Expedia New Zealand Launches - www.expedia.co.nz
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Hi All,
I am very excited to announce that Expedia New Zealand has just launched! I've just returned from Auckland where we officially launched the site.
It was fantastic to see the site go live, after working on the implementation over the year. The site looks fantastic - credit to Nicolas Chu (Director, Website and Product Development for Australia & New Zealand) and his team.
For all you Kiwis out there check out our launch promotion. We have some cheap flight deals on the most popular destiations!
"To celebrate the launch, Expedia New Zealand is having a flight sale with significant discounts on major international destinations including Sydney, London, Los Angeles and Hong Kong; please visit http://www.expedia.co.nz/sale/flight-specials.aspx for more details."
Here is the official press release from Expedia Inc
Expedia.co.nz Launches in New Zealand
BELLEVUE, Wash. and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE - News), the world's leading online travel company, today announced the launch of its New Zealand website -- http://www.expedia.co.nz/ -- a full-service travel booking site designed specifically to meet the needs of New Zealand travellers.
"New Zealand is a very important market in the Asia Pacific region, worth over USD$17bn in 2007(1), so we know Kiwis just love to travel," said Arthur Hoffman, managing director of Expedia.co.nz(TM). "We are very excited to help New Zealanders research, plan and book their perfect holiday with all the benefits of Expedia's global product range, competitive prices, and in-depth travel and destination information."
Expedia.co.nz has an unprecedented product range including over 75,000 hotels, flights from all major airlines, car rental companies and over 3,000 activities and attractions around the world.
Kiwi travellers will also benefit from a variety of innovative tools on Expedia.co.nz like 360-degree virtual tours of rooms and facilities in popular hotels worldwide and read over 280,000 independent traveller reviews. In addition to a superior online experience, Expedia.co.nz also provides access to professional travel advisors who can assist with phone bookings.
All products on Expedia.co.nz are for sale in the local currency -- the New Zealand Dollar. Prices are quoted upfront and include all taxes and supplier surcharges so customers are easily able to understand the total cost of their travel, without any hidden charges.
Expedia has been in the travel industry for over 10 years, operates the Expedia brand in 15 countries around the world and is the global leader in online travel. The company first invested in the Asia travel market in August 2004 through its investment in eLong(TM) (http://www.elong.net/), the second largest online travel company in China. Expedia.co.nz is the third branded Expedia website in the Asia Pacific region joining current sites in Australia, http://www.expedia.com.au/ and Japan, http://www.expedia.co.jp/.
Over 50 million people(2) visit Expedia's global websites each month and hundreds of staff throughout the world work directly with supply partners in local markets.
For more information on Expedia.co.nz, please visit http://www.expedia.co.nz/.
(1) EyeforTravel Research, The Asia Pacific Online Travel Report 2007
(2) ComScore, January 2007
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Hi Kristi,
I have been offered a plan in AGSM 2009 MBA class but I am looking for some more information on job prospects for AGSM graduates. There is a lot of contradiction in official statistics and those told by word of mouth. AGSM claims that their average graduate salary is $120,000 while I read on some forum that majority of graduates end up teaching accounting in high schools or work at suburban travel agencies.
Can you please give me a realistic picture as its a huge time and money investment and I don't want to burn my fingers.
Thanks
Hi John,
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not sure what forum you are reading but that's total rubbish. We don't even teach Accounting at high schools here (well they didnt when I was there :) ) Unless of course they think Expedia is a suburban travel agency. It's online - so I guess its urban, suburban and even rural!
Will email you offline so I can give you a realistic picture.
I absolutely loved my time at AGSM, it was the best career decision I ever made. I wouldn't have the job I have at the moment without my MBA.
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