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Incident won’t deter Kiwis Heading to Ice
Sunday, 25 November 2007, 1:56 pm | House of Travel
House of Travel’s Adventure Travel company says despite the incident over night involving GAP’s ship the MS Explorer, it is extremely safe to travel to Antarctica. Ian Collier, Adventure Travel Christchurch owner operator says he has no hesitation ... More >>
Travel Greater Drawcard than Buying a House
Monday, 12 November 2007, 11:54 am | House of Travel
12 November 2007 - A recent Australian study shows young Australians classified as part of Generation Y, are less likely to own a home and more likely to owe money in larger proportions than their parents and grandparents. More >>
Kiwis not Cancelling despite AB Loss
Monday, 8 October 2007, 12:10 am | House of Travel
House of Travel is seeing no cancellations to travel plans as a result of the All Blacks’ shock loss to France yesterday. More >>
New Role At House Of Travel
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 11:56 am | House of Travel
House of Travel (HOT) announced today that Kevin Kenrick has accepted the role of chief executive officer; a new role New Zealand’s largest privately owned travel company has created. More >>
Domestic Travel Ready for Shake Up
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:35 am | House of Travel
House of Travel is nothing but supportive of Pacific Blue's domestic expansion plans, following the media announcement in Wellington this morning. Brent Thomas, retail director for the House of Travel referred to the proposed plans as both timely and ... More >>
Being Good Pays Off
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 2:56 pm | House of Travel
House of Travel was selected by Prime Minister Helen Clark to receive the inaugural Prime Minister's Social Hero Award at the Robin Hood Social Hero Awards held at the weekend. More >>
Being good pays off
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 12:51 am | House of Travel
House of Travel was selected by Prime Minister Helen Clark to receive the inaugural Prime Minister's Social Hero Award at the Robin Hood Social Hero Awards held at the weekend. More >>
House Of Travel Collects NetGuide Award Again
Friday, 11 May 2007, 11:59 am | House of Travel
Last night at the NetGuide Web Awards, House of Travel's website was awarded the "Best Travel Site" sponsored by ACP Digital. More >>
NetGuide Award Two Years Running
Friday, 11 May 2007, 9:43 am | House of Travel
Last night at the NetGuide Web Awards, House of Travel's website was awarded the "Best Travel Site" sponsored by ACP Digital. The category description rates houseoftravel.co.nz as "the best site providing an aspect of travel services and information. This may ... More >>
Customer Complaints Drive Change
Sunday, 22 April 2007, 3:08 pm | House of Travel
Customer criticism as a result of confusion has led House of Travel to amend their booking website to now display all flights inclusive of taxes and surcharges. More >>
Online bookings being felt
Monday, 5 March 2007, 3:16 pm | House of Travel
A report recently released in Australia shows travel agents will feel the heat of people booking online in the future. More >>
Air NZ announcement on flights to Vancouver
Friday, 23 February 2007, 10:46 am | House of Travel
"It is a fantastic move by Air New Zealand to start flying directly into Vancouver and one that will be well received by the New Zealand public. Not only will it encourage more Kiwis to explore Canada and North America, it will be a significant boost to ... More >>
Big Kids' Kite Day To Help Mercy Hospice Auckland
Monday, 12 February 2007, 11:09 am | House of Travel
The second annual Big Kids' Kite Day, organised by House of Travel Parnell and Orbit Corporate Travel Auckland, is a special family day to raise much-needed funds for Mercy Hospice Auckland. More >>
Air NZ's Fare Decrease Good News For Consumers
Friday, 19 January 2007, 3:17 pm | House of Travel
Air New Zealand's announcement that it will cut domestic airfares by up to 15% is great news for consumers, says House of Travel. More >>
Virgin Galactic Appoint First Space Agents in NZ
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 9:56 am | House of Travel
Virgin Galactic has appointed the House of Travel Group exclusively as their New Zealand 'Accredited Space Agent' endorsed to sell seats on Virgin Galactic spaceflights, due to launch in 2008. Together with Virgin Galactic, House of Travel, whose tagline ... More >>
Australia’s Largest Show Beckons Kiwis
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 10:07 am | House of Travel
Kiwis are invited to ‘experience the real Australia’ with the release of special travel packages for next year’s famous and iconic event, the Sydney Royal Easter Show. More >>
HoT Appoints Strategic Destination Managers
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 11:11 am | House of Travel
House of Travel's wholesale arm Travelplan has recently created new 'destination manager' roles that provide a more strategic focus for each destination group. David Fordyce, managing director of Travelplan, says it was a need to become more 'customer-centric' ... More >>
Tonga Riots
Friday, 17 November 2006, 12:50 am | House of Travel
House of Travel's retail director Brent Thomas said they had run reports and they had 30 people there and 31 booked to travel in the next seven days. Contacting customers in Tonga had proven extremely difficult with telecommunication issues in Nuku'alofa. More >>
Record Numbers of Cantabrians Book for UK Europe
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 12:03 am | House of Travel
Cantabrians flocked to the House of Travel UK and Europe Expo in Christchurch on November 5 and made a record number of deposits for European holidays. Despite recent statistics from market data company Asmal showing a decline in the number of Kiwis ... More >>
Kiwis still travelling to Fiji
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 10:39 am | House of Travel
House of Travel retail director Brent Thomas is confident that the recent military activity in Fiji will not scare travellers off. More >>