Articles tagged “flight centre”

Tour Operators

Tour Operators Are Travel’s Last Big Sector Ready for Digital Transformation

The tour operator sector feels like the hotel industry of yesteryear. With billions in market value hiding in plain sight, it seems primed to have its decade of intense innovation.

Tony Carne, Skift | 4 weeks ago
Tour Operators Are Travel’s Last Big Sector Ready for Digital Transformation

Business Travel

Flight Centre Rolls Up Rivals in a Strategic Partnership Targeting Business Travelers

A coalition of sorts, Link Travel Group is either a sign there’s more than enough pent-up demand to go round, or that these competing agencies see safety in numbers. Either way, it’s an interesting take on the post-Covid, travel-selling business model.

Matthew Parsons | 2 months ago
Flight Centre Rolls Up Rivals in a Strategic Partnership Targeting Business Travelers

Business Travel

Corporate Card Startup Ramp Turning Travel Manager After $750 Million Funding

New York-based Ramp has signed a string of agency, co-working space and ridesharing partnerships, but it looks like venture capital firm General Catalyst may be pulling the strings and driving its debut into travel management.

Matthew Parsons | 3 months ago
Corporate Card Startup Ramp Turning Travel Manager After $750 Million Funding

Business Travel

Business Travel Agencies Face Dilemma Keeping Russian Ties Active

There seems to be an obligation to carry on working with partners in the country, but relationships may now be kept at arm’s length as the war in Ukraine continues.

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago
Business Travel Agencies Face Dilemma Keeping Russian Ties Active

Business Travel

Corporate Travel Agencies Scramble With 11th Hour Evacuations Over Ukraine War

Global travel management companies are navigating new travel restrictions that include combat zones and closed airports as they organize emergency evacuations in Ukraine and beyond.

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago
Corporate Travel Agencies Scramble With 11th Hour Evacuations Over Ukraine War

Business Travel

Corporate Travel Giants Flight Centre and CTM Seek Government Contracts

These two global agencies’ 2022 fiscal, first-half results signal the importance of winning public sector business in the years ahead.

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago
Corporate Travel Giants Flight Centre and CTM Seek Government Contracts

Travel Agents

Flight Centre Confronts Airline Commission Cuts

Flight Centre Travel Group is a global travel agency so it should be able to handle Air New Zealand and Qantas getting around to slashing travel agent commissions two decades after Delta Air Lines kicked off the trend in the U.S. It won't be without some pain, however.

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago
Flight Centre Confronts Airline Commission Cuts

Tourism

Australia to Reopen to Double-Vaccinated Tourists From February 21

Now the hard work gets underway to rebuild its tourism industry.

Renju Jose and Jamie Freed, Reuters | 5 months ago
Australia to Reopen to Double-Vaccinated Tourists From February 21

Business Travel

Remote Workers Prompt Adventure Tour Operators to Switch Up Itineraries

Great news for destinations that can now welcome tourists who want to immerse themselves, rather than just tick off a box. At least until their next Zoom meeting, that is.

Matthew Parsons | 6 months ago
Remote Workers Prompt Adventure Tour Operators to Switch Up Itineraries

Travel Agents

Travel Agents Under Pressure as Omicron Variant Fears Prompt More Border Closures

Nervousness around traveling is starting to take hold, and travel consultants will be on the frontline this week coping with customers worried about their winter plans.

Jamie Freed and Chen Lin, Reuters | 7 months ago
Travel Agents Under Pressure as Omicron Variant Fears Prompt More Border Closures