Brown tips Queenstown growth for Emirates’ passengers
BTN News
Monday, May 20, 2013
Barry Brown, vice president Emirates Australasia flew to Queenstown last week for his first taste of the resort’s world-renowned scenery and experiences.
Judith Crompton has been promoted to the newly created role of chief commercial officer for Virgin Australia, responsible for alliances, network, revenue management and sales across domestic and international routes.
Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa, Queensland, Australia has appointed two new business development managers for newly-created positions servicing the conference and events market.
Evi Knoeckel and Kerry Fowler will look after corporate business in both domestic and foreign markets as well as supporting the resort's strategy to tap emerging markets such as India and China.
The inaugural Offshore Technology Conference OTC Asia 2014 (OTC Asia) will take place from 25 - 28 March 2014 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.
Research conducted by Reed Travel Exhibitions reveals 77 per cent of buyer respondents who attended last year’s China Incentives, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (CIBTM) said they regularly use social media as an events communication tool and 50 per cent intend to begin implementing virtual meetings technology within the next 12 months.
Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park plans to build Australia’s most comprehensive exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history, using state-of -the-art interactive technologies, drawing on artefact collections across the globe and involving traditional owners from around Australia.
The B787 is back in the air, but now as well as facing calls for compensation for the planes' three-month-plus grounding due to battery issues and for late delivery, India's Air India has decided to ask for higher compensation from Boeing because - it says - the B787 is not as fuel efficient as the plane maker claims.
South America's Latam Airlines Group has reported operating income of US$114.2 million for the first quarter of 2013, a 149.8 per cent increase compared to the US$45.7 million pro forma operating income in first quarter 2012.
Evolving partnerships between airlines in Europe and the Middle East are delivering significant new options for international air travellers, including reconnecting markets no longer served by European carriers, James Hogan, the president and chief executive of Etihad Airways says.
Singapore Airlines recorded 0.8 per cent year-on-year growth in April 2013 in system-wide passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometres), while capacity (measured in available seat kilometres) grew by 3.2 per cent. As a result, passenger load factor (PLF) fell 1.9 percentage points to 77.8 per cent. The number of passengers carried increased by 1.1 per cent year-on-year to 1.5 million.
Evi Knoeckel and Kerry Fowler will look after corporate business in both domestic and foreign markets as well as supporting the resort's strategy to tap emerging markets such as India and China.