Electric vehicles (EVs) represent a positive step towards sustainable transport, offering reduced emissions and helping both organisations and households reach their sustainability goals. For the past two years, Avis have been offering customers a comprehensive range of EV rental options when booking from their Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch branches. Avis found offering EVs to these […]
Sustainability is important to us at Orbit World Travel, and that’s why for two years we have been partnering with New Zealand’s quality tourism assurance organisation, Qualmark. When looking at our offerings and working on our preferred suppliers as part of our Orbit Plus+ programme, we needed a way to ensure that these providers were […]
Orbit World Travel set on a mission to hold one of its first customer event since Covid, with the objective of crafting something truly valuable for customers – this is how the Ascend Summit was born. With a resounding success, the event which was held last week, brought together industry leaders, visionaries, and enthusiasts alike […]
Every industry has acronyms and the business travel industry is no different. But MICE takes on a very different meaning for business travel, standing for Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing and Events. Orbit Groups & Events plan and manage multiple MICE activities in New Zealand and around the world. Orbit’s nationwide team of 30 groups and events […]
If your business operates across different markets and geographies and your growth is sourced from getting your products and services to international markets, it’s likely you will have resources travelling to grow these markets and identify new ones. Travel, like any business expense, can be managed poorly which results in unnecessary expenditure, and arguably can […]
Orbit is working closely with IATA, our travel technology partners and key airlines in our markets to ensure we are ready for NDC and to help our clients benefit from its implementation. In a previous Orbit Blog, we’ve explained what NDC is and how it will impact the broader industry. In this blog, our technology […]
Your travel management company (TMC) should be more than just a company that transacts your travel. They should also be offering you strategic and tactical advice on how to get the best out of your travel management programme. Advising our clients about their travel spend and the opportunities to save money and time, are important […]
Orbit Direct: Solving the highs and lows of accommodation cost & availability Peak periods for accommodation in central city locations can pose a problem for business travellers and the business they travel for. This is because they often experience significant cost fluctuations as well as availability constraints. A lack of consistency in costs can […]
The complexities of business travel are not always immediately obvious. Technology influences almost every aspect of our lives; we are making plans and purchases digitally, automation is applied almost every step of the way and artificial intelligence can seemingly make decisions for us. So why is business travel still so complex? Surely, it’s as simple […]
