Headlines
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Luxperience to expand?
Friday | May 30 2025LUXPERIENCE may expand in future years – potentially beyond Sydney, or beyond one event – as the showcase seeks to become the flagship platform for luxury travel across Oceania.
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Travellers feel fleeced
Friday | May 30 2025ALMOST three-quarters of Australian travellers feel they are “getting fleeced” on international trips when it comes to food and tourist experiences.
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Cutting through negative news
Friday | May 30 2025IN the current geopolitical climate, consumers considering visiting Disneyland in the US need travel agents who can “cut through the negative news”, emphasised Director of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Andrea Robinson (pictured).
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Airfare inflation pleasing
Friday | May 30 2025DOMESTIC and international airfare inflation has risen by half the average rate of all purchases in the five years since the pandemic, according to new figures from Flight Centre’s Corporate travel division.
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Intrepid tech milestone
Thursday | May 29 2025INTREPID Travel has completed the first major phase of its multi-year technology transformation, in partnership with end-to-end reservation platform, Kaptio (TD 13 Feb 2024).
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Long-haul LCCs to boom
Thursday | May 29 2025LONG-HAUL low-cost carriers operating to and from Australia will likely boom in the future, according to aviation analyst and the founder of CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Peter Harbison.
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Brissy takes $12b in tourism
Thursday | May 29 2025BRISBANE is Queensland’s number one tourism destination, with the industry delivering a record $12 billion to the destination’s economy.
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Boeing ducks criminal trial
Thursday | May 29 2025BOEING has managed to avoid criminal prosecution relating to two fatal crashes involving its troubled 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019.
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Platform courts investment
Thursday | May 29 2025SAUDI Arabia has unveiled a new tourism platform that it will use to produce white papers, sustainability reports, and set new benchmarks for the international tourism sector.
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Sydney on a winning streak
Thursday | May 29 2025SYDNEY has retained its position as the world’s favourite Australian business events destination, ranking number one in the country and eighth in the Asia Pacific in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) 2024 Country and City Rankings.