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Bad Weather Means Interest in Holiday Hot Spots

Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 2:51 pm | Flight Centre

A nationwide flurry of bad weather and freezing temperatures has created a rush of interest in travel to the tropics, according to a leading travel retailer. Flight Centre retail leader Jude Evans said the chain was set for a busy June, with the ... More >>

New Zealand Out-Travelling Australia

Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 1:27 pm | Flight Centre

New Zealanders now take almost twice as many international trips per person as Australians, according to newly released travel statistics based on departure cards from both countries. More >>

Competition Between Pacific Islands Heats Up

Friday, 12 May 2006, 12:18 am | Flight Centre

The competition for New Zealand travellers in the Pacific is heating up, with Samoa and the Cook Islands the big winners in the first part of the year, according to New Zealand’s largest travel retailer. More >>

New Zealand Experiencing ‘Golden Age’ In Travel

Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 5:03 pm | Flight Centre

The steady fall in international airfare prices over the past 12 months is further evidence that New Zealand is experiencing a “golden age” of international travel, according to the country’s largest travel retailer. More >>

The Least Common Reason for Business Travel

Monday, 10 April 2006, 5:26 pm | Flight Centre

The results of a recently published survey conducted at Sydney Airport have revealed most business travel is based on sharing knowledge or creating new alliances rather than increasing revenue. More >>

Travel Agent Welcomes New Direct China Route

Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 3:38 pm | Flight Centre

The announcement of a direct Air New Zealand service from Auckland to Shanghai has been welcomed by one of New Zealand’s largest travel agents. More >>

Flight Centre Limited Completes US Acquisition

Friday, 31 March 2006, 5:09 pm | Flight Centre

FLIGHT Centre Limited has acquired a Chicago-based corporate travel management business to enhance its global FCm Travel Solutions network. More >>

NZ Families Have Tough Decision On Travel Times

Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 12:29 am | Flight Centre

New Zealand families continue to face the dilemma of what time of the year to travel. More >>

NZ Companies Struggling in Corporate Well Being

Monday, 27 February 2006, 11:42 am | Flight Centre

Despite calls by Government for a greater focus on work-life balance, most organisations are still not doing enough to promote staff well being, according to this year’s winner of the Best Places to Work (large workplace category). More >>

Mid-Air Mobiles? NZ Business Happy To Switch Off

Monday, 23 January 2006, 4:03 pm | Flight Centre

New Zealand business travellers are happy to be able to leave their mobile phones switched off when flying, despite moves in Europe to extend their reach to aircraft in mid-flight, according to corporate travel specialist FCm Travel Solutions. More >>

Travel Warnings Need Overhaul: Travel Specialists

Monday, 16 January 2006, 12:30 am | Flight Centre

Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advisories are in need of some immediate improvements and should move further in line with Australia, according to both a leading corporate travel management specialist and one of New Zealand’s largest travel retailers. More >>

What’s Hot In 2006

Friday, 6 January 2006, 1:47 pm | Flight Centre

Dubai will be the big winner in terms of New Zealander’s travel preferences in 2006, according to one of New Zealand’s largest travel retailers. More >>

Flight Centre Number One For Service

Friday, 23 September 2005, 3:34 pm | Flight Centre

The key to a good travel consultant is great service, and Flight Centre can now officially boast some of the best service standards in the country, after cleaning up at this year’s round of Westfield New Zealand Retail Awards. More >>

Travel Retailer Slams Fuel Surcharges

Thursday, 25 August 2005, 12:49 am | Flight Centre

New Zealand’s largest travel retailer is speaking out against the continued separation by airlines of fuel surcharges from the main body of their fares. More >>

Price War Good News For Consumers

Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 5:06 pm | Flight Centre

One of New Zealand’s largest travel retailers is welcoming the latest price war between airlines, reiterating the need for ongoing choice in the skies and its flow-on benefits for consumers. More >>

The Next 'Step' In Corporate Fitness

Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 10:50 am | Flight Centre

That is how the general manager of one of New Zealand’s leading travel retailers is describing the company’s latest group fitness initiative. More >>

Polynesian Blue Welcomed by Travel Agent

Thursday, 14 July 2005, 5:32 pm | Flight Centre

The announcement that Virgin Blue offshoot Polynesian Blue will now be flying to Samoa has been welcomed by one of New Zealand’s largest travel agents. More >>

New Zealanders Lead Thailand Tourism Resurgence

Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 1:28 pm | Flight Centre

New Zealand travellers are proving hardier than their international counterparts as the number of New Zealanders heading to Thailand continues to grow, despite a major downturn in total tourist numbers travelling to the Southeast Asian nation, ... More >>

Cievents Takes Off

Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 5:21 pm | Flight Centre

ONE of New Zealand’s most successful conference, incentive and event management companies is introducing their new brand into the market as part of Flight Centre Limited’s global consolidation of its $1.5 billion-a-year stable of business travel brands. More >>

Travel Insurance Policies Not All The Same

Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 9:49 am | Flight Centre

Travellers should check the fine print in their travel insurance before they even book their travel, warns New Zealand’s largest travel retailer. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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