As traditional retailers rethink their strategies around loyalty cards and customer data, Qantas and Myer are the latest retails giants to join forces with mobile wallet app provider, Stocard, and pilot their loyalty programs on the company’s app.

The launch of Qantas’ new branding is just the tip of the iceberg in a customer experience evolution aimed at delivering more authentic and personalised experiences in and off the plane, the airline’s CMO says.

Customer data and digital innovation are a competitive advantage for Qantas and continue to be pivotal in keeping up with modern consumer experience expectations, its CEO says.

Qantas has rolled out a new campaign called ‘Out of Office Travelogue’ aimed at transforming a user’s out-of-office auto reply into a real-time travel journal.

Qantas and Tourism Australia have agreed to a data sharing arrangement as part of a landmark $20 million partnership announced today.

Digital is a means to bring immediacy, inspiration and personalisation to the traveller’s journey. Yet executing a good experience often still comes back to how digitally enabled data and insights are presented back to travellers through human interactions.

Qantas will roll out high-speed Wi-Fi services across its Australian domestic fleet for customers after striking a deal to tap into the National Broadband Network.

Vodafone has revealed a partnership with Qantas as well as waived a $5 New Zealand daily roaming charge for local customers as part of its latest strategic moves to boost customer loyalty and engagement.

Qantas’ Red Planet customer and marketing analytics business is expected to turn a profit in its first year and has already helped Australian book retailer, Dymocks, improve its marketing campaign efforts, the airline has revealed.

Qantas is extending its virtual reality initiative into fresh content, launching a 3D film experience of the Great Barrier Reef and Hamilton Island to promote the destination to customers.

Optus has attributed its decision not to renew a partnership with Qantas’ Frequent Flyer program to plans to evolve its own customer loyalty offering.

Loyalty programs have not adapted to the digital age and are failing to engage customers, according to a recent study by Capgemini Consulting. The report, Fixing the Cracks: Reinventing Loyalty Programs for the Digital Age, identified participation rates in loyalty programs are frequently low, with 89 per cent of social media opinions on loyalty programs reported as negative.

A ‘coalition loyalty business’ is the driving force behind the high engagement of Qantas Frequent Flyers, according to its CMO.

Qantas has promoted its Loyalty CMO, Stephanie Tully, to executive manager of group brand and marketing.

Forget in-flight iPads; Qantas is about to pilot virtual reality goggles on the heads of its customers.

Leo Burnett Group CEO and high-profile marketing and advertising personality, Todd Sampson, has joined the Qantas board.

Qantas has partnered with publishing group, Sound Alliance, to launch a digital content offering aimed at young travellers.

Qantas has taken the wrappers off an emotionally led brand campaign aimed at cementing its role in bringing Australians back home to their loved ones.

The leader of Qantas’ new audience data business, Red Planet, has warned against establishing standalone data strategies, saying any data-driven activity must be embedded within commercial context.

Qantas has confirmed the launch of a new audience data management and media buying business, dubbed ‘Red Planet’, off the back of its customer loyalty program.

Qantas has confirmed it will not sell-off a portion of its highly lucrative Qantas Loyalty business even as it reports a multibillion dollar net loss in its 2013/2014 annual report.