Orient Express Travel Group, the largest provider of Asian VFR passengers between Australia and Asia and the main revenue agent for Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Thai and Malaysia Airlines has opened an office in Adelaide.
The Australian-owned Orient Express Travel Group has extended its consolidator Express Ticketing service to agents in Adelaide with the opening of an office in King William St., Adelaide, in the Singapore Airlines building.
Express Ticketing provides ticketing services for the group’s preferred Select Travel Group of 128 Chinatown travel agencies in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, which specialise in VFR between Australia to Asia and importantly to a growing market beyond Asia.
In Adelaide, Express Ticketing will be available to all agencies via the group’s Express Fares web site and full CRS access.
Orient Express Travel Group as a wholesaler also markets the brands Cathay Pacific Holidays and Orient Express Holidays and as a retailer operates Orient Express Travel Corporate and AST Student Travel.
Orient Express Holidays and Cathay Pacific Holidays staff will also be located in the Adelaide office which will be managed by Ollie Sarap, who has 30 years travel industry experience and Hayley Nockolds, as Fares and Ticketing Supervisor. Both are well known and respected in the South Australian travel Industry.
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Specialist Asia destination travel company Orient Express Travel Services has opened its new office at Level 7, Manning Building, 451 Pitt St., Sydney.
CEO of Orient Express Travel Group, Tom Manwaring said the move from George Street provided a modern work environment, more space and a better light filled top floor location with surrounding balcony for entertaining.
“We are supporting the move with upgraded systems facilities and a very open environment with more productive staff areas, and a dedicated customer service area for ‘Express Ticketing', featuring the common branding shown in the Melbourne and Brisbane offices,”
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