Monthly Archives: October 2009

Qantas to commence operations out of LHR terminal 3

Qantas has announced it will move its London Heathrow operations to Terminal 3 next Thursday, 29 October.
Qantas have announced that Terminal 3 will become the new home for Qantas flights to and from Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Australia and British Airways flights to Singapore, Bangkok and Australia.
According to the Qantas website, Terminal 3 has [...]

UoM appoints new panel of travel agents

Property & Campus Services announced today the appointment of a new panel of preferred travel agents as part ongoing review of travel management within the University of Melbourne.
The new panel of preferred travel agents including Campus Travel, Navigator Travel and QBT were appointed by a nine member panel following an extensive review of the market [...]

Important announcement regarding travel to the US

Travel Agency QBT today announced important changes to the requirements for passengers travelling on flights operating to, from, within or over the United States effective 31 October 2009.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the introduction of a Secure Flight Program to enhance the security of domestic and international commercial airline travel within [...]

Timely DFAT reminder on validity of Passports

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have issued a warning in response to an increasing number of Australians who are experiencing travel delays due to their passports being non compliant to the entry requirements of the country they are travelling to.
The DFAT warning reminds travellers that a number of countries demand that passports [...]

Are you a UoM Travel Arranger (Administrator)?

Travel Portal is in the final stages of development and to build a site for Travel Arrangers to put the system to the test, we require a bit of data from you to enable us to match your Themis profile to your business unit within the University.
If you book travel on behalf of other people [...]