With international travel now well on its way, Velocity Frequent Flyer is proving that loyalty works both ways with some extra perks for members and the promise of new partnerships with overseas carriers.

Meanwhile, considering the state of things, the only thing Travel Weekly staff are aspiring to be by 2050 is still alive and kicking.

This flight attendant’s happy dance has been melting hearts across the internet. The fact that she’s also an influencer probably helped, too.

ScoMo and his team of ministers are hurriedly trying to make sure everything’s tickety-boo by the time our international borders reopen.

If getting vaxxed is our ticket to travelling again, we at Travel Weekly gladly roll up our sleeves. Even if Bill Gates has popped a microchip in the doses (he hasn’t).

Looks like Air Canada will beat Qantas by one day in resuming its Sydney-Vancouver service. We can hear Alan Joyce sighing from here.

Fancy a month’s worth of free accommodation across Australia, NZ and the Pacific to enjoy once it is safe to do so? Well, you’ll need both jabs to be in with a chance.

If you’ve got clients booked to join any Globus, Cosmos, Avalon Waterways or Monograms trip, you’d better pray they’re not anti-vaxxers.

If all goes to plan, 18 December will now be known as the beginning of the end of Australia’s overseas travel ban hellscape. Coincidentally, it’s also our deputy editor’s birthday!

BWH Hotel Group’s longtime president and CEO is retiring, with an Esky, BBQ tongs and Big Mouth Billy Bass Singing Fish mooted as possible leaving gifts.

The company’s network of independent agents can now impress clients with access to loads of tailorable itineraries and expert advice.

The five new journeys all take place intrastate, so even the toughest border closures can’t put a stop to these babies. As long as your clients live in SA, that is.