June 2015
Campus Travel Update
Last month, Campus Travel along with
Oaks Hotels and Resorts hosted a site
inspection and lunch at the new Oaks
Mews Apartments located in Bowen Hills
for UQ Herston Campus Travel Bookers
/ Travellers. The event was a great
success and a few UQ staff who
attended were
lucky enough
to walk away
with
some
great
prizes!
Campus Travels' Jackie Burke & Lindsay
Thomson at the Oaks Mews Apartments
Winner of $250.00 Campus
Travel Voucher
During May, UQ Employees were given
the chance to win a $250.00 Campus
Travel Voucher by listing the "3 reasons
why Campus Travel is the smart choice".
Launch of the UQ Employee
Travel Grant - $6,000
Campus Travel is excited to announce a
new travel initiative for UQ employees The UQ Employee Travel Grant! Worth
$6,000, the grant can be put towards
travel for your personal learning and
development journey.
The grant is sponsored
Travel and Qantas with
candidate receiving $5,000
on Qantas airfares and
accommodation.
by Campus
the winning
to be spent
$1,000 for
To apply, in 200 words or less, outline
how the $6,000 UQ Employee Travel
Grant will enhance your learning,
research or career development, and
how the travel experience will contribute
to your role at UQ. Pictures, graphics or
videos can be used to support your
application.
We are pleased to announce the lucky
winner as: Helen Smith from the School
of
Geography,
Planning
and
Environmental Management.
Congratulations Helen!
This month the Jephson Hotel in
Toowong have been kind enough to
donate 1 night accommodation +
breakfast. Details on how to enter are
listed on the following page.
Oaks
Mews
Apartments:
Accommodation and Gold
Class Movie Incentive
Oaks Mews Apartments are stylishly
designed 1 & 2 bedroom, self contained
apartments located in Bowen Hills - a
stone's throw from the UQ Herston
Campus.
During July and August, Oaks are
running an incentive offering a major
prize each month consisting of 2 x Gold
Class Movie tickets PLUS overnight
accommodation for 2 in a Brisbane Oaks
Hotel near the movies (Oaks Festival
Towers or Oaks Charlotte Towers),
subject to availability.
The first person to book 10 room nights
at the Oaks Mews Apartments by the
end of the calendar month will win the
major prize. Each subsequent person
who books 10 room nights at Oaks
Mews will receive 2 movie tickets.
Bookings must be made through
Campus Travel. Accommodation prize
subject to availability, black-out dates
apply, must be used by 31 Dec 2015.
1-30 June: No major prize, Unlimited
Movie Ticket prizes
For more information, terms and
conditions, please visit:
http://www.campustravel.com.au/UQtrav
elgrant
1-31 July: 1 Major Prize + Unlimited
Movie Ticket prizes
1-31 August: 1 Major Prize + Unlimited
Movie Ticket prizes
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Win 1 Night Accommodation
at the Jephson Hotel
The Jephson Hotel is a 4.5 star rated
property located in Toowong, a couple of
minutes from the UQ St Lucia Campus.
The property offers hotel rooms plus one,
two and three bedroom apartments.
To win One (1) Night Accommodation
including Breakfast at the Jephson Hotel,
email your answer to the following
question to Jackie Burke at Campus
Travel by 30th June 2015:
E: jackie.burke@campustravel.com.au
"What is the name of the Bar &
Restaurant at the Jephson Hotel offering
modern
Australian
cuisine
with
international flavour fusions"?
Terms & Conditions
Competition open to employees of UQ
only. By entering, you agree to receive
Campus Travel marketing material
including: Campus Confidential, Travel
Deals, Event Invites, Industry Updates.
Winner will be announced in next edition
of Campus Confidential.
Campus Travel Staff Profile
Lindsay Thomson, Team Leader Brisbane City Office
Lindsay has over 18 years travel
experience both in Australia & the UK,
with eight years as Team Leader and
VIP Consultant with the Campus Travel
brand.
During her career
Lindsay has been
responsible
for
booking VIP travel for
organisations
including
the
University of Queensland, JKTECH,
USC, Cambridge University, Imperial
College London and not-for-profit
companies such as Save the Children,
Red Cross and Oxfam.
Lindsay’s in-depth understanding of the
academic sector and its unique needs,
enables her to deliver a professional and
personalised approach to meet their VIP
travel needs.
By building a genuine rapport with her
clients & their travellers, Lindsay delivers
a high level of customer service with
every booking to ensure individual
seating, hotel & other travel preferences
are met. To achieve an exceptional
result, Lindsay draws on her experience
in retail, ticketing & the corporate travel
industry.
Qantas Revives SFO Route
Qantas and American Airlines have
announced a significant expansion of
their longstanding relationship which will
see the US carrier return to the Sydney San Francisco route from 20 December
2015 after a four-year hiatus. Services
will initially operate on peak days and
ramp up to six per week in January 2016
using its newer Boeing 747-400 aircraft
with the same style interiors found on the
airline's A380s.
Qantas’ flights to San Francisco are
made possible by American Airlines
starting a direct daily Sydney to Los
Angeles service from 19 December
2015. This will replace four Qantas’ B747
Sydney to Los Angeles services per
week and one Qantas B747 Melbourne
to Los Angeles service per week.
Hilton BNE Event Special
Spend over $50,000 on your event at
Hilton Brisbane & receive 5% off the total
bill,
or
instant
Gold
HHonors
membership & 100,000 HHonors Points.
Subject to availability. Valid for events
held between now & 31 January, 2016.
Terms and conditions apply. Click here
for more information.
Expanded LAX lounge
Qantas, Cathay Pacific and British
Airways have unveiled their newly
expanded, jointly owned Business
Lounge at Los Angeles Airport. The
lounge has tripled in size and now
features larger seating areas, new dining
options and a state-of-the-art kitchen.
Campus Travel Mobile App
Key Benefits
- Upcoming trip preview
- Flight delay & disruption notifications
- Weather forecast for up to 5 days
ahead
- Currency converter
- Destination advice
- Allows travellers to
add events to their
itineraries
Click here for more information including
how to register & download the app.
Serko, Online Booking Tool
Don't forget that you can make your own
flight, accommodation and car hire
bookings via Campus Travel's online
booking tool, Serko. Simply visit
http://www.campustravel.com.au/uq then
click on the "Serko" tab to access the link
and user guide. No log-in or password is
required - however you must be logged
on to the UQ network.
Before making a booking, edit your
profile to ensure your name is entered as
per your passport, and check that your
contact details are up to date.
To arrange a training session email:
jackie.burke@campustravel.com.au
Contact Campus Travel
St Lucia Campus
Tel: +61 7 3393 8855
Email: uq@campustravel.com.au
Address: Physics Annexe, Staff House
Rd, UQ St Lucia Campus
Non-St Lucia Campuses
Tel: +61 7 3170 8395
Email: uqcity@campustravel.com.au
Address: Suite 3, Level 3, 316 Adelaide
St, Brisbane
http://www.campustravel.com.au/uq
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