{"id":2622,"date":"2009-04-20T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2009-04-20T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T11:48:00","slug":"australians-cruising-through-the-downturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/04\/australians-cruising-through-the-downturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians Cruising through the downturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SexhFEz5ySI\/AAAAAAAAGS0\/oGRcHizjPCY\/s1600-h\/travelscene-716494.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SexhFEz5ySI\/AAAAAAAAGS0\/oGRcHizjPCY\/s320\/travelscene-716494.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326739199091132706\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Travelscene American Express reports first quarter P&#038;O sales up 135% yoy <\/b><\/p>\n<p>APRIL 20 2009: Australians are making the most of the incredible travel deals on offer with Australia&#8217;s leading travel network, Travelscene American Express, reporting a 135% year on year increase in sales for P&#038;O Cruises alone for the 3 months of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our members around Australia are reporting not just record level of inquiries but also a significant increase in demand for cruise products,&#8221; Travelscene American Express General Manager Jacqui Timmins said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Across the Travelscene American Express group, we have actually recorded a 135% increase in sales for P&#038;O Cruises for the first three months of 2009 compared to the same period a year ago . Driven by our exclusive launch and relocation specials on the Pacific Jewel and Pacific dawn which finished this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plus, we&#8217;re currently in the midst of a full scale airfare war, presenting a rare window of opportunity for consumers travelling to Europe, especially during the Australian winter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Airlines are suffering from lower passenger numbers during these challenging economic times. This type of sale represents a rare chance for Australians to save close to $1000 per person off normal airfares for peak season on some of the world&#8217;s best airlines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumers are strategically and proactively moving to make the most of these unbelievable deals which are coming out day after day and which represent unprecedented savings.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve branded 2009 as &#8220;The Year of Great Travel Deals&#8221; for a reason and our customers are looking to our members to help them choose the best possible deal for them.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, if you&#8217;re an American Express Cardmember, you can use your Membership Rewards to pay for all or part of your travel by booking through Travelscene American Express.<\/p>\n<p>For further details on these great savings or to make a booking call Travelscene American Express on 13 13 98<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelscene American Express reports first quarter P&#038;O sales up 135% yoy APRIL 20 2009: Australians are making the most of the incredible travel deals on offer with Australia&#8217;s leading travel network, Travelscene American Express, reporting a 135% year on year increase in sales for P&#038;O Cruises alone for the 3 months of 2009. &#8220;Our members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}