Media Release
Hostile Times Spell No Change In Plans
5th June 2000
Australia's leading online travel provider, WEBJET Ltd, has further secured its place in the market with the announcement of its seventh strategic alliance in as many months with NGT Conferences and Incentives. Despite turbulent times for the IT sector, WEBJET has chosen the tact to stick to its original business plan and to build several alliances at a steady pace.
"WEBJET shareholders should have faith that the company is moving steadily ahead despite a hostile environment," said the company's Managing Director, Mr David Clarke.
Mr Clarke said that the establishment of alliances with such reputable organisations is in-line with the company's business plan to provide existing and potential shareholders with a sense of confidence.
"The latest alliance, struck with NGT Conferences and Incentives, will boost service provisions to a large and specialised segment of the business travel market," said Mr Clarke.
NGT Conferences and Incentives specialise in major conventions and conferences and travel incentives schemes for companies' employees.
"Our shareholders should feel as confident as those high profile companies like ISIS, Primus, Maximusic and ANZ, who have made the strategic decision to establish formal ties with WEBJET.
The true evidence of the company's success can be seen in the ranking of website hits by Sinewave Australia. On a number of occasions, our site has hit number one, substantially outranking players like Qantas and Ansett.
"This latest alliance with NGT Conferences and Incentives will open up a new range of online benefits to NGT's conference and convention travellers who include the likes of Crown, Kodak and Mitsubishi employees," said WEBJET's Managing Director, Mr David Clarke.
"NGT and I have a long commercial association and I see tremendous cross-marketing advantages for all concerned as a result of this alliance," Mr Clarke said.
"Meetings, incentives and convention management are highly specialised and NGT is one of the key leaders in this market. We see this as a very valuable additional service to be offering our customers where people travel regularly on point-to-point business trips with WEBJET.
"NGT's clients will have access through WEBJET to online travel at the best possible prices, 24-hours a day, seven days a week," Mr Clarke said.
NGT clients will also benefit from WEBJET/s real time Webcam customer service facility, online finance and travel insurance, hot deals, access to over 40,000 hotels and 20 car hire companies globally.