{"id":23183,"date":"2017-09-30T00:18:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=23183"},"modified":"2017-09-30T00:23:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:23:12","slug":"lets-travel-magazine-50-issues-and-going-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2017\/09\/lets-travel-magazine-50-issues-and-going-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Travel Magazine: 50 Issues and Going Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letstravelmag.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23184\" src=\"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo-638x191.jpg 638w, https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/LT-logo-634x190.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letstravelmag.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/41d91a86b20fe2a097c210d52\/images\/53805244-2a71-4990-8d2d-c8a30d5c714b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"275\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">50 issues strong<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letstravelmag.com\/\">Let&#8217;s Travel<\/a> celebrates long and hard in October with the release of our 50th issue! Who&#8217;d have thought, those glasses of wines one night would lead to so much travel and\u00a0fun, and so many new friends! Just shows you what the odd tipple or three\u00a0can do!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re very proud of our achievements, but also need to thank our fantastic contributors for providing such great copy and photography each and every issue.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d also like to doff our hats towards you, the travel industry &#8211; without your ongoing support, none of this would have been possible!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>MOVERS &amp; SHAKERS:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>GHM appoints first local female General Manager , Deasy Swandarini,\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>The Chedi Club Tanah Gajah<\/strong>\u00a0in Bali\u2019s Highlands.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>St. Regis Doha<\/strong>\u00a0has announced the appointment of Rebecca Platt as Director of Marketing to join as part of their Executive Committee.<\/li>\n<li>Ng\u0101i Tahu Tourism has appointed Wayne Paton to lead the \u2018Big Reds\u2019 as Business Manager at\u00a0<strong>Shotover Jet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>With the resignation of Marieanne Owehoud from TAT NZ,\u00a0<strong>Tourism Authority of Thailand<\/strong>\u00a0have appointed Angela Farrelly to the position of NZ Marketing Representative.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Sanchaya<\/strong>\u00a0on Indonesia&#8217;s scenic Bintan Island has appointed Jared Green as DOS.<\/li>\n<li>Experienced aviation professional Daniel Debono appointed Wanaka Airport Operations Manager.<\/li>\n<li>Louise Clark\u00a0is appointed to the new position of\u00a0<strong>Queenstown Convention Bureau<\/strong>\u00a0Sales and Marketing Manager.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shakespeare\u2019s England<\/strong>, the Destination Management Organisation for Warwickshire has appointed Kate Varvedo as the new Marketing &amp; Communications Manager.<\/li>\n<li>New appointments at\u00a0<strong>South Sea Cruises<\/strong>\u00a0include:\u00a0Loretta St Julian-Ooms as\u00a0Business Development Manager &#8211; Fiji;\u00a0Lailanie Burnes as General Manager &#8211; Customer Service &amp; Experience;\u00a0Alyssa Field, currently Business Development Manager for NZ &amp; North America has also taken on\u00a0Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Auckland Airport<\/strong>\u00a0has appointed Scott Tasker as its new general manager aeronautical commercial.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sabre Corporation<\/strong>\u00a0made two new appointments:\u00a0Axel Bench as Regional Director \u2013 Asia and\u00a0Clayton Grant as \u00a0Senior Account Director for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.<\/li>\n<li>Gede Agus Mahardana has been appointed to the position of Public Relations Manager at\u00a0<strong>Bali Dynasty Resort.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kempinski Summerland Hotel &amp; Resort<\/strong>\u00a0has appointed Georges Mansour as\u00a0\u00a0Executive Chef.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>IN BRIEF:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>ID New Zealand has announced the launch of a dedicated \u201cBespoke Journeys\u201d team and a new online B2C platform\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/idnzbespokejourneys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/idnzbespokejourneys.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506816541326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEut8wj2tNWzN1iq_Yqt6e3LwnxGQ\">idnzbespokejourneys.<wbr \/>com<\/a>\u00a0to support their extended direct-to-customer service offering for premium travel in New Zealand.<\/li>\n<li>Australian tourism and hospitality group, Crystalbrook Collection, has acquired The Reef Marina in Port Douglas, to be known as Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina, and its intention to invest a further $100+ million into the Marina.<\/li>\n<li>Niue\u2019s Government and the island\u2019s tourism industry have launched a Responsible Tourism Policy, complemented by Tourism Business and Visitor Codes of Conduct.<\/li>\n<li>Boutique cruise line\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Azamara<\/span>\u00a0Club Cruises\u00a0has entered into an agreement to purchase a sister ship to\u00a0<em><span class=\"il\">Azamara<\/span>\u00a0Journey<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Azamara<\/span>\u00a0Quest, with delivery taking place in March 2018.<\/li>\n<li>NZ company has Mevohas secured\u00a0investment from Z Energy to expand its fleet of on-demand electric car rentals.<\/li>\n<li>Victoria\u2019s largest alpine resort, Falls Creek, has confirmed that a planned $9 million chairlift redevelopment has received approval from the Victorian State Government and is on track to launch by Winter 2018.<\/li>\n<li>On The Go Tours, the award-winning tour operator specialising in locally-led group tours and tailor-made holidays to worldwide destinations, have added Italy, Spain and Portugal to their Europe portfolio with several new touring itineraries.<\/li>\n<li>Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is expanding in Vietnam with the signing of Radisson Blu Resort.<\/li>\n<li>Canuckiwi\u00a0was recently named the inaugural award winner of the AmCham \u2013 DHL Success &amp; Innovation \u201cContribution to Tourism\u201d award.<\/li>\n<li>Mandarin Orchard is amongst the first hotels in Singapore to offer complimentary in-room movies on demand.<\/li>\n<li>CPG Hotels has entered into franchise agreements with AccorHotels for Hotel Grand Windsor on Queen Street and Eden Crescent Hotel. 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