Launch your career Air New Zealand has a clear and compelling strategy to drive sustainable, profitable growth across the group. Our New Zealand Distribution & Corporate Sales group is a key pillar in our growth strategy, contributing significantly to our overall operational and commercial ambitions in a competitive market. We’re redefining the way we currently operate to effectively compete, optimise our performance and retain our position as the market leading carrier within New Zealand. We’re committed to “working with the right partners in the right markets”; delivering a seamless journey for our customers and sharing Air New Zealand with the world. We have opportunities in Sales Leadership, Business Performance, and Corporate and Government Account Management. These roles are critical to our success and competitiveness in the New Zealand market place. We are on an incredible journey, making meaningful contribution to Air New Zealand’s global success. Be part of our success story as we grow our presence as a dynamic international airline, servicing gateways across New Zealand and beyond. Click on the interested position(s) below to find out more. We’re seeking great people Distribution & Corporate Leadership • Manager Business Performance - Auckland • Manager South Island - Christchurch Corporate & SME • Senior Account Manager SME - Auckland • Account Manager Corporate - Auckland • Account Manager SME – Wellington Want to be part of a winning team? To find out more visit careers.airnz.co.nz Business Performance • Manager Agency Sales Support – Auckland • Manager Account Support- Auckland • Performance & Alliances Manager - Auckland • Projects & Communications Manager – Auckland Government • Account Manager Government - Wellington Distribution • Sales Manager Agency - Auckland Fri 09 Sep 2016 Issue 3391 Another Great Travel Today Wraparound
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Air New Zealand has a clear and compelling strategy to drive sustainable, profitable growth across the group. Our New Zealand Distribution & Corporate Sales group is a key pillar in our growth strategy, contributing significantly to our overall operational and commercial ambitions in a competitive market. We’re redefining the way we currently operate to effectively compete, optimise our performance and retain our position as the market leading carrier within New Zealand. We’re committed to “working with the right partners in the right markets”; delivering a seamless journey for our customers and sharing Air New Zealand with the world. We have opportunities in Sales Leadership, Business Performance, and Corporate and Government Account Management. These roles are critical to our success and competitiveness in the New Zealand market place. We are on an incredible journey, making meaningful contribution to Air New Zealand’s global success. Be part of our success story as we grow our presence as a dynamic international airline, servicing gateways across New Zealand and beyond. Click on the interested position(s) below to find out more.
We’re seeking great people
Distribution & Corporate Leadership • Manager Business Performance - Auckland• Manager South Island - Christchurch
Corporate & SME• Senior Account Manager SME - Auckland• Account Manager Corporate - Auckland• Account Manager SME – Wellington
Want to be part of a winning team? To find out more visit careers.airnz.co.nz
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Air New Zealand has announced a restructure of its sales team as the carrier moves to meet the changing and more competitive market—including a vital new trade-facing role.“In order to achieve our growth am-bitions from the New Zealand market into the future, we need to re-define the way we currently operate and the way in which the distribution, gov-ernment and corporate sales func-
tion is structured in the New Zealand region,” says Leanne Geraghty, NZ’s regional general manager distribu-tion, corporate and government. “The environment we are currently operat-ing in has changed significantly and is becoming increasingly competi-tive. We therefore need to ensure we are structured in a manner to ef-fectively compete, optimise our own performance and retain our position as the market-leading carrier within New Zealand.”As a result the new-look structure will see five direct reports sit under Geraghty, including the key, newly-created senior manager distribution role.This distribution role will be funda-mental in ensuring an effective and streamlined strategy is deployed across our trade partners, with a particular emphasis on heightening trade engagement throughout the region, adds Geraghty.Other new positions include a man-ager business performance and manager South Island. Meanwhile, Deborah Gyde will continue as senior manager corporate and SME; and Brydie Hill stays on in the senior manager government role, both re-porting to Geraghty.Applications have opened for the new roles and Geraghty says the carrier is working quickly to fill a number of new positions as a result of the change in structure.
Air NZ Announces Restructure
Fiji Roadshow WinnersTravel Directors Tauranga’s Jody Sinkinson and You Travel Ferrymead’s Rosie Still are the two major prize winners of Tourism Fiji’s Roadshow. Sinkinson has won two nights at Trop-ica Island Resort and three nights at Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort; whilst Still has won three nights at Yatule Resort and Spa and a four-night Blue Lagoon Cruise. Both are able to travel with a companion and will fly to Fiji with Fiji Airways.
