ICCA names new general manager (10-May-2006)
The International Cruise Council Australasia has appointed Linda Halliday as its new general manager. more

Sun Princess to operate Australian season (9-May-2006)
Princess Cruises is basing superliner Sun Princess in Sydney for the 2007/08 summer season. more

AllGayCruises promoting Pacific Sun departure (1-May-2006)
AllGayCruises.com.au is hoping to sell up to 80 per cent of cabins on Pacific Sun's March 29 departure after securing advance booking rights. more

Blue Lagoon goes gold (26-Apr-2006)
Fiji’s Blue Lagoon Cruises is offering free ‘Gold Club’ upgrades on all three-night Yasawa Island ‘Club’ cruises or two-cabin family deals booked before May 31, 2006. more

Star Princess fire started on balcony (18-Apr-2006)
Princess Cruises has confirmed that a fire on the Star Princess in March started on one of the ship’s balconies and spread to other balconies, however no definitive cause has yet been determined. more

Bentours cruises the Baltics (10-Apr-2006)
Bentours is expanding its Viking River Cruises options to launch a new 21-day combined land and cruise tour of six Baltic countries – with a discount of $750 off three selected departures. more

Pacific Sky passenger killed in jet ski accident (7-Apr-2006)
One Australian woman has been killed, and two others injured, in a jet ski accident off Penang in Malaysia during a cruise ship stopover. more

Kids travel free on Captain Cook Cruises (5-Apr-2006)
Captain Cook Cruises is giving all children who attend the Royal Easter Show a free Café, Harbour Highlights and Sydney Harbour Explorer cruise throughout the school holidays. more

Death toll in Bahrain cruise disaster climbs to 58 (3-Apr-2006)
The death toll from a cruise boat that capsized in seas off the coast of Bahrain has climbed to 58 after the body of a man was found washed-up on shore. more

Star Princess cruises cancelled (3-Apr-2006)
Cruise operator Carnival Corp has had to take the fire-damaged Star Princess vessel out of service until mid-May and cancel the four remaining voyages in its Caribbean cruise season while it undergoes repairs in Germany. more

Probe follows DJ sudden descent (5-Dec-2005)
Investigations are underway as to why the cockpit windscreen of a Virgin Blue aircraft cracked, forcing the plane to make a swift descent during a flight from Townsville to Brisbane on Friday night. more

Hong Kong dogfight (23-Nov-2005)
The sustained price war on the Sydney-Hong Kong route has forced Virgin Atlantic to restructure its pricing and encourage agents to use published rather than net remit fares. more

Ireland: Gulf Air services ‘next best thing to direct access’ (23-Nov-2005)
Extra air capacity will help Ireland promote itself as a primary destination in Europe, according to Tourism Ireland general manager Monica Nerney. more

Insight: Industry with a personality crisis (22-Nov-2005)
Where have all the great brand presenters gone? more

Big prizes everyone can pursue (22-Nov-2005)
It may be a quest to find the travel brainiacs, but you don’t have to be Einstein to take home prizes at the inaugural Travel Pursuit evening in Sydney on November 9. more

BA passengers’ DVT case goes to House of Lords (20-Oct-2005)
The UK’s House of Lords is being asked to rule on a compensation claim on behalf of British Airways passengers who suffered deep vein thrombosis. more

Virgin denies reported code-share plan with SQ (15-Aug-2005)
Virgin Atlantic has denied a newspaper report claiming the carrier is negotiating a code-share agreement with Singapore Airlines on flights between Singapore and Sydney. more

Quest to find Australia’s smartest travel agent launched (10-Aug-2005)
Are you smarter than the average travel agent? more