News from the StudentUniverse Team
Several of our team members attended the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) this year in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a top worldwide event for global leaders and stakeholders in the youth and student travel industry. Aside from hosting a booth and holding a networking event to bring together key players in the youth…
Today we are proud to announce that Alaska Air has joined 90 airlines that offer discounted pricing and terms on studentuniverse.com. Alaska Air’s discounts will be available to verified students of any age, as well as faculty. The discounts also apply to codeshare flights operated by Virgin America. Students will see discounts available on routes…
In-app and mobile web bookings have grown 126% year-over-year over triple digit growth the year prior. This growth comes just months after hotel content was introduced into the Flights by StudentUniverse app—the first mobile application with student airfares. In December alone, 27% of StudentUniverse’s hotel sales were made in the app. Top destinations booked included…
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve been handpicked by Tourism Australia and the Australian Government as a partner in the $10m campaign to send a surge of young Brits to work in Australia while having an extended holiday as part of the Working Holiday Makers Program. In a six month campaign, we will leverage our…
Last week, we announced that Atle Skalleberg, StudentUniverse’s managing director, was appointed Chief Digital Officer of Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG). Today, we are pleased to announce that Paul Jacobs has been appointed SVP of Marketing and a member StudentUniverse’s executive management team, which is responsible for the company’s health and growth globally. In tandem,…