Reed signs Oneworld on as airline alliance partner for 19 events

REED Travel Exhibitions has announced a global agreement designating oneworld as its exclusive airline alliance partner for 19 events in 2016, including the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) in Melbourne next February.

AIME visitors will be able to make flight reservations via www.oneworld.com/events from next month on, for travel to and from Melbourne, and enjoy discounted fares for themselves and a companion. The offer is available on any oneworld member airline, including 15 of the world’s leading carriers, serving more than 1,000 destinations in over 150 countries.

Members of any oneworld member airline frequent flyer programme will be able to take advantage of their usual privileges and benefits along the way.

Booking codes for AIME via oneworld will be available via www.aime.com.au.

Ian Wainwright, event director – AIME, Reed Travel Exhibitions, said the partnership will bring significant benefits for visitors to AIME and the company’s other shows.

“This alliance will deliver a host of benefits for visitors to any of Reed Travel Exhibitions’ 19 shows across the globe and will offer unprecedented opportunities for visitors from around the world to attend AIME 2016,” said Wainwright.

“Through this initiative, we are enabling a greater audience access to AIME, the largest event of its kind in Australia.”

AIME, hosted by the Melbourne Convention Bureau, will take place from February 23 – 24, 2016 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

Meanwhile, visitor registration for AIME has opened on November 10. Tickets on the door are A$25 (US$18) while access to the AIME 2016 Welcome Event on Monday 22 February costs A$150 per pax.

Register to attend AIME at www.infosalons.com.au/AIME16M/start.asp.

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