BUSINESS TRAVEL, AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS
Avelo Airlines | January 19, 2023
On January 18, 2023, Avelo Airlines reported strong booking trends before the much-awaited introduction of the airline's base at Wilmington Airport (ILG). This launch will take place on February 1, and from that date onwards, the company will offer nonstop flight services to Florida from the most convenient location in Delaware Valley.
Andrew Levy, Chairman and CEO at Avelo Airlines, said, "With 14 days to go, we are very encouraged by the initial demand from across the four-state Delaware Valley region. We are seeing strong booking trends across all five Florida destinations Avelo will serve from Wilmington. It is clear there is a lot of excitement about the convenient, affordable and reliable service Avelo is bringing to the region."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
With Avelo's ILG base opening in two weeks, the airline plans to provide nonstop flights to five popular destinations in Florida: Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, and West Palm Beach. In addition, Avelo will run a special inaugural flight on February 1 from Wilmington to Orlando International Airport (MCO), the busiest and most convenient airport in Central Florida, to mark the opening of its ILG base.
The company will begin by placing one Boeing Next-Generation (NG) 737 at ILG along with 35 Crewmembers (employees), including pilots, aircraft technical operations and maintenance, airport customer service, flight attendants, and supervisors.
In the United States, Avelo now offers service to 34 locations. By operating on overlooked routes to underserved communities across the nation, the airline has ushered in a new era of choice, convenience, and competition in air travel.
About Avelo Airlines
Founded in 2020, Avelo Airlines was established with a simple goal - Inspiring Travel. Through its Soul of Service culture, the airline keeps people at the heart of everything, allowing customers to save time and money, avail low everyday fares, and experience refreshing convenience. Avelo operates a fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft and serves 34 popular locations across the United States, with five bases: Tweed-New Haven Airport in Southern Connecticut (HVN), Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles (BUR), Orlando International Airport (MCO), Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), and Wilmington Airport in the Delaware Valley (ILG).
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TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
Mondee | January 31, 2023
On January 30, 2023, Mondee Holdings Inc., a next-generation marketplace driven by technology that enables growth in a $1 trillion sector of the travel market, introduced an innovative affiliate program named Mondee Affiliate Network.
As the travel industry recovers from the pandemic's impact, Mondee acknowledges the need for a new approach to assist travel affiliates, agencies, and experts in resolving their growth challenges. The Mondee Affiliate Network is a unique program created to help gig workers, travel experts, and agencies thrive in the flourishing experiential travel market.
Driven by Mondee's advanced technology, the program offers affiliates an exclusive arrangement with enhanced revenue opportunities and tools to expand their product line-up, increase profitability, and remain competitive in an ever-changing market. In addition, this model benefits suppliers, experts, and travelers. Suppliers will receive efficient management for closed user group content and targeted distribution. At the same time, experts and travelers will gain exclusive access to a broader range of products and improved revenue opportunities on travel content such as hotel stays, airfare, and ancillaries.
Prasad Gundumogula, Chairman, CEO, and Founder at Mondee, shared, "We are excited to introduce the Mondee Affiliate Network, a cost-effective solution for travel agencies, experts and affiliates looking to recover from the pandemic and become more competitive in the ever-changing market." He added, "The program creates an exclusive relationship between Mondee and its customers, accelerates Mondee's market share penetration immediately into the air and hotel industries and positions the company as a leading provider of complete travel content and experiences to travel agents and affiliate groups globally."
(Source – GlobeNewswire)
About Mondee Holdings, Inc.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin (Texas), Mondee Holdings, Inc. is a group of notable travel service, technology, and content companies bringing disruptive innovation to the leisure, corporate, and retail travel markets. It provides a groundbreaking technology platform of mobile, SaaS, and cloud products and services to a global customer base, handling over 50 million daily searches and billions of dollars in transactional volume each year. Its network includes more than 50,000 gig economy workers and leisure travel advisors, 500+ airlines, and over one million vacation rentals and hotels.
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TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
Sojern | March 02, 2023
Sojern, a travel marketing platform, shared data emphasizing that the Middle East brought travel momentum in 2022. After the Covid19 pandemic, it is trying its best to recover income from the tourist markets in UAE and KSA, reaching more travelers for 2023.
Recent travel reports suggest that demands for regional hotels are increasing in middle eastern countries than in 2019. There was a sudden increase in travel booking for the region in Dubai's 2020 Expo and World Cup 2022. Its latest lodging data validates this condition and states that the revenue generation from this region is higher than those in 2019 are from this area. The inbound travel demand is rising from African, Latin American (LATAM) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets, and KSA has the most increase in demand.
Based on the data of February, it foresees that flight searches are increasing year on year (YoY) worldwide, with approximately 36% from US & Canada, 48% from EMEA, 30% from LATAM,72% from APAC, and 23% from Caribbean. The FIFA World Cup 2022 event enhanced its travel business and is gradually returning to its glory.
Managing Director of MEA&I Sojern, Stewart Smith said, "With our latest data showing that travel intent to the Middle East is holding strong, it's heartening to see that the World Cup has given the region a boost." He added, "Long flight times and potential misconceptions regarding the region as a travel destination may continue to drive relatively cautious travel planning. However, a flurry of ongoing events in the region combined with sustained and powerful marketing strategies from newer gulf destinations such as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will continue to influence valuable US travelers and other global visitors. Never underestimating the power of data, activating multichannel activation at scale and ensuring marketing is always on will help set hoteliers and destination marketers up for success in this pivotal time for tourism."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
About Sojern
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sojern, an advertising solutions provider for the travel industry, offers services for online advertising, travel marketing, Facebook marketing, hotel marketing, travel advertising, ad tech, hotel advertising, tourism marketing, co-op marketing, attraction marketing, tourism advertising, multichannel, display advertising, digital marketing, social media advertising, metasearch, programmatic display, programmatic video, dynamic ads, search engine marketing, and connected TV. With artificial intelligence and traveler intent data, it provides multichannel marketing solutions for direct demand drive. In addition, it connects hotels, travel spots, tourism boards and travel markets for customer engagement and worldwide coverage.
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