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HAVE YOU TICKED OFF SOUTH AMERICA’S TN-AA LAX Combo BIG FIVE from NZD1399+tax AMAZON Los Angeles GALAPAGOS MACHU PICCHU IGUAZU FALLS RIO DE JANEIRO Tahiti Auckland CLICK HERE Incorporating Tabs on Travel Wednesday 07 December 2016 Issue 3453 Low fares at peak times Get Involved Says TAANZ New Pill For Flyers? Kiwi Travel To QLD TAANZ is encouraging agents, and British Airways is reportedly agencies, to get behind the Travel developing an ‘ingestible sensor’, or Agent Awareness Week by sharing digital pill, that, once swallowed by Just Keeps Growing the #TAANZ, #TravelAgents and passengers, would relay information Despite increased competition from 11 to 12 nights, show the IVS #TravelAgentAwareness hashtags on about how their body is coping to the Kiwi travel to Queensland contin- statistics. social media this week. cabin crew on board. Reports say the ues to grow—off a significant base, “New Zealand is our major western “Spread the word, make it daily news, pills would detect when the passenger and the STO is thrilled with the market and our second biggest inter- join the campaign,” says TAANZ com- needs a drink of water or a blanket, latest arrival figures released today. national market—so to continue to munications manager Emmy Hanrah- if they are feeling nervous and even Tourism Research Australia’s interna- have this growth is fantastic,” says vis- an, who adds that so far participation if they are hungry. The pill would be tional visitor survey statistics for the iting Tourism and Events Queensland is ‘more than what we could have wrapped in silicone and would pass year ending 30 Sep show New Zealand director of western markets Ross hoped for given the very short prepa- through the digestive system within arrivals to Australia were up 3% to Gregory. “With so much activity and ration time we’ve had’. one to two days. Hmmm? 1,215,000 arrivals—and while nation- competition out there these are very TAANZ is backing the campaign, wide length of stay was down 4.3% pleasing results. New Zealand is sec- which originated in the US, in a bid JQ’s Nov OTP At 81% to 15.3 million nights—Kiwi spend ond only behind China.” to highlight the benefits of booking An average of 81% of Jetstar’s jumped 5% to AUD2.7 billion. The latest figures put the Kiwi market through an agent. domestic A320 flights departed on- Looking at the Queensland figures firmly on track to meet the ambitious time in Nov, and the carrier operated the trend continues. New Zealand 2020 growth targets, adds Gregory. 6 Pages This Issue 99.4% of all scheduled flights for the month. For peak flights on the main holiday arrivals to the state for the News..............................................p1-4 trunk routes, on-time performance year ending 30 Sep were up 6.2% to . Dispersal Up Tourism Fiji ..................................... p5 435,000. Kiwi market spend jumped In addition to an increase in Kiwi Jetstar ............................................... p6 averaged 91% on Auckland-Christ- 11% to AUD591.9 million. The aver- arrivals, stay and spend—the STO is church, 73% on Auckland-Wellington age length of stay also increased reporting growth in dispersal for the and 87% on Wellington-Christchurch. Kiwi market. More New Zealanders are taking advantage of the direct flights into the likes of Cairns and the Hawkes Bay Art Deco Festival Sunshine Coast and heading beyond 16-20 February small group tours the gateways, says Gregory. for mature travellers . Capitalising The STO is now looking to capitalise Auckland on its sustained growth from the Napier, Hawkes Bay Send me mature New Zealand market with Taupo the launch of its new campaign, a free which Gregory says is a significant Lake Taupo Cruise brochure Get Lost departure from its past approaches Auckland IN in New Zealand. For more details on the new thinking, and pics from today’s launch see tomorrow’s issue of Travel Today. 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