Cable Car RescueA rescue operation is underway at Mont Blanc’s Vallee Blanche Cable Car after a ride between two mountain peaks came to a halt. AP reports that helicopters managed to rescue 50 people before night fell, but that 60 people are stuck inside and facing an overnight stay. Rescue workers have delivered blan-kets and food to those inside the cars and will stay with them overnight.
No In-flight Charging The Qantas Group, including Jetstar, has placed a ban on passengers who want to charge their new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices in-flight due to fears that the devices might catch on fire. Passengers may use the phones but not charge them in-flight. Uncon-firmed reports say Virgin Australia too has also adopted a similar policy. Samsung has issued a global recall of the device after many have caught fire, some even exploding, as they are plugged in and charging, due to faulty batteries.
Cleared For Take-offAirways New Zealand has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to provide air traffic services for its test and commercial rocket launches from the world’s first private orbital launch site on Mahia Peninsula. Rocket Lab plans to deliver commer-cial payloads into space with up to 100 launches a year.
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Pax Faces 25 Years’ JailA JetBlue passenger was arrested upon arrival in Puerto Rico after set-ting fire to two blankets and trying to burn the control panel in the seat rest of her neighbour during the flight, ex New York. The woman report-edly faces up to 25 years in prison for destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities if found guilty.
Destination NSW is inv iting c o n s u l t a n t s t o A g e n t Q u i z Nights in Auckland (27 Sep) and Christchurch (28 Sep)—and those attending will go into a draw to win a three-night SYD package, fly ing Qantas, and including tickets to a Sydney Opera House event such as Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour Carmen. The Sydney Bridgeclimb, a Captain Cook Cruise, Taronga Zoo includ-ing the ropes course, SKYWALK at Sydney Tower Eye plus restaurant dining experiences at Dockside are also included.The quiz questions are all based on Destination NSW’s latest Sydney in Summer campaign which encour-ages Kiwis to experience a wide range of Sydney events and holiday options. With over 412,000 Kiwi’s visiting the State each year, and worth over $487 million in travel, agents need to keep themselves up to date with what to offer their cli-ents, says the STO. To register for the quiz CLICK HERE.
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Extra MEL-CNS ServicesTigerair Australia is set to fly addi-tional services between Melbourne and Cairns during the peak summer holiday period. The additional 16 flights will provide 2880 extra seats between 17 Dec-11 Jan.
QF’s Latest FaresQantas has a range of fares to UK, Europe, Middle East and North Africa on sale to 05 Oct. Frankfurt is from $1979; Amsterdam from $1889; Paris from $1929; and Dubai from $2281. London is from $1781 economy, from $7415 business and from $14,059 in first class. Select travel dates apply.
G’s Euro Earlybirds G Adventures for the first time has ex-clusive Europe 2017 earlybird deals for Kiwis. Valid to 31 Oct, there’s 15% dis-count on a range of itineraries, such as an eight-day Belgium Beer Tour which includes visiting Trappist monastery breweries in Belgium, and exploring Brussels and Bruges, now from $2294. For those looking for a more active adventure, its eight-day Loire Valley Cycling itinerary, now from $1519, will see clients bike through French markets, vineyards, remote country tracks and more. There’s a week-long rural Croatia trip where clients will live like the locals, walking, biking and sailing in Dubrovnik before retiring to a rustic villa home for the evening. The Local Living Croatia trip is now from $1470. T&Cs apply.
QF UK/Euro ExtensionQantas has extended its current econ-omy and business class fares to UK and Europe valid for sales and ticket-ing until 03 Oct. Travel dates have been reduced in light of its earlybird offer for travel in 2017 to UK/Europe.
