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Blog post Share 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,…

Blog post Share 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…

Blog post Share 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,…

Blog post Share 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 post Share 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…

Blog post Share 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…

Blog post Share 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,…

Blog post Share New Distribution Capability Explained In this blog we take a closer look at New Distribution Capability, what it involves, and how Orbit clients will benefit from its implementation.   Background Like any other large global industry, the travel sector has a complex distribution chain involving multiple businesses across multiple sectors. Not only…

Blog post Share In June we advised that Orbit World Travel would be partnering with leading tech company, Serko Limited, to offer our clients their next generation online booking platform, Zeno. In this article we talk about some of the key features of the platform, which Orbit will be implementing later this year. It’s old…

Blog post Share Delivering value, value, and more value through suppliers Andrea Stowers, National Product Manager   When the topic of a business travel agency is discussed, naturally many people navigate the conversation towards airfares and how we can best support them with the lowest fares in the market. Airfares are a big part of…