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ITA Airways’ loyalty program VOLARE launches Status Match campaign
Volare, ITA Airways’ loyalty program announces the launch of its Status Match campaign, dedicated to frequent flyers outside Italy. This initiative allows members in foreign markets with loyalty program status from 19 airlines to directly access one of the higher Clubs of the Volare program and its exclusive benefits, depending on their current status. Additionally, frequent flyers who request and receive approval for a Status Match will be awarded 10,000 qualifying Volare points. The Volare Status Match campaign runs from today to August 19, 2024, and is open to all Volare members who registered with a residence address outside of Italy. To participate, members must: · Be member of the Volare program or Volare AVVENTURA. · Hold a frequent flyer card from one of the 19 airlines in the list at a level higher than the entry level of Volare. · Not have participated in previous Volare Status Match campaigns. Volare is designed for maximum simplicity and flexibility in earning and spending points. The program features four Exclusive Clubs: Club Smart (entry-level), Club Plus, Club Premium, and Club Executive, each offering various benefits such as extra baggage allowance, priority boarding and check-in, and dedicated customer service. Through commercial partnerships, Volare offers a wide range of services and products from ITA Airways and its partners. Members can earn points with every purchase on ITA Airways flights and through airlines partners or commercial partners services, allowing them to upgrade to higher Clubs and enjoy even more premium services. The advantages increase with status, both in terms of multipliers and services. Launched in March 2022, Volare now features over 2,1 million members worldwide. The program is built on the values of Freedom, Personalization, Choice, and Connection, offering a dynamic and taylor-made experience for members. Volare has over 30 commercial partners from the hospitality, mobility, and finance sectors, and 10 airline partners, including Aerolineas Argentinas, AeroMexico, Air Europa, Air France, Delta, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines (MEA), Virgin Atlantic, and Saudia. There is a strong focus on the international development of the program: currently, 36% of Volare members are international members, with the USA, Brazil, France, and Argentina as the top four foreign markets. Among the other recent developments this year is the launch of a new subprogram called "Volare AVVENTURA," dedicated to children aged 2 to 16, which is joining the corporate and SMEs subprograms available to Volare members.
ITA Airways launches new Rio de Janeiro – Rome nonstop daily flight
ITA Airways launched its nonstop service between Rio de Janeiro and Rome. The inaugural flight, AZ 673, connecting the two cities departed at 3.45 p.m. from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão airport and was operated with the Company’s Airbus A330neo, a benchmark in terms of technology, digitization, innovation, efficiency, design, and ultimate expression of Made in Italy. To celebrate the launch of the new intercontinental route connecting Brazil and Italy, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the departure gate in Rio de Janeiro, in the presence of Emiliana Limosani, Chief Commercial Officer ITA Airways and CEO Volare, Pierfrancesco Carino, Vice President International Sales ITA Airways, Massimo Allegri, Regional Manager Americas ITA Airways, Andrea Taddei, Country Manager Brazil ITA Airways, Alexandre Monteiro, Chief Executive Officer Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport, Alessandro Cortese, Ambassador of Italy to Brazil, and Massimiliano Iacchini, Consul General of Italy in Rio de Janeiro. ITA Airways' expansion on long-haul is one of the main pillars of the Company’s strategy, as it not only generates profitability but also increases short haul connections, helping to expand the capacity of the intercontinental network. “I am very happy to be here today to inaugurate our new nonstop flight from Rio De Janeiro to Rome. This is the third long haul destination we are opening in 2023, a year that marks ITA Airways' greatest growth in the intercontinental market after the opening of Washington and San Francisco in the summer season. - said Emiliana Limosani Chief Commercial Officer of ITA Airways and CEO Volare - Our goal is to become the carrier of reference for the mobility of Italians. Our network’s development has a strong focus on those markets where the customers’ demand is higher and where there is a strong presence of the Italian community. Today with the launch of the Rio De Janeiro – Rome route we have taken a step forward towards this goal.” added the CCO. “The Rio de Janeiro destination is not only playing a strategic role for business and cargo traffic but is also further strengthening our expansion in South America, a favorite holiday destination for Italians and home to millions of people of Italian origin. With