One dead, two injured in balloon crash
- BTN News
- Monday, 31 October 2016
A British tourist has died and two others were injured in a hot air balloon crash in South Africa.
Expedia to mesh HomeAway results
- BTN News
- Monday, 31 October 2016
Online travel agent (OTA) Expedia plans to integrate its subsidiary HomeAway's vacation rental inventory on its core OTA sites before the end of the year.
UAE to build hyperloop
- BTN News
- Monday, 31 October 2016
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is investing in a Hyperloop link between Dubai and Abu Dhabi that will transport commuters between the two emirates in about 15 minutes.
The two cities are more than 150 kilometres apart.
13 not-so-unlucky agents ‘treated’ to a Walt Disney World Resort mega famil
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
Earlier this month, the winners of Disney Destinations, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Australia’s 'Not-So-Scary Halloween Mega Fam' flew from Australia and New Zealand to Florida for six nights at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
The agents spent six days exploring the 40-square miles of Walt Disney World Resort including visits to all four world-class Theme Parks: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.
Qantas modernises logo ahead of B787 entry
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
Australian airline Qantas will update its iconic Kangaroo logo as part of preparation for the B787 entering its fleet a year from now.
The change is only the fifth time the red-and-white image on the tail of its aircraft has been updated since it was first introduced in 1944. The last update was in 2007 to coincide with the introduction of the A380 to the carrier’s fleet.
Amadeus inks DerbySoft deal
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
A new partnership between travel IT firm Amadeus and DerbySoft will enable hotels – big or small - to distribute their content to most metasearch engines and popular on line travel agents (OTAs) through their existing connection to the Amadeus GDS. Additionally, independent hotels represented in the GDS under Amadeus’ representation company, Amadeus LinkHotel, will benefit from this connection and connect to a wider audience.
Qantas unveils B787 specs
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
Australia’s Qantas has unveiled what customers will see and experience when it takes delivery of new B787 aircraft in a year’s time.
The jets will seat 236 passengers across business, premium economy and economy cabins in a layout that has been designed to maximise comfort for the longer distances the 787-9 is expected to fly.
Swiss politicians move on 'OTA stranglehold' contracts
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
Two Swiss politicians are out to combat what they call “on line travel agent (OTA) stranglehold contracts” with one of them also championing a commission-free national OTA.
Nigeria promises to fix forex problems
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
Nigeria's minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has appealed to foreign airlines that have threatened to suspend flights from Abuja because of the scarcity of foreign exchange and dwindling passenger traffic to reconsider their decisions.
SAS moves to Mobility Access
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is now using SITA's wifi service Mobility Access, giving its employees access to 57 million hotspots in 120 countries.
China Barometer highlights changes
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
The 2016 China Business Travel Survey (the Barometer) shows average growth for travel and expense (T&E) budgets in China in 2016 was 4.86 per cent, consistent with 4.8 per cent growth in 2015, and also with the 4.42 per cent that had been anticipated in the 2015 survey.
Spirit 'thinking smaller'
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
USA-based Spirit Airlines is changing its strategy under new ceo Bob Fornaro and thinking smaller.
Flybe seeks new ceo
- BTN News
- Thursday, 27 October 2016
The UK's Flybe Group says Simon Laffin, its non-executive chairman, will take over as executive chairman while a new ceo is sought after ceo Saad Hammad stepped down.
