Emirates Providing Travel Benefit For Kiwi SMEs
Emirates Providing Travel Benefit For Kiwi SMEs
Emirates Airline is going the extra distance to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand through the economic challenges currently gripping businesses.
To celebrate a successful first year for Business Rewards - the Dubai-based international carrier’s innovative loyalty programme tailor-made for SMEs – 5,000 bonus Miles are being offered when each new account is activated.
With firms in 55 countries across the airline’s network recognising the broad range of benefits available, the 24/7 online rewards scheme has grown from strength to strength and now has more than 5,000 registered accounts across the globe.
Emirates’ New Zealand manager Chris Lethbridge said: “Business Rewards has proved to be an attractive benefit with cost-conscious companies in New Zealand. To continue to do business, many SMEs still have to travel to their markets regardless of the economic uncertainty.
“Especially at this time, we are delighted to be able to help them keep their costs down – and reward their loyalty to Emirates - with bonus Miles.
A key factor in the success of the free-to-join Business Rewards scheme – which gives members two Miles for every $1 they spend on travel - has been the mutual benefits it offers both SMEs and their staff.
Each time a registered employee books an Emirates flight, the company earns Business Rewards Miles, while the individual traveller continues to earn personal Miles from Skywards, Emirates’ frequent flyer programme for regular passengers.
The company can then redeem accumulated Business Rewards Miles against future bookings or – like many firms – use them to recognise the efforts of hard-working employees through staff incentive schemes.
The programme also provides a convenient online portal for administrators at SMEs to manage employee travel on Emirates airline. The company must register with Business Rewards in the country where it is located, but it can accumulate Miles for travel undertaken by employees at all their branches into one central account.
The offer of 5,000 bonus Miles is available until September 30 2009 to new or existing members who have yet to make a booking. For full details on the offer and how to sign up for Business Rewards, visit www.emirates.com.
Emirates flies its modern, wide-bodied jets four times daily from Auckland to Dubai and beyond, via Australia.
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