Virgin Australia (VAH) has finally killed off its low-cost carrier Tigerair Australia, according to multiple media reports. The carrier, which has been grounded since late April, was originally going to be mothballed by VAH and resurrected when travel recovered post-COVID. But in a customer email obtained by Yahoo Finance, Tigerair Australia yesterday confirmed it will no longer […]
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Georg Ruebensal, Managing Director, Expedia
As Managing Director Expedia ANZ, Georg Ruebensal has overall responsibility for Expedia’s businesses in Australia & New Zealand, with full P&L ownership and strategic direction. Part of the original launch team for Expedia.com.au in 2005, Georg moved into an regional APAC role in 2006, setting up the Expedia Inc. operations (for all three brands) for […]
BridgeClimb brand to continue under new owners
The BridgeClimb brand will live on under new owners Hammons Holdings who won recently won commercial climbing and tourism rights for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. BridgeClimb is the incumbent company and its contract expires at the end of September. In mid-August Hammons Holding bought BridgeClimb’s assets and today confirmed the iconic brand would continue, appointing Scenic […]
Anthea Hammon, Managing Director, Scenic World; Director Hammons Holdings
Anthea Hammon, who is speaking at Travel IQ 2018, is the Managing Director of Scenic World, a third-generation family business which has been operating in the Blue Mountains for over 70 years. As Australia’s most visited privately owned tourist attraction that welcomes over one million visitors annually, Anthea has led the company through a strong period of growth and […]
Accor CEO Sebastien Bazin says business travel down 10% long term
Accor CEO Sebastien Bazin believes business travel will “never return to the new normal” and that in the long term corporate numbers likely sit around 10% less than they were pre-COVID. Short term, until mid-2021, he estimates business travel will be down 25% to 30%. “Longer term, my expectation is going to be it will […]
Geoff McGeary, Founder, Australian Pacific Touring
The McGeary family have owned Australian Pacific Touring – APT – since it was founded as De Luxe Motors in 1927 when Geoff’s father, Bill, built a bus body on a tray truck to cover part of the tram route during a tram strike in Melbourne. The company made steady progress until 1961 when Bill […]
Travel back to (almost) normal by 2024
Macquarie Research has brought forward its travel industry recovery profile by 6-9 months due to the rollout of global vaccines in its latest analysis of the Flight Centre business. “We forecast 85% Total Turnover Value recovery (of pre COVID-19 levels) in FY24 (FY21: 30% recovery, FY22: 55%, FY23: 75%), with more emphasis expected on domestic […]
👉 Smart Tourism, Selfbook and Klarna
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. The application phase for the FutureTravel Pitch Competition closes this week and to be honest I’m looking forward to review all applications next week! If you know someone who should apply, you are still on time to forward this e-mail. Continue reading for […]
Sembo, Hopper, FlixMobility 🚌
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Before we head off for the weekend, let’s dive into this week’s overview of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups. Here we go: FlixMobility has acquired US-based Greyhound, the largest provider of long-distance bus transportation in the US. […]
Etihad, Airalo, TripActions 💫
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. We are taking the time to plan what’s ahead for FutureTravel as well as hosting our first FutureTravel Summit. Exciting times! Read until the end to see our new speaker announcement for our online event on November 24th. And here […]
🔥 Booming of Air Taxis + Funds for Travel
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. In case you missed it: last week we launched an exclusive report for our readers featuring a curation of the top 30 travel events around the globe. This free report has been published in partnership with TravelPerk (yay!) who makes business travel easier with a simple […]
Report: Top 30 Travel Events Around the World ✈
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. In this week’s edition of the FutureTravel newsletter, I’m excited to share with you that we started a partnership with TravelPerk, who – just like us – are thrilled to see the travel industry catching up again and ready to see […]
Are Spaceflights the next big thing? 🚀
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. I’m sure most of us still remember the big wave of layoffs in the travel industry when the pandemic hit. Now the industry is recovering and it’s time to rehire staff. Is your CV ready? Domestic travel has seen new heights during the past […]
Opening Europe & Risking Tokyo Olympics 💭
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. We are all witnessing the travel industry reinventing itself, but some companies like to take a more proactive approach: Amadeus has launched Nextwave, a startup incubator to stay on top of new opportunities for their business to go beyond retail and operating tools. […]