful new year. Typically travel
represents a company's third largest expense and
exactly how successful you are at containing
costs this coming year will be dependent upon
how well you/we manage your travel dollar. This
is where Travelogic bring the most value to our
clients. We are expert in re-engineering
travel policies and driving traveller behaviour
to consider the lowest logical fare in every
instance resulting in significant cost reduction
in your travel account. Whilst fees are now in
place to make a simple point to point
reservation, we will argue that booking through
Travelogic, is actually the most cost effective
way of booking travel, if you consider your own
time is of value. Additionally you receive the
expertise of the cost reduction initiatives and
further benefits as well. The below table
displays the findings of an independent
study conducted by Cranfield University, USA,
January 2005.."
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Total
Price Tag of Travel
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Channel |
Mins |
Time
spent on |
Booking
Fee |
Time
Cost |
Total |
| Airline
call centres |
60 |
Waiting
to get through to 3 different airlines and
discussing options |
$28 |
$50 |
$77 |
| Airline
website |
75 |
Visiting
different airline websites, understanding
all fare conditions |
$0 |
$62 |
$62 |
| Airline
portal eg: Zuji/Travel.Com |
45 |
Visiting
different portals, understanding fare
conditions, self booking |
$4 |
$37 |
$41 |
| TMC |
2 |
Communicate
requirements via phone / email |
$30 |
$2 |
$32
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| e-logic |
15 |
self
booking online, understand fare rules |
$16 |
$12 |
$28 |
Click
here to view our fees and the value we bring
to the travel booking process.
So, whether you
like to book yourself online to Melbourne or
consult with our team for that multi stop Asia
itinerary, we provide you with the effective and
efficient tools to meet your varying
requirements, all supported by a professional
team of people who understand your needs, value
your business and who care about you.
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Qantas
Airways chief executive Geoff Dixon says
the airline is likely to merge with a
foreign carrier in the next five to 10
years.
Mr
Dixon reiterated the company's support
for consolidation in the aviation
industry and said the scene had been set
by the merger last year of Air France
and KLM to create the world's biggest
airline.
"I
think that we will be in some
association with another carrier"
in five to 10 years, he said.
"I
think that will become necessary." More:
Source:
ETravel Blackboard
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The
Australian Passports Act comes
into effect July 1,
incorporating new provisions to
help combat identity theft. In
particular there are much
tougher penalties for passport
fraud and stricter procedures
governing the replacement of
lost or stolen passports.
The
new rules require travellers to
report lost or stolen passports
as soon as possible as this
authorises the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade to
cancel them immediately and
permanently.
What
the changes mean: More...
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Air
Tahiti introduces Sydney-New York service
via Papeete
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On July 4
Air Tahiti introduced it's first non stop
service from JFK-Papeete and brings with
it some of the most competitive fares to
the Big Apple.
Sydney-New
York via Papeete from $1209.00 plus taxes
for travel from now to DEC 31*
Have a
luxurious stop-over in Bora Bora from only
$2850 per person staying at the
Intercontinental Bora Bora*.
Captivating
the imagination of history's great artists
and melting the hearts of the worlds'
great romantics, these islands are a
concoction of rugged landscapes,
Polynesian warmth, and French chic.
*Conditions
apply
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Travelogic's
Globalstar
partnership-Globalstar update
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Singapore,
21 June 2005 –
Reducing costs in transactions,
achieving efficiencies, and
customisation were among the
gamut of issues discussed by
delegates at a global forum on
the future of corporate travel.
In
an industry rife with choices
for airlines, hotels and booking
platforms, travel managers in
corporations must clearly see
the value that travel management
companies and travel agents can
offer them, said Martin P.
Metzler, President and Managing
Director of GlobalStar Travel
Management in his assessment of
the forum discussions held at
the end of May.
"The
Internet, the emergence of low
cost carriers, and deregulated
global distribution systems
(GDS) have actually created
opportunities for travel
management companies," he
said. "If you ask corporate
customers where they see us
adding best value to managing
their steadily increasing travel
expenses, they will highlight
specific areas: data
consolidation, cost-savings, and
delivering customised products
and services in the most
effective and convenient
way."
Source
= GlobalStar
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 Virgin
Galactic says it will shortly
begin accepting deposits for
it's first tourist flights into
space. Initial flights will be
priced at US$200,000 and
refundable deposits of US$20,000
will be required to secure a
seat.
An
email to potential customers
says "flights are filling
quickly but space is still
available".
Source=
Travel Daily
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The
new Heathrow Connect
service, a joint
partnership between BAA
and First Great Western
Link, started operating
on Sunday 12 June
This
is the first time that
West London stations
have had a direct train
service to and from
Heathrow Airport
terminals 1, 2 and 3.
The service serves
Ealing Broadway, West
Ealing, Hanwell,
Southall and Hayes &
Harlington stations,
with a half hourly
service for most of the
day, taking less than 20
minutes from Ealing
Broadway to the Airport.
The service is operated
by brand new electric
trains, providing
spacious, comfortable
seating, toilets and
extra luggage facilities
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London
transport system returns to normal
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London's
public transportation network is
largely back up and running after
the July 7 subway and bus bombings
that killed at least 52 people,
while search teams continued to
comb through the wreckage of a
train in Russell Square.
 As
of July 10, subway lines were
running except for the Circle
line, which remained suspended.
