Why activate your Business Hub?

Save money

Our low fares can help you increase cost savings versus travelling for business on full service carriers. Gain insights and transparency from our monthly reporting for better cost management.

Hold booking

If you have more than two days (48 hours) from the departure date, we can hold your booking^^ after you made the reservation, so you can lock in your meeting details.

Save time with less admin

Keeping track of your travel expenses is easy with monthly reports detailing your booking activity and spend. You can create and manage logins for multiple team members.

At Jetstar we are all about empowering travellers to have their travels their way. And that starts with making travel easy and affordable. By flying Jetstar for business travel, you get more value from your travel spend. We fly to the most important business destinations, taking business travellers to their meeting quickly along with a pleasant and efficient travel experience.

By activating your free Business Hub account you’ll have exclusive access to the Flex bundle and enjoy extra benefits which makes managing your business travel a breeze.

Time is money. Save both. Because you can.

Why fly Jetstar for business travel?

On-time performance

When you travel for business you’ve got to be on time, every time. That’s why we’re always working hard to keep to our schedule.

Streamlined check-in

No checked baggage, visa or other entry requirements? Then check in online, print your boarding pass or get a mobile boarding pass before check-in closes and head directly to the boarding gate.

Check in and manage your flights on the go

Search and book flights, manage your booking, check in and get real time flight updates – all from the Jetstar app

High frequency to business destinations

Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City and many more.

For more information visit www.jetstar.com

Supermarket giant is the latest in a series of companies that have turned to renewable energy to reduce power bills

Supermarket giant Coles has signed a long-term contract to get electricity from three new solar farms, the latest in a series of companies that have turned to renewable energy to lower power bills.

It comes as a group of 41 retailers and businesses including Bunnings, Harvey Norman, Ikea and JB Hi-Fi plan an unprecedented joint electricity purchase in a bid to reduce costs.

Coles announced a 10-year deal to buy most of the electricity generated at three new solar farms to be built outside Wagga Wagga, Corowa and Junee in NSW.

The plants will be operated by global clean energy company Metka EGN and are expected to provide the equivalent of 10% of Coles’ power needs from June next year.

Steven Cain, Coles Group’s chief executive, said the company was committed to being the most sustainable supermarket in Australia. It had spent more than $40m on energy efficiency over two years and installed solar panels on 30 stores, with another 38 to follow this financial year.

The supermarket agreement follows a similar announcement on Monday by Molycop, a manufacturer for mining and rail companies, that it had signed an 11-year-deal to take electricity from a separate solar farm near Wagga and the Sapphire wind farm in northern NSW to help it limit the impact of rising power prices.

Consultants Energetics say corporate power purchase agreements have supported about 3700 megawatts of clean energy since 2016, more than 80% of which have been new developments. About half of the projects underpinned by big business have been large-scale solar, 40% wind and just under 10% a mix of the two.

Companies to have signed renewable energy contracts include the Commonwealth Bank, Bluescope Steel, Telstra and zinc refiner Sun Metals.

It is understood the falling cost of solar and wind energy suggested clean energy deals would continue to be signed. Photograph: Colin Anderson/Getty Images

While there is uncertainty over whether the clean energy boom of the past two years will continue, Kane Thornton, chief executive of industry group the Clean Energy Council, said the falling cost of solar and wind energy suggested deals would continue to be signed.

“We’re just going to see more and more businesses got it alone or join consortia to provide their power and the economics says more and more that will be renewables,” he said.

The group of 41 retailers, also including Officeworks, Chemist Warehouse, Costco and Spotlight, have applied to the consumer watchdog for approval to ask for tenders to supply their power needs, which adds up to 0.5% of the total electricity drawn from the national grid.

Lodged on behalf of the businesses by the Large Format Retail Association, the application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission does not say the electricity would be renewable, but it cites two previous large-scale clean energy bulk buys, by the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy and the City of Melbourne, as evidence of why the application should be approved.

It says the consortium could expand to include other companies, but would not make up more than 1% of electricity use, and could lead to investment in new generation while lowering power bills for member companies.

Tony Wood, energy program director with thinktank the Grattan Institute, said the joint bid illustrated the frustration businesses felt about high electricity prices, which have been linked to the lack of a coherent national energy policy.

Lindsay Soutar, a campaigner with Greenpeace, said the Coles deal was a “great first step” and showed companies were now leading the way on a transition to 100% renewable energy. “People have the choice to support the businesses that are doing their part in enabling a safe and healthy climate,” she said.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news

Perhaps Australia’s most famous icon, the giant stone monolith of Uluru / Ayers Rock is located right at the centre of Australia and serves almost literally as Australia’s heart.

Uluru was named “Ayers Rock” by Europeans in 1873 when William Gosse gave it its title after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time.

Uluru was originally formed under the ocean, and gradually hardened over the course of hundreds of thousands of years. The landmark has been officially known as “Uluru / Ayers Rock” since 2002 and stands as one of the few dual-named geographical features in Australia.

Uluru stands 348 metres above sea level at its tallest point (24m higher than the Eiffel Tower), yet it resembles a “land iceberg” as the vast majority of its mass is actually underground – almost 2.5km worth!

It is estimated to be around 600 million years old.

The greater Uluru area is considered a sacred site by native Aborigines, particularly the local Anangu tribe who are considered its traditional landowners.

While climbing the rock is not illegal, it is still considered disrespectful to the Aboriginal culture and has resulted in 37 deaths since the 1950’s.

Uluru was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site back in 1987.

The closest and largest town to Uluru is Alice Springs, which is around 450km away.
It has one of the best sunsets in the country – in fact, it was voted in the Australia’s Top 10 Sunsets – due to the amazing red that comes from a combination of the angle of the sun, minerals in the rock and the reflection of the surrounding soil.

Source: experienceoz.com.au