Overview

• The Ansett Travel Platform went live in late July, reviving the airline’s brand nearly 24 years after it collapsed into administration
• Members pay a $99 annual VIP fee to access near-wholesale pricing on flights and accommodation worldwide
• Melbourne-based start-up Travlr provides the platform’s technical back-end and customer support services
• The service employs large language models, recommendation systems and predictive pricing across 500 airlines and three million hotels to create hyper-personalized itineraries
• Future AI capabilities under development include anticipatory trip suggestions and AI-generated holiday jingles designed to automate planning