Articles tagged “flight centre”

Business Travel

Flight Centre Travel Group Exec on What’s Next for AI: ‘We’re Continuing to Invest’

Flight Centre has deployed several AI projects, but it's just scratched the surface.

Justin Dawes | 4 days ago

Flight Centre Travel Group Exec on What’s Next for AI: ‘We’re Continuing to Invest’

Travel Agents

Travel Agency Giant Flight Centre Notches Record Revenue

For Flight Centre, key risks to continued growth include the pace of business travel recovery and the execution of productivity initiatives. If airfares drop in price, it will be crucial to shift to a higher-margin product mix.

Sean O'Neill | 3 months ago

Travel Agency Giant Flight Centre Notches Record Revenue

Travel Agents

Flight Centre Is Closing Its Gogo Vacations Unit

Flight Centre wanted to cut a money-losing division and refocus on a higher-end luxury client. RIP Gogo Vacations.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Flight Centre Is Closing Its Gogo Vacations Unit

Experiences

Married Yet Solo: More Women Are Traveling Without Their Plus-Ones

A growing trend of married older women traveling solo points to a broader societal shift of lifestyle choices as travel companies adapt to this diverse demographic with tailored and safe experiences.

Selene Brophy | 11 months ago

Married Yet Solo: More Women Are Traveling Without Their Plus-Ones

Business Travel

U.S.-Australia Business Travel Jump Seen – Here’s What’s Driving It

Business travel may finally return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, and a boost in flight connectivity is helping.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

U.S.-Australia Business Travel Jump Seen – Here’s What’s Driving It

Experiences

TourRadar Adds 2 Partners for Organized Adventure Tours

Some experiences can take place in a day. Others need at least a week. It requires complex travel planning, but the adventure far outweighs these challenges, which is why TourRadar wants to extend its travel product reach to more travel companies, especially online travel agencies.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

TourRadar Adds 2 Partners for Organized Adventure Tours

News Blog

Flight Centre Appoints New Lead For U.S. Corporate Traveler Division

Flight Centre Travel Group has appointed John van den Heuvel as president of its Corporate Traveler USA Division, as the company places significant focus on growth in the region. Van den Heuvel will lead the company's newly opened Corporate Traveler's headquarters in Bryant Park. Before his appointment, Van den Heuvel was president of the group's…

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Business Travel

Flight Centre Results Show Shift Back to Corporate Travel

Flight Centre is seeing a potential shift in client demographics as more than half of its new account wins for corporate travel were previously unmanaged companies.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Flight Centre Results Show Shift Back to Corporate Travel

News Blog

Nexion President Elected New ASTA Chair at Puerto Rico Convention

The American Society of Travel Advisors elected Nexion Travel Group President Jackie Friedman as its new chair for 2023-2024. ASTA elected Jackie Friedman, president of Nexion Travel Group, as its new chair. Source: Nexion Travel Group Friedman replaced Marc Casto, who served as board chair for the past two years. Friedman's post likewise has a…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines Riles Travel Agents With Insistence on Changes to Airfare Sales

Even after the American Society of Travel Advisors weighed in with a plea to delay the removal of 40 percent of airfares from traditional retail channels by eight months, the carrier has confirmed there’ll be no 11th hour reprieve. All the travel industry can do now is brace itself.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

American Airlines Riles Travel Agents With Insistence on Changes to Airfare Sales