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The AOT Group has appointed Jason Williams to the newly created position of Director of Marketing Wholesale. Williams' role will encompass the marketing for AOT's wholesale brands - Sunlover Holidays and Air New Zealand Holidays. The appointment... continue reading
The AOT Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Morena Parati as Manager - Italy. After over 20 years of pro-actively working with the leading operators in this country, AOT is continuing our commitment to this important inbound source m... continue reading
For the seventh consecutive year The AOT Group has secured the number one spot in the “VOYAGES TOP TEN”.
Announced in Sydney on August 9th, the Voyages Top Ten recognises the top sellers in 2011/12 of Voyages product.
The AOT Group has been appointed by the Department of Finance and Deregulation as the Commonwealth Government’s Accommodation Program Manager which will commencefrom the 2nd of July 2012.
Under the three year contract the AOT Group has... continue reading
Australia’s most famous tourist hot-spots played host to 46 international travel agents earlier this month as part of AOT Inbound’s bi-annual Mega Famil which included twelve nights of home-grown Aussie hospitality in Melbourne, Adelai... continue reading
The AOT Group has renewed its commitment to suppliers in the South Pacific by attending the 2012 Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE). The three-day annual event which was held in Fiji from the 15th of May showcases the tourism offerings in Fiji and... continue reading
AOT Group’s domestic wholesaler, Sunlover Holidays, has confirmed its position as the Australian Holiday specialists by being selected as a finalist in the category of Best Wholesaler – Australian Product for the 2012 AFTA National Tra... continue reading
Tasmania played host to the AOT Groups’ annual STARS event from 25 to 29 April. The STARS event is one of the most hotly contested among agents each year, and this year’s event was no exception. Sunlover’s top 60 travel age... continue reading
The AOT Group is pleased to announce the appointment of James Munro to the newly created role of Senior Contracting and Destination Manager Queensland. James joins the AOT Contracting team to focus on the biggest selling destination in the AOT por... continue reading
The AOT Group is pleased to announce that it completed the acquisition of 50% of Air New Zealand Holidays on Friday November 25th and took over the operation of the business from Air New Zealand on Monday 28th November.
The new joint... continue reading
For the sixth consecutive year The AOT Group has secured the number one spot in the “VOYAGES TOP TEN”.
Announced at a two-day long celebration at Uluru the Voyages Top Ten recognises the top sellers in 2010/11 of Voyages pro... continue reading
In an exciting first, AOT New Zealand was recently awarded the Inbound Tour Operator of The Year Award at the ITOC annual conference gala dinner which was held in the North Island's Bay of Plenty.
The Inbound Tour Operator of the Year... continue reading
In a further push to promote domestic tourism, Sunlover Holidays today announced the appointment of travel journalist David Reyne as the new ambassador for its Sunlover Holidays and Travelpoint Holidays brands.
With over fourteen years as... continue reading
Sunlover Holidays annual STARS program for our top selling agents in Australia and New Zealand is heading to far north Queensland this week.
With a representative from each of our top selling 100 travel agents our Sales & Marketing tea... continue reading
I am delighted to advise that Sunlover Holidays has made the list of finalists in the Best Wholesaler - Australian Product category for the AFTA National Travel Industry Awards to be held in Sydney... continue reading
This year the annual New Zealand Showcase Trade Event will be held in Queenstown. Stephen Marshall (AOT NZ), Robyne Abernethy (Needit Now), Mei Liu (ETA) and Gary Paterson (AOT) will be attending.
New Zealand continues to be... continue reading
2011 was AOT's 24th attendance at the Australian Tourism Exchange, which was held in Sydney for the first time since 2000.
AOT's inbound divisions, AOTi, PST and ETA had a very successful week, meeting with clients from around the world... continue reading
We are pleased to introduce Ossie the Tassie Devil. Ossie was adopted by the AOT All Stars when they travelled to Tasmania in November 2010. Ossie has been warmly welcomed to the AOT Team.
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Sunlover Holidays was named Best Wholesaler - Australian Product for the second year running at the National Tourism Industry Awards in Sydney on Saturday evening.
