Tourism marketing leader Scott Schult has been named Head of Strategy at Orange142, a demand generation and digital advertising company that is part of Direct Digital Holdings. In this newly created role, Schult will help Orange142’s sales, account management, and marketing teams construct a more strategic approach to client outreach, retention, and production innovation. Schult…
Oman Air at World Travel Market London 2022
Oman Air, the national airline of the Sultanate of Oman, is at the World Travel Market (WTM), the leading international travel event, from 7 to 9 November 2022 at ExCel London. Joining Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, the airline will be showcasing its products and services to major global players in the travel and…
Garuda Resumes Nonstop Flights From Melbourne To Bali
Garuda Indonesia has announced that on 10 December 2022 will resume its service from Melbourne to Bali. Just three weeks after announcing it will resume flights between Melbourne and Jakarta, the new route will begin with a single weekly return flight. GA719, an Airbus A330-300 flight out of Melbourne, will land at Bali’s Ngurah Rai…
China Airlines Reintroduces Flights To Brisbane And Auckland
China Airlines’ flights between Auckland, Brisbane, and Taipei have resumed, with three flights per week from October to December, increasing to five flights per week from January to March next year. The airline has been serving the Taipei–Brisbane–Auckland route for over a decade. Currently, it provides passengers with three weekly flights on Tuesday, Friday, and…
NCL to pay commission on NCFs to Travel Advisors
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) will pay travel advisors/agents commission on non-commissionable fares (NCFs). NCL is the first major contemporary cruise line to compensate travel advisors on NCFs for reservations booked outside of the 120-day window. The payment of NCFs will come into effect on 1 January 2023 for new reservations made 120 days prior to…
Airlines In The United States Report Record Profits
The three largest U.S. airlines had a great summer, making over $2 billion in profits as Americans flocked to fly, although airfares are far higher than the previous year. On Thursday, American Airlines reported a quarterly profit of $483 million, thanks to record-breaking revenue that more than offset increasing fuel costs. American forecast that even…
Visit San Antonio appoints Travel and Tourism Marketing as its UK representative
Visit San Antonio has appointed Travel and Tourism Marketing as its first UK Representative Office, effective immediately. They will be looking after all aspects of travel trade, media, and consumer marketing activity in the UK and are especially excited that San Antonio will be the host city for IPW in 2023. Marc Anderson, CEO at…
Rail Europe appoints Bjorn Bender as new President & CEO
Rail Europe has appointed Björn Bender as President and CEO. Björn, a mobility expert with 20 years’ experience in the sector, will be bringing his rail expertise, customer centricity and spirit of innovation to the company. Before joining Rail Europe, Björn was Head of Innovation, Research and Incubation at SBB, prior to which he led…
Alaska Airlines Customers Can Now Earn Miles With Lyft
Alaska Airlines has sweetened the deal for becoming a part of their Mileage Plan family when the airline announced this week a new partnership with Lyft. Taking trips to the airport, getting to your family Thanksgiving, or to that party on New Year’s Eve will all be rewarded, helping you travel even further than your…
KQ travellers stranded as pilots start strike
Flights hit as KQ pilots strike talks with Murkomen drag. Several scheduled flights were on Friday cancelled as Kenya Airways (KQ) pilots vowed to begin a strike today on claims the airline’s management failed to address their grievances. A crisis meeting between the Kenya Airline Pilots Asociation (Kalpa) and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Mukomen yesterday…