Confidence remains strong in Tropical North Queensland with more than $295 million worth of tourism investment underway and record international visitor spend on the back of four years of additional destination marketing funding. Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) chief executive Mark Olsen and chair John O’Sullivan revealed the results in the 2025–26 TTNQ Annual Report. […]
Msgr. George J. Brubaker Services for Msgr George J. Brubaker, who died Sept. 7 at 78, will be held Sept. 14 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington. A visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m., and the Mass of Christian Burial will follow at noon. The cathedral is located at Sixth and West streets. […]
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You’d be hard-pushed in the Australian travel market to find someone who hasn’t heard of Damian Borg. Borg has, deservedly, earned the moniker of being one of the best-liked men in travel. Joining the industry in his late teens, he has more than three decades’ worth of industry relationships to his name. After spending nearly […]
Gerri Irish, left, and Phila Breeding look at photos from the Saint Francis School of Nursing. Dialog photo/Mike Lang WILMINGTON — For years, Saint Francis Hospital not only provided healthcare for residents of Wilmington and beyond. The hospital also trained those who administered that care through its nursing school. The Saint Francis School of Nursing […]
The offering placed before the altar on Sept. 11, 2001, was unlike any ever seen at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Manhattan’s Financial District: the lifeless body of 68-year-old Franciscan friar and New York City Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal Judge. He was killed when the 110 stories of the World Trade Center’s south tower […]
The travel industry isn’t short of conferences, but CT Partners’ upcoming event is set to be a little different. This year, the group is taking its 2026 annual conference to a luxury superyacht. According to CT Partners CEO Matt Masson, Ritz-Carlton saw an opportunity to put a growing group of high-value travel sellers on board […]
Melbourne Airport will open new public pick up and drop off zones for terminals 1, 2 and 3 on October 6 – the biggest change to the airport’s road network since it opened in 1970. The new free drop off zone on level 3 of the T123 Transport Hub will offer significantly more space than […]
A Flight Centre Cherrybrook travel advisor has returned from an incentive trip to Vancouver with more than just new destination knowledge – he came home engaged. Sam Stratten, a Vancouver Specialist at Flight Centre Cherrybrook, won the trip after completing Destination Vancouver and Air Canada’s Vancouver Specialist Program (VSP) and Air Canada’s University Training as […]
Bishop William E. Koenig of Wilmington speaks during an interview with Catholic News Service in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Nov. 3, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Life in Delaware and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is sustained by the myriad people who support our communities by their work. From the farms and warehouses to hospitals, […]