The lowdown, Down Under
Planning a trip Down Under? The Australian Visitor Centres App is available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. The app provides the sort of information only the locals know, starting with the location of more than 400 accredited Visitor Information Centres across Australia.
Along with specials deals, and downloaded maps, the app highlights attractions, galleries, bush walks and nature-based experiences, golf courses and dining options.
The Australian Visitor Centres App will tell you all you need to know when visiting Australia. Photo Credit: Ian Jarrett
For road warriors touring regional Australia the app also provides road warnings, locates the nearest petrol or EV charging stations, ATMs, campgrounds, hospitals, public showers and laundromats.
Going with the Ying’nFlo in Wanchai
Langham Hospitality Group new brand Ying’nFlo is aimed squarely at young urban travellers. The first property in the brand has opened in Hong Kong’s Wanchai district, with a second planned for Xiamen. The brand’s all-in-one mobile app is designed to allow online reservations, room keys and messaging.
Brett Butcher, CEO, Langham Hospitality, calls Ying’nFlo “a bold colourful canvas for the younger urban travellers, at an affordable price that will appeal to a generation that has grown up with digital”.
Ying’nFlo’s bold colourful canvas for younger urban travellers
Sabre, BCD unite in the travel ecosystem
Sabre and BCD Travel have expanded a long-term technology agreement and will jointly invest and collaborate on advanced solutions across the corporate travel ecosystem. BCD said extending its long-standing partnership with Sabre would allow it to streamline its distribution technology footprint and “simplify operational, technical and future development infrastructure”.
“This agreement is in line with our strategy to improve our agility, flexibility and responsiveness in a shifting environment,” said BCD Travel CEO and president John Snyder.
Vibe arrives in Australia from the UK
Vibe, the UK-based company that specialises in booking technology for the travel industry, has hired Australia-based Graham Whyte as a business development manager to lead its expansion in the Asia Pacific. Recently working as regional commercial manager at Sabre, Whyte’s travel industry experience, includes senior positions at Travelport and Virtuoso in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Vibe empowers customers to cross-sell, up-sell, and increase margins on bookings that reached over two million globally in 2019.
Travelport still onboard with Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines has signed off on a new multi-year renewal agreement with Travelport, which will increase travel agent and customer access to Malaysia Airlines’ flight and travel communications worldwide. In the expanded multi-source content agreement, Travelport customers will also be able to access the airline’s future New Distribution Capability (NDC) content via Travelport+, Travelport’s next-generation travel retailing platform.