an average of 21 weekly roundtrip flights between Brazil and Italy, connections are guaranteed for all those wishing to travel between the two Countries”. With the launch of the new nonstop flight, ITA Airways will operate 14 weekly flights between Rio de Janeiro and Rome, which will add to the 28 weekly flights already connecting São Paulo, Brazil's most populous city, to the Italian capital. This will bring the total number of weekly flights between Brazil and Italy to 42 while ITA Airways connections between South America and Italy rise to 56 weekly flights including the 14 weekly flights from Buenos Aires. The new nonstop connection cements ITA Airways role as undisputed leader in terms of direct traffic between South America and Italy and confirms the Company is the preferred carrier for the many Italian and local communities in Brazil and Argentina who choose its blue liveried aircrafts to feel 'at home' from the moment they step on board. From Rio ITA Airways passengers can fly to the main destinations in Brazil, Chile e South America thanks to SPA agreements with LATAM and GOL. Courtesy of the codeshare agreement with Azul, they can access, via São Paulo, Brazil's most important domestic destinations such as Cuiabá, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Recife, Santos Dumont. In addition to these agreements, partnerships with Avianca and Aerolineas Argentinas offer ITA Airways travelers a wide choice of destinations operated in South America via the Miami and Buenos Aires hubs. To support the launch activities for the new non-stop Rio de Janeiro-Rome flight, the photographic exhibition “The Map of Connections: Rome and Rio de Janeiro between history, culture and great passions”, exploring the interconnections between the two cities in the fields of history, culture, and sport, will be premiered today in collaboration with ANSA, the first Italian information Agency, at the Italian Consulate in Rio De Janeiro. In the current winter season ITA Airways will operate 52 destinations including 17 domestic, 23 international and 12 intercontinental. The new intercontinental destinations, Rio de Janeiro and Malè (Maldives) add to the flights already operated to New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and New Delhi. Tickets for all the new flights can be purchased through the ITA Airways sales channels, on the official ita-airways.com website and via the company's call center, travel agencies and airport ticket offices. “The Map of Connections: Rome and Rio de Janeiro between history, culture and great passions” On the opening of the new air route between Rome and Rio de Janeiro, ITA Airways in collaboration with ANSA presents the photographic exhibition "The Map of Connections," an exhibit highlighting the cultural, artistic, and sporting interconnections between the two cities. The exhibition focuses on exploring the interactions between Rome and Rio de Janeiro, revealing how these two cities have always found similarities and influenced each other over the years. The goal is to offer authentic insight into the cultural connections between these seemingly distant cities. From Roman Carnival to the parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambodromo, from the Film Festival to the catwalks of Roman haute couture, from culture to sports-with a focus on the challenges of the national soccer teams up to the Rio Olympics-the shots in this exhibition capture moments of great cultural, artistic, and historical relevance, highlighting the shared influences between the two cultures, in a constant parallelism with ITA Airways' innovation and vision.
Financial check: A quarterly analysis of the major GDS players
This month, three of the major GDS providers in the industry - Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport, released their quarterly reports, all of them denoting an upward trend and recording considerable profits. Here's the rundown of the number, and what this means for the rest of us: Amadeus Revenue increased 4.6% to EUR 3,683.8 million, EBITDA grew 8.6%, to EUR 1,588.0 million In the Distribution segment, travel agency air bookings grew 2.4% to EUR 444.8 million In IT Solutions, Passengers Boarded increased 13.8% to EUR 1,397.3 million Travelport Net revenue increased 2% to USD 623 million Travel Commerce Platform revenue increased 2% to USD 598 million Beyond Air revenue increased 14% to USD 193 million, contributing 32% of Travel Commerce Platform revenue (Q3 2017: 29%); eNett net revenue increased 58% to USD 86 million Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by 13% to USD 83 million Sabre Third quarter revenue increased 7.7% to USD 970.3 million Travel Network revenue rose 10.7%; bookings grew 7.7% Airline Solutions revenue increased 1.1% Hospitality Solutions revenue grew 3.1% Cash provided by operating activities increased by 9.2% to USD 194.4 million Comparison at a glance SABR TVPT AMS Revenue growth (in %) 7.7% 2% 4.6% Net income increase (adjusted EBIDTA) 4.3% 2% 8.6% Free Cash Flow increase by 17.5% -24% 1.7% Cash from operating activities