ATTENTION CORPORATE BLUE FRIENDS

A message to all our Corporate Blue friends;

Please be aware that our After Hours Emergency Service contact number will change to 02 9084 9032.

This change is effective immediately and as of March 1, 2012 the previous After Hours number will not be in operation.

Ensure that you update your contacts accordingly so that you can always get in touch with us should you require After Hours assistance.
Thank you,

The team at Corporate Blue

AUSSIE TRAVELLERS IMPORTANT TO USA

We are quite the explorers it seems, with our long service and annual leave allowing us to be the longest staying market in US tourism.

Our average it the USA is 25 days, which is a lot more than the 8-14 days of other major travel markets.

AUSSIES FACE COMPULSORY FULL BODY SCANS

If you’re heading through an Australian airport, you will soon have no choice but to have a full body scan if new laws are passed through the Federal Parliament this week.

Expected to be installed in every international airport in Australia across the second half of this year, the full body scanners will be unavoidable for anyone planning to travel – there will no longer be the option of the pat down.

LIVIN’ IT UP IN VEGAS

It’s a laid back arrival function for the group, as everyone’s tired but the pub next to the hotel puts on a great spread of American food and authentic beer.

Staying at the incredible ARIA resort, we all sleep well and are ready for the new Las Vegas phenomenon – the day club. Situated around a swimming pool with DJs and plenty to eat and drink, we had private cabanas with their own plunge pool for all guests to enjoy this experience at ‘Liquid Lounge’. Needless to say, this carried on and saw us through the day!

HOW TO PACK A SUITCASE, BUTLER STYLE

Here are some fantastic packing tips that found their way into my inbox – take heed and you’ll be packing like a professional in no time.

Take comfort in knowing that your clothes are packed butler style.

NEW QANTAS AMBASSADOR

Qantas has announced Australian model, author and international superstar Miranda Kerr as a new Qantas Ambassador.

Picture: Glen McCurtayne. HWT Image Library

Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said he was delighted to welcome Miranda to the Qantas team.

BOOK YOUR SPACE FLIGHT

The final frontier will soon be in your reach as the beginning of commercial space travel commences thanks to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.

Within the next 12 months you will be able to be a passenger journeying to outer space aboard Virgin Galactic, a commercial spacecraft. Book your seat on the 60-foot spacecraft for around $200,000 and you’ll share in a six minute experience of weightlessness and be blown away by the view of the Earth’s curvature from 110 kilometres above the Earth’s surface.

FROM ISTANBUL TO MYKONOS

In 2011 I was lucky enough to embark on two fantastic trips to Istanbul and the island of Mykonos. Upon arriving in Istanbul we headed to the hotel, cruising in a private charter luxury vessel with canapés and drinks. What a perfect way to enjoy the first sights of this beautiful city.

Touring began by seeing the Topkapi Palace and St Sophia with a free afternoon to explore the Grand Bazaar, which is one of the oldest covered markets in the world! Nomads was the restaurant of choice for our arrival dinner, with entertaining belly dancing and entrance into the supper club.

AUSSIES PICK B.O. OVER BABIES

We’ve touched on it before but now a recent survey has confirmed it – when it comes to desired neighbouring passengers on a plane, crying children are at the bottom of the list.

Image courtesy of 1000awesomethings.com

In fact, the survey conducted by online travel agent Zuji Australia found that Australian passengers would opt to travel next to a person with bad body odour rather than parents with screaming children.

FREE WAIT ZONE AT MELBOURNE AIRPORT

Finally drivers collecting passengers from Melbourne Airport can wait safely without a hefty fee or breaking the law, thanks to the new Ring & Ride waiting zone.

Melbourne Airport CEO Chris Woodruff said the Ring & Ride waiting zone offers free parking for up to 20 minutes and between 20 and 40 minutes for just two dollars. Stay for an hour and you’ll be up for four dollars, and any longer will see Long Term Car Park rates apply.