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Cruise Promo Packs Cruise Lines International Associa-tion (CLIA) Australasia has released its digital Plan A Cruise Month pack for agents, ahead of its first month-long promotion, set to kick off 01 Oct. Now live on CLIA’s website, the pack has a range of tools to assist agents leverage bookings during the promotional period, including email and social media templates, a selec-tion of cruise images and logos and a customisable release; while from 01 Oct the site will feature links to a range of Cruise Month deals. The promotion will feature four catego-ries over the four weeks, including luxury and expedition cruising, river cruising, cruising from Australia and New Zealand and international cruis-ing. For more, CLICK HERE
Despite recent unrest, the Phil-ippines is growing in popular-ity with Kiwi travellers, and it’s a change in behaviour that could possibly see it overtake the likes of traditional Asia hotspots Thailand and Bali, say industry sources. The Philippines is in the midst of a war on drugs, in which its President Rodrigo Duterte has sanctioned the killing of drug dealers, with more than 2000 people reportedly killed in a matter of months. In addition,
the government has declared a ‘state of lawless violence’ throughout the country to allow for additional se-curity measures following an explo-sion in Mindanao’s Davao City (02 Sep) which killed at least 15 people, prompting the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade up up-grade its travel advisory to extreme risk throughout central and western Mindanao.But the unrest doesn’t seem to be deterring Kiwis, with House of Travel commercial director Brent Thomas saying on the ground operators have reported that the recent issues have taken place in areas not commonly frequented by tourists. “Going for-ward, Kiwis need to be aware of their surroundings wherever they are travelling, but we aren’t anticipating an impact in travel to the Philip-pines due to security concerns at this stage,” says Thomas. He adds that the brand hasn’t seen any cancellations in the leisure market in the past couple of months. Flight Centre also hasn’t reported any cancellations or changes to travel due to the recent unrest, says general manager Sue Matson. “On the whole New Zealanders are quite resilient
Philippines On Up Despite Unresttravellers, so while situations like this certainly make travellers more vigilant, it’s unlikely that we’ll see this impact on those wishing to visit.”Both Thomas and Matson encourage clients to keep an eye on safetravel.govt.nz for MFAT’s travel advisories. Aside from Mindanao, where it is advising extreme risk in the central and western provinces and high risk in the remaining provinces; MFAT says there is some risk to security elsewhere in the country.
. . . Increased VisitationBoth House of Travel and Flight Centre have reported growth in Kiwi visitation to the Philippines, with Thomas saying the VFR and holiday markets have grown by nearly 28% from Jul 2015 to Jul 2016; while Matson says Flight Centre has seen a 15% increase in bookings to the Philippines so far this year. “Tradi-tionally Thailand and Bali have been key holiday spots for New Zealand-ers in Asia, but the Philippines has been growing in recent years—it’s particularly popular among those looking to get off the beaten path and travellers keen on experiencing the warm Filipino culture,” she says.
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Langham Best In NZThe Langham, Auckland has been ac-knowledged as the Best New Zealand Hotel of 2016 at the HM Awards for Hotel & Accommodation Excellence.
Te Manava’s Spa WinFor the second year in a row Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa has walked away from the World Spa Awards (2016) with the Cook Islands’ Best Resort Spa accolade.
Best Sth Pac PropertyPacific Resort Aitutaki has been presented the award for South Pacific Property of the year at the 2016 HM Awards for Hotel & Accommodation Excellence in Sydney.
Shanghai Shopping: Where To Go, What To BuyLike most Kiwis, agents on the famil were keen to pick up some bargains while in Shanghai, and they were spoiled for choice with plenty of options. They include the City God Temple shopping area in Shanghai’s Old Town, a maze of shops selling local handicrafts, snacks, souvenirs and silk. Some shops are open to haggling while others have fixed prices. Master shopper Niki Davies of World Travellers and helloworld’s Barbara Wright-son are pictured in the scenic shopping area. If clients are looking for cheap ‘Nikes’, electronics or a tailored suit that’s whipped up overnight, send them to the AP Plaza Tourist Shopping Mall (take metro line two and get off at the Science and Technology Museum) and tell them to be prepared to barter. And for high street stores like Zara, Nanjing Rd is the place to visit.
If clients have time and are keen to escape the bustling city for a day, suggest they head out to one of the famous historic water villages nearby.The famil group visited the Zhujiajiao Water Village, which took around an hour to reach by road, and on a drizzly Wed afternoon was almost desert-ed—although the towns are generally popular with both tour groups and locals, and can get extremely busy.The town features canals lined with
tiny shops selling souvenirs and snacks, and there’s also the Fangsh-eng or ‘setting fish free’ bridge, where you can buy goldfish to release into the river for luck (apparently they’re fished straight back out again down-stream and resold). Visitors can also pay around RMB80 to hire a boat for a short scenic cruise along the river.Most tour operators will include a trip to a water village, and there are a num-ber of buses from the city that visitors can catch to Zhujiajiao.
