Headlines
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OTST heads to Malaysia
Friday | Oct 10 2025THE Australian Travel Careers Council (ATCC) Overseas Technical Study Tour (OTST) will return next year, with Malaysia selected as the host country.
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SAP, Amex shake on AI
Friday | Oct 10 2025TRAVEL expense platform SAP Concur has partnered with American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) to launch Complete, a co-developed next-gen solution with AI at its core.
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Riyadh Air takes off
Thursday | Oct 9 2025A NEW Saudi-backed carrier that has aspirations to connect Australia to its network will take off on its debut flight from Riyadh to Heathrow on 26 Oct.
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NYC playing with Luxury
Thursday | Oct 9 2025NEW York City Tourism Conventions has partnered with Luxury Escapes to showcase the city’s five boroughs in a new campaign leading up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Next-gen favour touring
Thursday | Oct 9 2025YOUNGER travellers are seeing the appeal in traditional guided coach touring as a niche holiday style, according to new market research commissioned by the Globus family of brands.
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Events need govt recognition
Thursday | Oct 9 2025THE events industry should be recognised as a core creative sector, argues a major new submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Government’s policy for the creative and cultural industries.
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Funding fuels Vic strategy
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025VISIT Victoria has announced a new five-year tourism strategy called Visit Victoria 2030, which will seek to grow the state’s visitor economy to over $53b.
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Kyoto to slug hotel stays
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025ONE of Australia’s most popular travel destinations will soon whack tourists with an increased hotel tax that will cost as much as $A100 per person, per night.
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Tauck enhances rewards
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025TAUCK has today advised of major changes to its Advisor Rewards Program, led by a doubling in validity for points earned, from one to two years.
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Britain eyes multi-billion-dollar spend
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025AUSTRALIAN visits to Britain in 2025 are forecast to inject 1.76 billion (A$3.6 billion) into its visitor economy, representing a 50% lift on 2019 visitor spend.