| Gold Coast operators attending the Flight Centre Travel Expo last weekend also took the opportunity to catch up with New Zealand travel trade and media representatives. At the lunch in Sale St, Auckland (from left) Narelle Eichorn, Outrigger; Kathie Maddox, Air New Zealand; Shelly Reilly, Village Roadshow Theme Parks and Attractions. | |
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Business Events Australia new GM - Penny Lion |
Tourism Australia has appointed Penny Lion to the position of general manager, Business Events Australia. Lion has extensive experience in the Business Events industry, having held a variety of senior management positions, most recently as general manager, UK/Europe for CiEvents. She helped establish CiEvents as a significant contender in the UK events industry and her experience includes the development of event and marketing strategies and strategic stakeholder management.
Lion will be responsible for leading the development of Tourism Australia’s global Business Events strategy and the delivery of business-to-business programmes that promote Australia as a destination for business events. |
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Emirates set to expand NZ service |
Emirates will boost capacity on its Auckland-Melbourne-Dubai service from Monday, August 2 with a change of aircraft type on the route. The airline will replace the current Airbus A340-500 operation with the latest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, complete with new lie-flat business class seating and private suites in first class, as well as 1,200 channels of on-screen information communication and entertainment. The change will mean an extra 672 seats per week being available in each direction.
'We are keenly awaiting the extra capacity and aircraft upgrade,' says Emirates New Zealand manager Chris Lethbridge. 'We have been experiencing very high load factors for some time and forward bookings are strong. The larger aircraft will be particularly welcome in a few months time when large numbers of New Zealanders are looking to attend the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington, the 150th running of the race.'
He says the same aircraft switch would occur at the end of the year on the Auckland-Brisbane-Dubai route. Emirates’ other Auckland service, via Sydney to Dubai, is operated by an Airbus A380 superjumbo.
The Boeing 777-300ER will operate in a three class configuration with eight first class, 42 business class and 304 economy class seats. The aircraft type already operates on Emirates daily service out of Christchurch. Emirates recently announced that it had ordered a further 30 Boeing 777-300ERs, in addition to the 71 it has in service or previously ordered.
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Seabourn sets scene for 2011-12 |
 | The Yachts of Seabourn revealed its new 2011 - 2012 programme during a presentation to travel agents at the Auckland Club on July 27. Seabourn international sales manager Marshall Livingston says the 2011 world cruise on the vessel Sojourn and the 2012 world cruise on Quest are highlights, while new product includes a seven day round trip from Dubai, a Canada - new England excursion on Sojourn and a 14 day north European cruise on pride. Seabourn has also launched a new agents incentive - each time an agent books a Seabourn cruise between now and September 30 they go into the draw to win a free cruise on Odyssey out of Europe in November. Meantime, clients booking on a Seabourn Cruise, with new reservations and deposited before September 15 2010 will receive a $US200 onboard credit per suite.
Marshall Livingston (left) and Joe O'Sullivan, Cruise World at the Auckland function | |
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Sofitel launches ipad application - Kiosk |
Sofitel Luxury Hotels brand ihas launched its own iPad application called The Kiosk. The Kiosk serves as an interactive press review, offering a selection of daily newspapers and magazines on economics, sports, fashion and lifestyle. Guests staying in the most prestigious Sofitel suites and locations in four major European cities – Paris, London, Munich and Brussels – are provided with iPads during their stay.
Guests choose from a selection of six newspapers and magazines for each of the six selected countries: France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United States. Le Monde, The Wall Street Journal, El Pais, The Financial Times, Die Welt, Vogue and l’Officiel, ( a French fashion magazine with archives dating back to 1920) are just some of the titles available for easy browsing by users.
Sofitel intends to enhance its offering by providing press selections from more countries and expanding the service across its entire network worldwide for guests in its most prestigious suites, as well as gradually adding new services to the application. |
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Thailand holds up despite difficulties |
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In spite of the sharp declines in arrivals during the political crisis months of May and June 2010, international visitor arrivals to Thailand in the first four months of this year were still high enough to give the country a 13.70% increase in total arrivals in the first half. Figures tabulated by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports in January-June 2010, showed total arrivals by nationality of 7,515,025 up from 6,609,313 or up 13.70%. This is because arrivals in the first half of 2009 had been hit by the impact of the global financial and economic crisis prevailing at the time, making this year’s rate of increase relatively high over a low base figure. It also reflects the fact that while arrivals to Bangkok were significantly affected, arrivals to Phuket remained relatively buoyant. As the arrivals in June and July 2010 have picked up significantly, thanks to the launch of recovery programmes and a broad range of promotional packages, Tourism Authority of Thailand is optimistic that it will still be possible to meet the year’s total arrivals target of 14.5 million arrivals. |
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