NZ’s Shanghai Skycouch A HitFlight Centre’s Bayley O’Rourke managed to nab a Skycouch on Air New Zealand’s Dreamliner flight home from Shanghai, and was excited to experience a product she sells regularly.“Even for someone as tall as me, I was able to lay down comfortably. When my legs were stretched they just went over the seats, but folded and all nice and snuggled it was perfect,” she says. “Couples could easily lie/spoon together. It was nice to just be able to sit cross legged at times too.”It also worked perfectly for the fam-ilies sitting nearby, says O’Rourke, who says she’d highly recommend the option to anyone travelling with NZ. “It’s a much more comfortable journey, not being sat in the same position all cramped up makes such a difference, and the best part is Skycouch is so affordable to upgrade to,” she says. “I arrived at my destination feeling so refreshed, like I haven’t even travelled from half way across the world. Would definitely be a permanent ‘Skycoucher’ from now on!”
Exploring The Venice Of Shanghai
Pictured in the village is: 1 helloworld’s Claire McDonald, Air China’s Rachel Ning, John McGough of CTS and Patricia Xu, Air NZ on the cruise. 2 Niki Davies, World Travellers; Patricia Xu, Air NZ; helloworld’s Claire McDonald; and Air China’s Rachel Ning sample seeds from a lotus pod bought from a street vendor. 3 Jodie Gredig and Toby Chow of Flight Centre sample some local wine. 4 helloworld’s Claire McDonald and Barbara Wrightson with Diana Williams, You Travel Whitianga (centre).
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Ultimate Oz ItinerariesGreat Golf Courses of Australia, Great Walks of Australia, Luxury Lodges of Australia and Ultimate Winery Expe-riences Australia have collaborated to develop a suite of 13 itineraries that bring together some of Australia’s most aspirational holiday experiences, advises Tourism Australia. The itin-eraries have been designed to inspire both trade partners and consumers to start planning ‘the ultimate Australian itinerary’ and feature some of the best golf courses, guided walks, winery ex-periences and luxury lodges through-out the country. See australia.com
With more than 40 itin-eraries across six dif-ferent trip styles, the AAT Kings Australia 2017/2018 brochure is complete with a range of guided holidays, short breaks and day tours, with the company saying it is the most compre-hensive to date. New to its portfolio of In-spiring Journeys, taking clients off the beaten track luxury-style, is the 13-day Inspiring Australia itinerary from Cairns to Sydney, where clients will have the chance to catch the sunset
over Uluru and explore the domes of Kata Tjuta along the way. It is priced from $8550pp t/s. The 2017/2018 pro-gramme also features a range of cultural experi-ences, such as gaining an insight into the life and traditions of The Anan-gu, the traditional own-ers of Uluru and Kata
Tjuta and the surrounding land; or joining an indigenous guide for a walk through the Mossman Gorge, who will identify bush food sources. Managing director Anthony Hayes adds that with Nathan, the son of one of its employees on the Tiwi Islands, as its cover star, ‘this is one brochure that is sure to stand out from the rest’. “We are seeing amazing growth through-out regional Australia by encouraging agent partners to share the real Aus-tralia with us. This year, AAT Kings celebrates its true place in the heart of Australian culture by embracing our amazing team of indigenous workers in the Tiwi Islands. . .”Cl ients who book and pay in full before 28 Nov will save 10%. See aatkings.com
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Van, Plane Collide A van driver had a lucky escape at Hong Kong International Airport after colliding with a Dragonair plane that was taxiing on the run-way. The van reportedly hit into one of the plane’s engines, which subsequently crushed its roof, just inches from the drivers head. There were no injuries to the 295 passen-gers or crew onboard; and another aircraft was deployed to carry out the Penang-bound flight.
EY, JU DonationsEtihad Airways and its strategic partner Air Serbia have donated items of winter clothing, stationary, school bags and food parcels to more than 2000 refugee children and Serbian orphans in Belgrade. The aid package was officially handed over to the Krnjaca asylum centre in the Serbian capital this week, complete with a clown, magician shows and Serbian celebrities; while an EY delegation recently visited the Home for Children and Youth in Sremcica, spending time with children and staff members and donating blankets, cardigans and wheelchairs. The events in Serbia are part of an agreement between EY and the UAE Embassy in Belgrade to provide humanitarian and social support in Serbia.