Accepting the Award on behalf of the AOT Group, AOT Holi... continue reading
The AOT Inbound Mega Famil 2010 has been declared a great success by all participants as well as our sponsor partners. To see some of the fantastic images of the experiences, please visit the Mega Fam... continue reading
The AOT Group today announced it had made a strategic investment into Seattle based wholesaler Down Under Anwers (“DUA”),... continue reading
Tens of thousands of spectators, 4,000 official personnel and more than 1,400 international athletes are expected to arrive in Western Australia, for the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
Perth 2011 Director Commercial Operation... continue reading
Sunlover Holidays today announced it has become a preferred partner of Travellers Choice. Hugh Houston, Director of Sales and Marketing for AOT Holid... continue reading
Andrew Burnes, CEO of the AOT Group, today announced that AOT has entered into an Agreement to purchase Pacific Spirit Travel from Eric Ridet's Australie Tours business in France.
At the same time Pacific Spirit is entering into a lon... continue reading
AOT NEW ZEALAND today announced a new partnership with SAGA HOLIDAYS, UK's leading touring holidays operator for the over 50s. SAGA HOLIDAYS has appointed AOT NEW ZEALAND as its new Inbound Tour Operator for its business into NEW ZEALAND.
AOT... continue reading
Kuoni UK and the AOT Group today announced the formation of a new partnership. KUONI UK has appointed AOT Inbound as their inbound partner in Australia, providing hotel, touring and other land content together with customer service, product a... continue reading
AOT Holidays today announced that it had entered into a premium preferred deal with Stella Travel Services and would be joining the Harvey World Travel "Phoenix" program and the Travelscene American Express "Quantum" program from 1st September, 20... continue reading
Sunlover Holidays was awarded the prestigious "Brochure of the Year" Award at the Harvey World Travel National Frontliners Conference in Fiji on Saturday evening.
Before over 300 of Harvey World Travels senior consultants... continue reading
Sunlover Holidays, the Queensland wholesale division of AOT Holidays, won the coveted Best Whoelsaler - Australian Product Award at the AFTA National Tourism Industry Awards on Saturday night in Sydney.
Mark Campbell, Managi... continue reading
The AOT Group today announced it has successfully launched the enhanced On-Line Booking System for all domestic and overseas agents. The changes come about as a result of extensive consultation with our channel partners in Aust... continue reading
Once again AOT and ETA have put on the premier events at ATE 2009.
On Saturday night, ETA General Manager Chris Teh and AOT Group CEO Andrew Burnes hosted over 150 clients and suppliers from the Eastern Hemisphere module of ATE... continue reading
AOT Inbound once again operated a sensational program for over 650 visitors from around the world, this time for leading US software developer CA and their Compass Club Program.
With 4 programs running simultaneously in Port Doug... continue reading
It is with great sadness that we advise Mr Kelvin Lee, General Manager of ETA, passed away on Sunday at home after a battle with cancer.
Kelvin is survived by his wife Lee Yong and daughter Christine and the entire AOT Group together with... continue reading
AOT Inbound's Groups and Shipping Department managed the turnaround for over 4000 passengers on and off the Sun Princess in Perth over the weekend.
This is the first time AOT has handled the turnaround in Perth and congratul... continue reading
AOT Holidays, through our TravelPoint Holidays brand, is pleased to announce the launch of a new "Kokoda" program in conjunction with Getaway Trekking.
The new brochure features the classic 10 day Kokoda Explorer trek which includ... continue reading
The AOT Group announced today that will commence a new Meet and Greet service on Hamilton Island to welcome and assist all passengers arriving at Hamilton Island Airport.
The new service will start on May 1st and will operate on behalf... continue reading
Sunlover Holidays today announced it had commenced a Gold Coast transfer service to look after customers arriving at Gold Coast Airport and transferring to Hotels, Apartments and Resorts on Queensland's Gold Coast.
The serv... continue reading
NEW SUPPLIER PARTNER TOOLS LAUNCHED
The AOT Group announced today the successful deployment of two new supplier system interfaces.
"Supplier Manager" allows suppliers to update their content including allotment top-ups, freesa... continue reading
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AOT has bought the Sunlover Holidays licence outright from Tourism Queensland.
Please click here to read the full press release.
The AOT Group Pty Ltd announced today that it has purchased the business of Perth based wholesaler Great Aussie Holidays. Download press release
... continue readingAOT NZ has passed the Qualmark assessment with gold points! This process must be completed by all full ITOC members by 31/3/2009. AOT NZ is now fully endorsed by Qualmark well ahead of that deadline. This endorsement guarantees that an independent as... continue reading
