Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific

This last weekend wreaked significant disruption on thousands of people travelling into the United States, following President Trump's 'Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals' on 27-Jan-2017. The Executive Order impacts the ability of citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days and suspending the admission of all refugees for 120 days.

A complaint to Australia's competition watchdog could have an impact on corporate airline contracts, with the airlines' fare rules under attack.

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE issued a call, in Dec-2016, to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for "urgent enforcement action" to ensure that the airline industry is compliant with the Australian Consumer Law. The group issued a formal complaint to the ACCC, identifying the most "problematic" terms in the Conditions of Carriage and Fare Rules, as well as problematic application of airlines' policies and remedies.

A complaint to Australia's competition watchdog could have an impact on corporate airline contracts, with the airlines' fare rules under attack.

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE issued a call, in Dec-2016, to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for "urgent enforcement action" to ensure that the airline industry is compliant with the Australian Consumer Law. The group issued a formal complaint to the ACCC, identifying the most "problematic" terms in the Conditions of Carriage and Fare Rules, as well as problematic application of airlines' policies and remedies.

The business travel environment continues to change rapidly. Experts believe the industry has entered a new era, characterised by technology and social networks. For corporates, the new reality, dubbed 'Travel 3.0', requires significant changes in policy, process and technology.

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the increasing use of technology by corporate travellers and their travel managers. In Part 2, as the corporate travel industry remains focused on connectivity, we look at emerging technology entering the market and what steps are being taken to offer solutions to increasingly demanding corporate travellers and their travel managers.

The business travel environment continues to change rapidly. Experts believe the industry has entered a new era, characterised by technology and social networks. For corporates, the new reality, dubbed 'Travel 3.0', requires significant changes in policy, process and technology.

Corporate travel 1.0 was the birth of business travel, marked by the growth of travel management companies, in-house travel managers, formal travel policies and corporate deals. This era of travel was dominated by global distribution systems (GDSs), which were effectively the only link between suppliers and buyers.

On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration and as Britain confirms its 'hard Brexit' strategy, the global airline industry body IATA released the results of its global Airline Business Confidence Survey - January 2017.

In late Dec-2016 Etihad and Lufthansa surprised the airline industry by announcing a codeshare agreement on specific routes. A month later, the Italian daily newspaper Il Messaggero has speculated Etihad could now be looking to invest in Lufthansa - a considerable leap from the cooperation agreement announced just before Christmas 2016.

The Italian newspaper reported, without citing sources, that executives from both Etihad and Lufthansa have for several weeks been considering the possibility of Etihad buying a 30-40 % stake in Lufthansa through a sale of new shares to the Abu Dhabi based airline, as a precursor to a merger.

It's that time of the year again with many airlines holding further 'new year' sales to stimulate demand and fill empty seats.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 13-Jan-2017 announced important changes to the management of parliamentarians' travel expenses in the wake of the resignation of Health Minister Sussan Ley after revelations of leisure and private business activities during her taxpayer-funded official trips.

Mr. Turnbull's commitment to reform of MPs' travel spending came amid revelations of other apparent misuse of travel budgets by Cabinet colleagues.

From early 2017 Air Canada and Virgin Australia introduce a tidy new partnership. Virgin Australia receives improved access to Canada - a market its existing JV partner Delta can't sufficiently cover from their shared Los Angeles gateway.

While Virgin gets access to Canada, Air Canada in turn receives access to Australia and New Zealand via Virgin's Australian east coast hub cities, which popular with Canadian tourists in their own right.