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Bird Watching FestT he i nau g u r a l Hawai i Is la nd Festival of Birds will launch the Ha-waii Island Coast to Coast Birding Trail 24-25 Sep. Attendees will have the chance to spot a range of species such as the nene (Hawaiian goose and Hawaii’s official state bird), Ha-waii amakihi (honey creeper), iiwi (scarlet honey creeper), io (hawk) and more. There will also be a range of family-friendly activities on offer, guest speakers, birding tours on land and by sea, workshops and an art fair. See hawaiibirdingtrails.com
Hawaiian Chef In NYC The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxur y Collection Resort’s chef Shaymus Alwin is set to become the only chef from O’ahu to appear at New York’s iconic James Beard House—which often hosts chefs from around the world—in 2016. Alwin is preparing to bring a taste of the islands to the Big Apple 09 Sep with his menu of locally sourced ingredients, includ-ing abalone and lobster from Hawaii Island. The dinner is priced at US-D175pp. See jamesbeard.org
Dolphin ProtectionThe Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is supporting a proposed rule by the National Ocean-ic and Atmospheric Administration which would prohibit approaching a Hawaiian spinner dolphin within 50 yards by any means; including commercial swim with dolphins programs. The proposed regulations would be in effect within two nautical miles of the main Hawaiian Islands, and within certain designated waters between Maui, Lanai and Kahoolawe; however, DLNR hopes that will be ex-panded to 200 miles, saying it doesn’t ‘see a rationale for a two-mile limit’. Public comments are welcomed until 23 Oct.
Five-O Ever-popularCBS and Hilton Hawaiian Village have renewed their production part-nership in the Hawaii Five-O televi-sion series, which premieres in Sep for its seventh season. The popular remake features Australian actor, Alex O’Loughlin playing 5-0 chief Steve McGarrett.
Kronfeld Hits The SurfFormer All Black Josh Kronfeld has been showcasing the gentle waves of Waikiki and the annual Duke’s Oceanfest on the Crowd Goes Wild television show. Kro-nfeld got to sample the highlights of Hawaii (including flying HA) and surf Waikiki with some local and international surfing leg-ends. To check it out for yourself CLICK HERE
Aulani Savings ReleasedDisney Destinations has released a new offer for Kiwi travellers staying at its Hawaiian property Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa. Clients who stay four nights or longer 02 Jan-24 Mar will receive a reduced nightly rate. Discounts are 20%-35% off depending on room category and length of stay. In addi-tion, if clients book by 02 Oct, they will also receive one free meal at Ulu Café per person, per night as an extra bonus. The offer is for sales to 03 Oct. Wholesalers have details.
As the winter months in H a w a i i a p p r o a c h — s o do a number of Hawaii’s hallmark sporting events.The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is staged across dates 12 Nov-20 Dec (depending on surf conditions). While the competition is for pro-surfers it’s a great spectator sport and the North Shore comes alive during the events which include the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa, the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach, and the Billabong Masters at Banzai Pipeline. Turtle Bay Resort also offers pack-ages over the Triple Crown period. See vanstriplecrownofsurfing.comFor clients who want to get amongst the action themselves the Paul Mitch-ell Xterra Trail Run World Cham-
pionship is being staged at Kualoa Ranch 04 Dec. The 21km off road race is open to all ages and attracts around 2000 runners from around the globe. There’s also a 10km and 5km run and an adventure walk as part of the event. See xterraplanet.com Also in Dec (11 Dec) the annual Honolulu Marathon is on, again at-tracting thousands of runners from around the globe. It’s the fourth larg-est marathon event and with views of Waikiki and Diamond Head along the track it may be the most scenic. See honolulumarathon.comFor clients looking for a more re-laxed pace, the Wanderlust Yoga Fes-tival is on at Turtle Bay Resort 23-26 Feb. The wellness event features yoga and meditation, musical performers, top chefs and wellness speakers. For more, see wanderlustfestival.com
Free Yoga At Embassy Clients staying at Embassy Suites Waikiki Beach can enjoy a free one-hour yoga class on the resort’s Grand Lanai or practice in the privacy of their own suite with a new yoga channel. The basic yoga flow classes are taught by a certified instructor and take place three times per from 0700-0800, taught in both English and Japanese; while the in-suite channel is available 24 hours.
