Get set for Travel IQ, a new one-day conference that celebrates the business of travel. It's at The Langham, Sydney, on October 24 and features a dynamic program packed with the leaders of Australia's More ...
November 9, 2017: Best Western Australasia (BWA) has embraced a new positioning statement – ‘Wherever Life Takes You, Best Western Is There’. The tagline underpins the brand’s current brand campaign in the Australian and New Zealand markets, emphasising the phenomenal reach of the hotel and resort group, which has more More ...
November 2, 2017: Best Western Australasia (BWA) today confirmed that SureStay, its new ‘white label’ economy hotel brand, is coming to Australia and New Zealand. Head of Commercial Steve Richards says fruitful discussions are under way with a number of hotels and anticipates the first property will go live in More ...
October 6, 2017: Odysseus Solutions today announced that luxury operator Crystal Cruises and river specialist Uniworld have become the latest major cruise lines to offer live booking through its industry-leading distribution and booking platform. Crystal Cruises, Crystal Yacht, Crystal River, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and U by Uniworld are now More ...
Sept 28, 2017: Livn, Asia-Pacific’s leading aggregator of instantly bookable tour and activities product, today announced the appointment of travel industry heavyweight Mark Rizzuto as Chief Executive Officer while company Founder Steve Martinez has been named Chief Commercial Officer. More …
September 26, 2017: Kristy Edwards has been promoted to Senior Revenue Manager at Best Western Australasia, managing a team of four that works across its properties in Australia and New Zealand. They’ve been having great success boosting performance at a range of properties leading to increased demand from Best Western More ...
September 7, 2017: Best Western Australasia continues to evolve and today welcomed two excellent new properties in Western Australia to its hotels and resorts network. “It’s fantastic to see properties of this calibre joining Best Western – it’s testament to the exciting brand evolution and repositioning we’ve undergone over recent More ...
September 6, 2017: Amadeus travel agents can now seamlessly book 19,000 global tours and activities in real-time thanks to a ground-breaking integration with Livn initially covering the Australia and New Zealand markets The connection between the Livn tours and activities database and Amadeus Selling Platform Connect has just gone live More ...
August 8, 2017: The lift in standards across Best Western’s hotel network in Australia and New Zealand has continued with a record 54% of its properties being rated four stars or above by consumers on TripAdvisor and awarded a coveted Certificate of Excellence for 2017. It is the third consecutive More ...
Miami, July 26, 2017: New products and a desire to stay ahead of the curve is propelling the rapid expansion of travel technology company Odysseus Solutions, which today announced it is employing another 20 software developers, software and support engineers. Founder Monish Luthra said extra staff is needed to ensure More ...
Georgina Williams, Best Western July 11, 2017: Highly regarded hotel executive Georgina Williams has joined Best Western Australasia as Brand Development Manager with responsibility for growing the group’s profile and presence in Australia and New Zealand. “My main role is to bring new members into the Best Western More ...
June 9, 2017: Rapid international tourism growth combined with excellent corporate and government demand propelled Best Western Australasia to a strong result for the year to March 31. Leading the charge were international guests buying BWA’s ‘Hotel Pass’, sales of which rose 35% over the previous year, the best for More ...
May 23, 2017: Some of the world’s greatest river cruises are now available through Odysseus Solutions – the cruise industry’s leading booking engine – following successful integrations with APT Travel Group (including Travelmarvel) and AmaWaterways. More …
April 26, 2017: Asian cruising is powering ahead with passenger numbers doubling in the past four years to 3m+ but regional agents are missing a major sales opportunity through a lack of automation – a scenario cruise tech company Odysseus Solutions is out to change. Odysseus, exhibiting at Digital Travel More ...
March 7, 2017: Exciting times ahead for two of Australia’s most respected travel industry events, No Vacancy and TRAVELtech, which have been acquired by National Media from founder Martin Kelly, who also publishes TravelTrends.biz. More …
Sydney, Sept 23, 2016: Fantastic speakers and a provocative program anchor the latest edition of TRAVELtech - Australia's leading online travel marketing, distribution and technology event – which returns to Sydney on Tuesday, September 27. There's also excellent networking with 200+ delegates registered and plenty of time built into the More ...
Oct 12, 2015: Just a couple of days until TRAVELtech returns to Sydney this Thursday with a compelling program based around the theme ‘Disruptive Influences’. The agenda features more than 25 of travel’s most innovative companies – including several global disruptors – while excellent networking is also guaranteed with strong More ...
Lots of fresh faces and innovative companies feature in the first round of speakers for TRAVELtech Australia, which returns to Sydney on October 15, 2015 This year's theme is 'Disruptive Influences' with the fast-moving, issues-based event anchored by a compelling agenda exploring the seismic changes rocking the travel world and beyond. Where: Sheraton on The Park When: Thursday, October 15 Bookings: AUD499 More ...
- Focused, issues-based event at Pullman Auckland on June 25- TRAVELtech - Australasia's leading online travel, distribution, digital marketing and tech event - is coming to NZ for the first time on June 25, featuring a program packed with online industry leaders from New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Speakers include More ...
Feb 10, 2015: No Vacancy Australia is returning bigger and better than ever to Sydney on March 26, the conference anchored by a punchy, issues-based program with 19 expert speakers confirmed and more on the way. This year's theme is 'The Big Squeeze' and the day will feature analysis, presentations, More ...
Sydney, Sept 30, 2014: Entries are now open for the 2014 TRAVELtech Web Awards which recognise the best of the Australian travel web. The big prize is Website of The Year and there'll be a number of other awards including Most Innovative, Best New Site and, for the first time, More ...
Media Release September 17, 2014 - Great Speakers, Topical Program, Early Bird Ends Friday – More ...
Media Release August 18, 2014 Time is running More ...
A powerful speaking line-up has been revealed for the No Vacancy Bali accommodation industry conference at the W Seminyak on August 29, 2014. Based around the theme ‘Growing Pains’, the fast-paced one-day event features speakers from Starwood, IHG, Accor, Google, Expedia, Pop! Hotels, TripAdvisor, Mantra Group, HotelsCombined, Booking.com, Komune Hotels, More ...
Tune Hotels CEO Mark Lankester, HotelClub President Nicolas Chu, Wotif.com CEO Scott Blume, Toga Hotels CEO Rachel Argaman and Baillie Lodges co-Founder James Baillie are just a few of the fantastic speakers taking centre stage at No Vacancy Australia in Sydney on March 26. Others include Rob Anderson, CEO Best More ...
Media Release, 14 November, 2013 No Vacancy, Australia’s leading accommodation industry conference, returns to the Sheraton on The Park in Sydney on March 26, 2014. As ever, it will be a focussed one-day event revolving around a strong program with entertaining, influential speakers. There’ll also be great networking through the More ...
Media Release, 19 Sept 2013 A small Australian online business, Rome2Rio.com, has beaten out a strong field including some of the world’s largest websites to win the TRAVELtech GlobalCollect Website of the Year for 2013. Rome2Rio.com is a multi-modal search engine – which displays air, rail, bus and ferry transport More ...
Media Release, Sept 5, 2013 Get ready for a new, improved and expanded version of TRAVELtech in 2013, which will be staged over two days instead of the traditional one in Sydney on September 12 & 13. This year the first day - the new day - will be all More ...