Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Singapore's largest consumer travel mart NATAS Travel Fair 2013 opened at the Singapore Expo on 22 February 2013 and ends on 24 February 2013, attracting 156 registered exhibitors and more than five non-registered airline exhibitors.
Registered airline-exhibitor Finnair gives out free mugs, free umbrellas, free ezlink card stickers and free stationery celebrating Finnair's 90 years of flight services. No postcards were issued. Finnair, which officially marks 90 years of existence on 1 November 2013, is promoting cheap fares to third-party European destinations via Helsinki from Singapore from as low as 1078 Singapore Dollars.
Registered prize sponsor/partner of NATAS, Qantas Airways, distributes inhouse advertisement cards marking 78 years of flight operations to Singapore. These cards encourage visitors to book online competitive fares to Australia, New Zealand and Frankfurt, and win up to 12 upgrades to Premium Economy seats or 88 double passes to its new Singapore lounge at Changi Airport Terminal 1. Travel must complete by 14 April 2013.
NATAS prize sponsor Etihad Airways announced that it has started daily flights to Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from Singapore.
The non-registered airline exhibitors that do not appear on the NATAS' list of registered exhibitors include TransAsia Airways, Eva Air, China Airlines, SEAIR Southeast Asian Airlines, Tiger Airways, Airphil Express, Cebu Pacific Air, Swiss International Air Lines and Berjaya Air.
Non-registered exhibitors TransAsia Airways, Eva Air and China Airlines greet visitors at the tourism booth of Taiwan.
TransAsia Airways distributes cabin aircraft calendars with postcards attached and brochures which promote its connection flights to Hokkaido via Taipei using its new Airbus A330 aircraft. Access TransAsia's Facebook page to win attractive prices and free air tickets to Taipei or its Hokkaido destinations, namely Chitose, Hakodate, Asahikawa, Kushiro and Obihiro. The airline also has connection fares to Jeju and Naha, Okinawa from Singapore via Taipei.
China Airlines gives out its Timetables and Inflight Magazine Dynasty editions July and August 2012. Aircraft postcards are available.
Eva Air, for the first time, distributes its Timetables and new Inflight Magazine "enVoyage", which was renamed in September 2012. Its Inflight Magazine was formerly entitled "Verve". It also promotes its Evasion Holiday Taiwan fly, stay and tour packages.
SEAIR Southeast Asian Airlines appeared under the auspicious presence of Tiger Airways at the Philippine Tourism booth, promoting cheap fares to Clark, Cebu and Manila through brochures and e-newsletter sign-ups. Airphil Express continues its cheap fare promotions to Manila from 35 Singapore Dollars one-way excluding taxes. Cebu Pacific Air markets its new flights to Iloilo, besides its traditional destinations Manila, Clark and Cebu.
Swiss International Air Lines markets its direct flights to Zurich from Singapore at the attractive Switzerland Tourism booth with free stationery.
Berjaya Air appeared at the booth of Scuba People, marketing its leisure flights in Malaysia and from Singapore to Tioman and Redang islands. Scuba People sells diving packages with flights on the Malaysian private leisure carrier.
Major travel agents such as Universal and Chan Brothers continue to push their direct charter flight packages to Mongolia and Okinawa, Japan. For instance, the annual direct charter flight to Ulaanbaatar from Singapore by MIAT Mongolian Airlines takes place on 14 June this year.
While hotels from Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan continue to offer fantastic stay packages to the visitors, Tune Hotels is the most outstanding hotel exhibitor of NATAS Travel Fair. It has now a list of 25 no-frills budget hotels worldwide including four branches in the Philippines (Manila, Cebu, Angeles City near Clark) , three branches in Thailand (Hat Yai, Pattaya and Bangkok) and five branches in London and Scotland.
According to Raji Dave Julman, Assistant Hotel Manager for Tune Hotels branch in Danga Bay, Johor, branches of Tune Hotels in Malacca and China are under planning stage. Visit www.tunehotels.com for further updates.
Zambia Tourism Board and Hungary Tourism appeared at NATAS Travel Fair for the first time. They are marketing their countries to the Singapore outbound travel market before they embark on their journeys to ITB Berlin 2013 next week. There are connection flights to Lusaka, Zambia via Johannesburg and to Budapest via Frankfurt with British Airways, Lufthansa German Airlines or Singapore Airlines.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Singapore's largest consumer travel mart NATAS Travel Fair 2013 opened at the Singapore Expo on 22 February 2013 and ends on 24 February 2013, attracting 156 registered exhibitors and more than five non-registered airline exhibitors.
Registered airline-exhibitor Finnair gives out free mugs, free umbrellas, free ezlink card stickers and free stationery celebrating Finnair's 90 years of flight services. No postcards were issued. Finnair, which officially marks 90 years of existence on 1 November 2013, is promoting cheap fares to third-party European destinations via Helsinki from Singapore from as low as 1078 Singapore Dollars.
NATAS prize sponsor Etihad Airways announced that it has started daily flights to Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from Singapore.
The non-registered airline exhibitors that do not appear on the NATAS' list of registered exhibitors include TransAsia Airways, Eva Air, China Airlines, SEAIR Southeast Asian Airlines, Tiger Airways, Airphil Express, Cebu Pacific Air, Swiss International Air Lines and Berjaya Air.
Non-registered exhibitors TransAsia Airways, Eva Air and China Airlines greet visitors at the tourism booth of Taiwan.
Eva Air, for the first time, distributes its Timetables and new Inflight Magazine "enVoyage", which was renamed in September 2012. Its Inflight Magazine was formerly entitled "Verve". It also promotes its Evasion Holiday Taiwan fly, stay and tour packages.
SEAIR Southeast Asian Airlines appeared under the auspicious presence of Tiger Airways at the Philippine Tourism booth, promoting cheap fares to Clark, Cebu and Manila through brochures and e-newsletter sign-ups. Airphil Express continues its cheap fare promotions to Manila from 35 Singapore Dollars one-way excluding taxes. Cebu Pacific Air markets its new flights to Iloilo, besides its traditional destinations Manila, Clark and Cebu.
Swiss International Air Lines markets its direct flights to Zurich from Singapore at the attractive Switzerland Tourism booth with free stationery.
Berjaya Air appeared at the booth of Scuba People, marketing its leisure flights in Malaysia and from Singapore to Tioman and Redang islands. Scuba People sells diving packages with flights on the Malaysian private leisure carrier.
Major travel agents such as Universal and Chan Brothers continue to push their direct charter flight packages to Mongolia and Okinawa, Japan. For instance, the annual direct charter flight to Ulaanbaatar from Singapore by MIAT Mongolian Airlines takes place on 14 June this year.
According to Raji Dave Julman, Assistant Hotel Manager for Tune Hotels branch in Danga Bay, Johor, branches of Tune Hotels in Malacca and China are under planning stage. Visit www.tunehotels.com for further updates.
One needs to visit the travel mart itself to find freebies and fantastic deals of airlines as they appear behind tourism exhibitors, a tradition now in almost every NATAS Travel Fair.
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