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Articles tagged “flight centre”

Tour Operators

Australia’s Flight Centre Bolsters Online to Complement In-Store Sales

Flight Centre's recovery is on track as its results for the first half of the 2023 financial year show a thriving leisure market performance five times bigger than a year ago.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Australia’s Flight Centre Bolsters Online to Complement In-Store Sales

Business Travel

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management Staffs Up Anticipating Busier Times

The agency is pretty confident business travel will take off this year, and clearly doesn't want to miss out by not having enough staff to help travelers handle the inevitable disruptions.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management Staffs Up Anticipating Busier Times

Travel Agents

How Australian Travel Agency Flight Centre Is Building Luxury Revenue 

Tour operator Scott Dunn might be a small company compared to its new parent company Flight Centre Travel Group. Still, it punches well above its weight in the luxury travel segment, especially in the U.S., where Flight Centre lacked a luxury presence.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

How Australian Travel Agency Flight Centre Is Building Luxury Revenue 

Tour Operators

Flight Centre Travel Group Moves Upscale by Buying UK Tour Operator Scott Dunn for $150 Million

The Australian group is turning to the U.S. for its next phase of expansion, but interestingly thinks the best avenue for that is through a British luxury brand.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Flight Centre Travel Group Moves Upscale by Buying UK Tour Operator Scott Dunn for $150 Million

Travel Agents

The Problem Flight Centre Is Having With Flights

The global tourism recovery is starting, but the Australian travel agency that came to be 40 years ago on airline bookings feels left out, being stuck with carriers reducing their commissions and a population still reluctant to book overseas vacations like they did in 2019.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

The Problem Flight Centre Is Having With Flights

Airlines

Airlines Tweak Schedules Toward Leisure Routes as One-Day Business Trips Falter

Was the one-day business trip ever the smartest decision on so many levels?

Jamie Freed and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 1 year ago

Airlines Tweak Schedules Toward Leisure Routes as One-Day Business Trips Falter

Travel Agents

American Express Travel Is Right on Point for Certain Millennial Travelers

The American Express Travel website and mobile experience won't win user experience awards. But it may have something better for cardmembers — private fares, other negotiated deals, perks and points redemption.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

American Express Travel Is Right on Point for Certain Millennial Travelers

Business Travel

Qantas May Exclude Some Agencies With New Exclusive Lower Fares

Australia's flag carrier is telling travel agencies to either sign up, or lose out, as its breakaway distribution strategy enters a new phase.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

News Blog

Flight Centre’s Agency Supergroup Adds Business Specialists

Flight Centre Travel Group’s new invite-only agency member group has expanded. Link Travel Group, which Flight Centre owns the majority of — alongside Goldman Group and Spencer Group of Companies — launched in May this year. The joint venture aims to combine forces of individual agencies to leverage buying power, while providing access to its…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Airlines

IAG’s Avios Points Push and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, IAG is seeking more customers for its Avios currency, U.S. companies are substantially cutting business travel budgets and Hilton is again pushing sustainability to its corporate clients.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

IAG’s Avios Points Push and Other Top Stories This Week