Travel Bulletin - 2014-09-01

• From the managing editor
• Ian Mcmahon’s perspectiv­e
• ACCC PROBES ONLINE HOTEL MARKET
• Agents have embraced ATAS
• QANTAS BACK POCKETS HIT
• VTO BUDGET CUTS IMPACT ARRIVALS
• Air Vanuatu evolution unfolds
• TRAVELMANA­GERS UNVEILS NEW BRAND, CLIENT CHARTER AND FINANCIAL GUARANTEE
• GROSS REVENUE BOOM FOR TRAVELMANA­GERS
• SMALLER GROUPS GET BIGGER BOOKINGS
• NO SHUFFLE IN SIGHT FOR TOPDECK
• NORWEGIAN BUYS PRESTIGE FOR US$3 BILLION
• Attracting another 200,000 New Zealanders
• ‘ WE’RE AHEAD OF THE NDC CURVE’ SAYS TRAVELPORT
• WHY AGENTS ARE ‘KINGPINS’ IN THE SERKO MODEL
• AMADEUS ANCILLARY PLATFORM INCORPORAT­ES NDC
• O’BRIEN: AGENTS DOOMED WITHOUT NEW TECH
• CRUISE UPDATE
• QUANTUM LEAP FOR CRUISE INDUSTRY
• P&O PONDERS PACIFIC CRUISE HUB
• EXPERIENCE PERU’S CULINARY SCENE WITH A&K
• COSMOS RE-ENTERS SOUTH AMERICA MARKET
• APT EXPANDS SOUTH AMERICAN GRASP
• NEW DUBAI ATTRACTION­S
• The Wright way of selling Dubai
• HISTORIC SILK ROAD JOURNEY
• A&K’S NEW LUXURY SMALL GROUP TOURS
• MACAU’S SPLIT PERSONALIT­Y ATTRACTS VISITORS
• APARTMENT HOTELS
• CENTARA IN MAURITIUS
• OAKS EXTENDS TO MACKAY

Travel Bulletin - 2014-10-01