increased by 9.2% -13% 4.6% Growth drivers While Amadeus's results in the third quarter continued to be negatively impacted by the USD / Euro exchange rate fluctuation, it was to a lesser extent than in the first two quarters of the year. Luis Maroto, president and CEO of Amadeus, attributed the growth to new contracts and said: “We signed or renewed distribution agreements with 11 carriers, including Aerolíneas Argentinas, Norwegian and Porter Airlines, amounting to a total of 35 for the first nine months of the year. We also increased our customer base on our Airline IT business, with carriers such as Bangkok Airways signing up for the full Altéa Suite." He also said that the rollout of the Guest Reservation System (GRS) with InterContinental Hotels Group is almost complete, with over 95% of its hotels already migrated. This along with the acquisition of TravelClick (as announced in August) will be a significant driver of growth for their hospitality business in the near future. Gordon Wilson, president and CEO of Travelport, commented: “The continued strong performance of Beyond Air, driven by our virtual payments business eNett, helped us overcome the more challenging market and customer environment we anticipated for the second half of the year." He highlighted the major growth factors as their ongoing focus on the efficiency of the cost base, commercial wins and the ongoing investments in the key areas viz. travel content; search, merchandising and shopping capabilities; and mobile, data and payments solutions. Travelport made history by becoming the first GDS to transact the booking of flights using IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) API protocol. These initiatives will contribute to the onboarding of new business next year, alongside the continued growth of eNett. "We benefit from a transaction-driven business model with recurring revenue driven by continued volume growth at our customers across the travel ecosystem," said Sean Menke, Sabre president and CEO. He also said they are "winning in the marketplace" and their third quarter air booking share gain of over two points is a testimony to that. Key markets While the Asia Pacific and North America continued to be fastest growing regions for travel agency air bookings for Amadeus for the first time its bookings in Western Europe declined, impacted by the industry weakness and the slippage of market share at some European mid-size online travel agencies and increased competition in the market. Travelport consolidated its position in India by concluding long-term deals to distribute the content of Air India and Jet Airways, in both cases as the preferred distributor and their our exclusive distribution contract with IndiGo. This will give them additional advantage in India and key markets beyond it.
Latin Routes concludes roadshows and announces two fam trips
Latin Routes has concluded it South America travel agent roadshow. Latin Routes roadshow The event was themed around a summer BBQ and took place at three rooftop bar venues in Manchester, Birmingham and London. Across the roadshow more than 150 travel agents enjoyed fun and informative training, including a marketplace where agents met directly with a selection of Latin Routes’ suppliers. Each evening finished with a prize draw, with agents winning a variety of prizes, including an 8-night holiday to Chile and free room nights at luxury hotels in South America. At the Sky Bar, Grange Hotel, London event, head of trade relations and co-founder of Latin Routes, Jessica Bain, announced two agent fam trips in October 2017. The first fam trip, co-sponsored by TAP Portugal, will see agents discover the sights of Brazil including Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls, Amazon Rainforest and the beaches of Buzios. The second, co-sponsored by national airline Aerolineas Argentinas, will see agents travel to the stunning region of Patagonia in Argentina, starting in Buenos Aires and travelling on to Bariloche and El Calafate. Each fam trip has 10 spaces available, some of which can be won through a competition Latin Routes is running later in the year, in conjunction with Online Travel Training (OTT). Jessica Bain said: “The roadshow has been a fantastic showcase designed to educate agents on how to sell South America, but we understand there is nothing better than going yourself. That’s why we are so excited to announce our two fam trips for 2017, which we hope demonstrates our commitment to sending as many agents to South America as possible. Including the prize winners from our roadshows, over 30 agents will have the opportunity to travel to South America with us in 2017.” The roadshow events took place in Manchester, Birmingham and London on the following dates: Tuesday 4 July 6pm: Rooftop of Great John Street Hotel, Manchester Wednesday 5 July 6pm: Terrace of Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham Monday 10 July 6pm: Sky Bar, Grange Hotel, Holborn, London Visit: https://www.latinroutes.co.uk/roadshow17/
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