Advertise With Best Cruises

This section contains information for advertising on BestCruises.com.au or any site on the Best Flights Network. BestFlights.com.au, the Best Cruises parent website, is recognised as being one of the top five ranked retail travel sites in Australia.

Apart from our dedicated Australian audience our web sites attract visitors from all around the globe, as we are a truly international travel agency.

With millions of web users clicking through our sites each month we offer enormous reach for potential advertisers.

Advertising Requests If you would like to advertise your product or service through Best Cruises or anywhere on the Best Flights network you can book your advertising requirements online.

Artwork Specifications Information on artwork specifications for banners used on the Best Cruises network.

Link Your Site to Ours If you would like to link your website to Best Cruises we have supplied the Best Cruises logo for your use.

advertise@bestcruises.com.au If you believe that you have a great site that Best Cruises would benefit from being featured on, then contact us at and we will look at all possibilities and proposals.

The Company:

Best Flights is a call centre and online retail Australian travel agency. The Best Flights website www.bestflights.com.au  offers access to discounted national and international airfares as well as cruises, rail, accommodation, coach and adventure tours and other travel packages, car hire and travel insurance. It features an opt-in newsletter, Fare Alerts and related travel links.

Apart from the dedicated Australian audience Best Flights web sites attracts visitors from all around the globe, as it is a truly international travel agency with well over two million pages of content read each month by travel visitors to the network of sites.

The Best Flights opt-in newsletter subscription service has now achieved a membership base of approximately 336,000 members, who receive weekly updates and Fare Alerts on domestic flight sales, travel offers, cruises, tours and package deals as well as great offers on accommodation, car hire and travel insurance.

The Call Centre is based in a modern Business Centre in Leederville, Perth – Western Australia, one of the trendiest street café - cappuccino chic areas of the city. With over eighty current staff members it operates seven days a week 8am-10pm Monday to Friday AEDT and 8am-8pm weekends AEDT, to support the growing customer base. In seven years, Best Flights has achieved consistent revenue and profit growth and secured a growing share of the international travel market.

Our Primary Sites:

BestFlights.com.au Main parent website Domestic Flights International Flights Holiday Packages Hotels/Hostels Insurance Rail/Bus Travel extras	BestCruises.com.au Dedicated Cruise Site 30 cruise lines 200 cruise ships 10,000 cruises Cruise tours River cruises Fly + Cruise
BestCoachTours.com.au Dedicated Coach Tour Site Contiki Cosmos Globus Insight Trafalgar AAT Kings APT Avalon Radical Travel Busabout	BestAdventures.com.au Dedicated Adventure Site Gecko's Peregrine Adventure Intrepid Travel Kumuka Worldwide Imaginative Traveller Travel Indochina Tucan Travel Africa Travel Co Gap Adventures On the Go Tours

Best Flights commenced trading in February 2001 and by 2005 had established itself as the largest independent travel company in the Southern Hemisphere. In September 2005 the company was purchased by Transonic Travel, whose origins date back to 1949 and who now employs over 1,000 personnel around the world. In July 2006 Transonic Travel was in turn purchased by the public company, S8, who in turn was purchased by Stella Travel Services/MFS. Stella Travel Services is now the largest travel-related company in Australia, and one of the world’s top 20 travel companies.

Market Position:

Best Flights is regarded as one of, if not the most innovative, pro-active retail travel companies in the country and a major supplier of discounted airfares to the Australian public, by the travel public and industry.

Best Flights is recognised by Hitwise Australia as being consistently in the top ten ranked retail travel sites for Australian Net Surfers to Australian Travel Agencies online this year. Hitwise and the Australian Financial Review announced Best Flights top ten position in the AFR annual Top 10 Website Awards.

Customer Numbers / Segments:

Best Flights has built a significant customer base with repeat sales from established customers, which is constantly increasing due to the quality service levels and product value presented.

The database of approximately 336,000 newsletter subscriptions continues to evolve steadily and provides a regular avenue for sales from weekly newsletters and Fare Alerts. As well, search engine optimisation efforts direct traffic to the Best Flights network of travel sites based on selected travel keywords.

As a snapshot the following table shows current state demographic profiling for February 2007:

		State Demographics: New South Wales 32.97% Victoria 22.82% Queensland 20.70% South Australia 6.25% Western Australia 10.10% Tasmania 2.03% Northern Territory 0.87% Australian Capital Territory 4.27%
		Gender Demographics: Female 64.41% Male 35.59%
		Age Demographics: 18 - 24 23.21% 25 - 34 26.89% 35 - 44 29.04% 45 - 54 10.90% Over 55 9.96%

Psychographic:

The general aim of visitors to Best Flights is to research their travel requirements, seek out great deals and explore travel options and locations online, with phone support for bookings and enquiries.

Some of our previous clients that have appeared in our newsletters and with advertising across our network include:
Air France KLM, E*Trade, Travelex, SinglesWhoClick, iiNet, DealsDirect, DELL, Foxtel, RealEstate.com.au, National Australia Bank, Citibank, Commonwealth Bank and American Express.

We are a very pro-active company and are "all ears" all the time

Please email advertise@bestcruises.com.au to place a request or make further enquiries.