The Australian government is urging Australians to “reconsider” travel to metropolitan Noumea after the French government declared the Pacific Islands territory to be in a state of emergency. (Featured image: 9 News) Latest advice on the government’s Smartraveller website said tourists should avoid the island’s capital city “due to civil unrest, travel disruptions and limited […]

Like a flightless bird, Air Vanuatu is grounded as its only Boeing 737 heads to Melbourne after being repossessed.

Local and international culinary stars will descend on Sydney for Vivid Food. Post-event hangovers a given...

Adventure tourism company Experience Co has appointed Matthew Vince as the new interim head of marketing, until 21 March, 2025, during Brooke Robson’s maternity leave. Matthew Vince has more than 15 years of marketing and strategy experience in luxury and adventure travel. He most recently served as Regent Seven Seas Cruises director of marketing in […]

Atlantis Dubai invited Travel Weekly to experience the newly launched luxury resort, Atlantis The Royal, as well as Dubai’s first and ultimate entertainment resort, Atlantis The Palm. The experiences, restaurants and beach clubs at both resorts made up a series of meticulously crafted luxury moments for which Dubai is renowned. From fire-breathing fountains to culinary […]

Unless you have been living under the most unexciting of rocks, you would have noticed that one of Netflix’s most popular shows – Bridgerton – has returned to screens. (Feature image: Netflix)  The racy Regency romp first caused a stir back on Christmas Day in 2020 and has gone from strength to strength ever since. […]

Six nights aboard Princess’ first Sphere Class ship.

Aussies are spending one of every five dollars, or 19 per cent, on experiences and nightlife – significantly higher than the global average of 12 per cent, according to the Mastercard Economics Institute report on travel in 2024. Australia is also the 7th top destination for travel globally in the past year while in Australia […]

Sydney’s reinforced its position as the world’s preferred Australian host city, and top Australian city in the APAC region for international and local business events. Sydney secured 25th place in the worldwide ICCA city rankings and ranked 6th (ICCA) and 3rd (CVENT) in the Asia Pacific region. Tourism Australia also celebrated the ICCA 2023 rankings […]

Melbourne-born, Sydney-based chef and restaurateur Luke Mangan will open his first Melbourne restaurant in more than a decade this winter with the launch of Bistrot Bisou, set within the art-focused, character-filled Hotel Indigo. Set on the corner of Flinders Lane and Spencer Street, the relaxed French bistro and bar will feature modern takes on classic […]

Three young surfers on an all expenses paid surf trip on the Aussie coast.... What could go wrong?

Paspaley Pearl by Ponant will offer a gem of a cruise, as the new team shows by their pearly whites.

Memphis Tourism would win the award for coolest sponsor if there was one. But there isn't.

Forget what your mum told you, you can make yourself look better by making others look bad.

Clickety-clack, more than a century on track. Unlike the Overland, our poetry is not in demand.

You should click on this article for the content but it's also okay if you just want to see someone cut a ribbon.

Despite appearances, being stranded in a luxury resort isn't all milk and honey.

Surprisingly, no hotels with bed bugs were represented in the top 1% of top hotels.

Time to start saving up your waste - Australia is about to become a hub of biofuel innovation!

Despite appearances, even the most severe-looking businessperson wants heart in their travel.

South Africa Tourism's chief marketing officer reminds us all we were once joyful children and not grumpy adults.

Watch your back Kyle and Jackie 'O' - a new power couple is in town.

In an unlikely move, South African Tourism is actually encouraging young people to travel MORE.

Excellent news if you've ever experienced the sheer horror of realising you don't have a functioning passport.

Tired of dining with the riff raff? Get yourself a DayAway membership and slip into a life of luxury.

Be prepared - this article has more silver than your local jewellers!

With images like these - you're bound to regret being asleep during Australia's version of the northern lights.

We aren't endorsing ditching your work to look at flights to Ho Chi Minh but we're also not not endorsing it.

Spare a moment to think about the cleaner who had to pick up all the confetti after this one kicked off.

We've done the monotonous trawl through budget reports so you don't have to. You can thank us later!

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, unless its announced at a big conference, then it'll probably be reported.

VietJet's making big plays in Australia but is drawing the line at buying a defunct airline.

If you feel like we just haven't spent enough of our lives talking about Covid, then boy is this the article for you!

COMO Hotels and Resorts has launched its new farmhouse apartments in the heart of Tuscany, just in time for Australians to escape our wet winter. And it’s also an ideal time for Aussies of Italian ancestry to explore their home country as 2024 has been declared the year of Roots and Heritage Tourism by the […]

All things sounding positive for Townsville, apart from the fact its football team is playing like 10 year olds.

New Caledonia officials have announced a 6pm-6am curfew, a liquor ban and have closed the country’s main airport after overnight riots in which vehicles were torched and roads blocked in the wake of proposed constitutional reforms. Australian Government website Smartraveller has issued an alert informing visitors to exercise a high degree of caution in metropolitan […]