The Hammersmith & City line
will operate between Hammersmith
and Paddington only. There is no
service on the Metropolitan line
between Moorgate and Aldgate, and
on the District line there is no
service between High Street
Kensington and Edgware Road.
On
the Piccadilly line there is no
service between Hyde Park Corner
and Arnos Grove and between
Rayners Lane and Uxbridge. Special
buses will stop at Arnos Grove and
Finchley Central to provide a
connection with the Northern line.
A second bus will serve Bounds
Green, Wood Green, Turnpike Lane
and Seven Sisters to connect with
Victoria line services. Additional
bus services are operating on
Route 91 between Holloway Road and
Euston via Caledonian Road and
King's Cross St Pancras.
King's
Cross St Pancras Underground
station is open for the
Metropolitan line only and there
is no interchange with other
Underground lines. All commuter
rail lines are open. Bus service
has returned to nearly normal
except where buses are being
rerouted around bomb sites. The
Eurostar is also running as usual
between London and Paris.
All
airports are functioning normally,
but travellers are advised to
arrive early due to heightened
security.
Source=BTE
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BRW
magazine has voted the Sydney
Marriott as the number one
business hotel in Sydney in its
recently released survey of
business accommodation.
The
accolade follows a $40 million
refurbishment completed 18 months
ago which Marriott GM for
Australia and New Zealand, Raj
Menon, said focused on the needs
of the business traveller.
Source:
Travel Daily
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Huski
Resort
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Finally,
run for the snow-capped Victorian
Hills.
and still find yourself perched
in the lap of luxury.
Huski Falls Creek is a modern
masterpiece worth moving
mountains for.
Outside,
alp yourself to mountain
adventure.
skiing, snowboarding and
snowball fights in winter.
Hiking, biking, tasting and
touring nearby towns in summer.
Call
our Leisure girls now to book
this exclusive property before
the snow melts!
More...
Source
= E-Travel
Blackboard/endota.com.au
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Chiva
Som...unsurpassed relaxation
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For a
lasting sense of inner peace,
contentment and fulfillment visit
Chiva-Som International Health Resort in
Thailand. Located on the beachfront of
the royal resort of Hua Hin, Chiva-Som,
meaning Haven of Life, is a beautiful
secluded world of its own hidden within
7 acres of lush tropical
gardens.Chiva-Som Luxury Health Resort
is delighted to have been recognized as
The Best Overseas Destination Spa
Retreat, Conde Nast Traveller UK
Reader's Spa Awards 2004. In the past 6
years, Chiva-Som is the only destination
spa to have consistently appeared in the
top three of Conde Nast Traveller
Reader's travel awards. More:
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The slogan for
the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be "One
World, One Dream."
This slogan
"embodies the common aspiration of the 1.3
billion Chinese people in establishing a world
of peace and better future," said Liu Qi,
president of Beijing's Olympic organizing
committee.
The slogan was
chosen from 210,000 proposals in Chinese,
French, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages,
Liu said.
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Travelogic
Leisure website
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Bangkok:
City of Contrast
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the midst of dynamic growth as a fast
paced modern commercial center, Bangkok
manages to preserve its cultural
heritage to a marked degree. The soaring
roofs and gleaming spires of the Grand
Palace and the city's many historic
temples: Temple of the Emerald Buddha,
Temple of Dawn and other shrines present
the visitor with a picture of medieval
Oriental wonder; as in an Eastern
fairytale.
 Metropolitan
Bangkok covers 612 sq mi of southern
Thailand, and is located in the center
of the most fertile rice producing delta
in the world. A network of natural and
artificial canals crisscross the city.
They feed to and from Thailand's
hydrological lifeline, the broad Chao
Phraya River, which winds through the
city providing transport for passengers
and cargo.
More...
Source
= e-Travel
Blackboard
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Qantas
flight to Beijing resume
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Qantas
have announced they are to
resume direct flights to Beijing
from January 2006, almost 7
years after withdrawing from the
destination.
There
will be 3 flights weekly
initially, with a view to
growing to daily within 2 years.
"Travel
between Australia and China has
increase by more than 40% in the
past three years and is expected
to grow by a further 30% in the
next 12 months," Executive
GM, John Borghetti said last
week.
The
upcoming Olympics in Beijing are
also expected to increase
traffic into China significantly
in the years leading up to the
event.
Source
= Travel
Daily
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Money
makes the world go
around...
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We
spend a lot of time
organising our travel, a
lot of energy doing the
travel but what about
the money we need while
travelling.
In
these technologically
advanced times, there
should be no need to
panic about your travel
money needs. We have
compiled a list of
common questions that
may help you demystify
the process. More
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I
started at Travelogic in August 2004
working on the Football Federation
Australia account. When the opportunity
came up for me to head Travelogic's
Group department. I jumped at the
chance. Having worked in group
departments previously I knew it would
be an exciting challenge to start off in
this as yet unexplored territory for
Travelogic.
Originally
from Melbourne, I started my career with
Ansett in 1989 and moved to Sydney in
2000 to work on the Olympics - and I
just didn't go home. I look forward to
making your group/conference travel as
easy as your day to day bookings and
hope we can work together soon.
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The
Editor, Travelogic, Level 11, 15 Castlereagh Street, SYDNEY
NSW 2000 Tel:+61 2 9230 7500
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