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Now in its fifth year as official partner of the Australian Open, Accor is using one of the world's greatest sporting events to launch a new campaign.

Awarded Airline Transport Worlds 2019 Eco-Airline of the Year, Air New Zealand has a well-publicised commitment to improving sustainability efforts right across the airline to minimise their environmental impact.

Accor has vowed to remove all single-use plastic items from its hotels by end-2022.

Air New Zealand’s non-stop Auckland-New York flights are now open for booking.

Virgin Australia and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will implement codeshare flights and launch reciprocal frequent flyer benefits for their members.

Head of Stage Technology, Juanita Kumaran, says the biggest shift her team has seen in the travel space for 2019 is towards integrated solutions.

The full roll-out of the ‘Stage Analytics Powered by Tableau’ platform during 2019 has seen a big focus on the value that insightful reporting and data analysis can bring to a travel program.

Stage General Manager Gregory Lording reflects on the year that was 2019 for the travel, entertainment and sports sector.

Creating a seamless onboarding experience for clients that are implementing new technology or onboarding with Stage will be a priority for the Stage team this year.

New client initiatives in 2020 including an advisory board and VPG sessions will more closely align Stage with its customers, says National Operations Manager Adam Moon.

2020 is looking bright and shiny already with Stage and Screen’s plans for the next 12 months including some new and exclusive travel product, cool client events and cutting-edge tech taking the spotlight.

Mega-deals and mass consolidation are re-shaping the Australian hotel market with the likes of Accor, IHG, Hyatt and Marriot all significantly expanding their hotel portfolios.