Australian Border Force (ABF) officers were forced to manually process passengers at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane international airports after a 14-hour e-gate outage disrupted travel ahead of the school holidays. The technical issue began around 9pm on Thursday, affecting both arriving and departing passengers. ABF deployed additional officers to manage queues while technicians worked to […]
Flight Centre Travel Group’s executive general manager of customer loyalty, Clinton Hearne, believes Australia’s looming payment reforms could open the door to new players in the travel loyalty market. Speaking to Travel Weekly ahead of the 1 October changes, Hearne said the reduction in interchange fees could create opportunities for travel companies to challenge established […]
Festitalia on 20 September will transform the Brisbane Showgrounds into a bustling Italian piazza for a day of food, culture and entertainment. The Italian festival will take over Alexandria Park and Expo Place, with a packed program featuring Italian food, live music, family entertainment and hands-on cultural experiences. Visitors can enjoy handmade pasta, woodfired pizza, […]
The countdown is on for the Women in Travel Awards 2026, with just one week remaining to submit on-time entries before the Friday, 25 September deadline. The awards celebrate the women shaping Australia’s travel industry, recognising achievements across a range of sectors, from travel advisors and rising stars to marketers, sales leaders, executives and the […]
Eight river cruise leaders went head-to-head in a Talent for Travel game show hosted by founder Richard Taylor, sharing their top tips on where river cruise growth is coming from, the clients advisors are missing out on, and how to convert ocean cruisers and land tourers onto the river. Their advice, at the end of […]
Trafalgar River will offer new ships and new itineraries across five European rivers, The Travel Corporation’s Andrew Young, Senior VP Sales Oceania has revealed at Cruise360 Australasia at ICC Sydney. Trafalgar returned to European river cruising this year after a break of almost two decades and introduced a mid-entry level “affordable” offering to the Rhine […]
Hurtigruten has raised 1,002 bottles of Barolo from a top-secret location 34 metres beneath Arctic waters off northern Norway. The event marks the debut of ‘Arctic Barolo’, which will see the bottles served exclusively to Hurtigruten’s guests as they sail the Norwegian coast. The year-long experiment aimed to discover what would happen when one of […]
The 2026 Cruise360 Conference is on at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney with Thursday’s opening conference sessions followed by an official Cruise360 Cocktail Party. As the biggest and most important annual cruise industry event in the Southern Hemisphere, Cruise360 Australasia brought together cruise industry professionals, including travel advisors, agency owners, cruise line representatives, ports […]
Aussietravelcover will introduce financial default protection and expand medical and cancellation cover as part of a travel insurance product overhaul launching on 22 September. The updated product includes Financial Default Protection on International Top Plus, an expanded list of automatically covered medical conditions and updated eligibility criteria. Multi-Journey policies will offer new maximum trip durations […]
Air New Zealand will boost capacity on its Hobart–Auckland route by 28 per cent when seasonal flights return in October. The airline will operate three flights a week for most of the season. It will increase services to four a week between 27 February and 20 March. The expanded schedule begins on 25 October 2026 […]