Spending Saturday in the office? Let KarryOn entertain you for a few minutes before you log into the GDS with a wrap of the news stories that made headlines in travel this week.
Before we get into the juicy stuff, be sure to stretch your fingers and warm up your mobile phone because Sunday is the world’s first ever relay on Instagram – #helloworldRELAY.
A number of destinations, tour operators and bloggers will take part in the relay by posting images that capture countries, cities, people and places.
Kicking off early Sunday in Samoa – the westernmost point of the earth – the relay will run for 36 hours, ending in the Cook Islands at sunset.
Other destinations participating in the relay include New Zealand, Fiji, Peru, Kenya, Oman, Monaco, Thailand, South Africa and Singapore.
Over at helloworld’s competitor, Flight Centre, the agency group’s MD Graham Turner revealed the company is in the market to buy five new companies.
Keeping tight lipped about which business Flight Centre is in negotiations with, Turner said he expects the purchases could cost up to $50 million.
In the airline industry, Cathay Pacific revealed it would increase operations out of Australia with an additional flight to and from Adelaide.
The move will see the airline increase its capacity on the Hong Kong to Adelaide route by 52 percent, bringing the total number of seats up to 2,500 per week.
Meanwhile, Virgin Australia’s CEO John Borghetti received a huge bonus this year as a thank you for decreasing the carrier’s losses.
An annual report revealed Borghetti earned some $2.84 million during the 2014/15 financial year – up from $2.776 million the prior 12 months.
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Have a great weekend, rest up and see you next week.
KarryOn team
