This week, our editor enjoyed a beachside chat with Global Work & Travel’s marketing manager on the Gold Coast … until he accidentally stepped on a blue bottle.

This week, we learnt that Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets’ newly appointed general manager doesn’t shy away from stairs when it comes to walking.

We caught up with a member of TravelManagers’ NPO team who, like most of us, has re-watched Schitt’s Creek four times (and counting).

This week, we traded slow cooker recipes with an MTA travel advisor. It took us a while to realise she was talking about a type of pot and not someone who takes three hours to make pasta.

Here, G Adventures’ sales manager for Australia and New Zealand revealed his secret holiday spot … which isn’t really a secret anymore.

This week, we got up close and personal with an MTA senior travel specialist. Well, as close as you can get to someone during a pandemic. So, really, we got 1.5 metres away and semi-personal.

This week, we had a yarn with a member of TravelManagers’ national partnership office over ginger prawns while she played us her favourite Eminem songs.

This week, we quizzed an MTA travel advisor on how she’s been coping with the global pandemic. She got most of the answers right … we think.

This week, Lotus Double Bay’s head chef answered a few questions from Travel Weekly while simultaneously whipping up a crispy pig ear salad. We devoured it in record time.

By the looks of the accompanying photo, this MTA agent got a little outside help answering the interview questions we sent her. We won’t hold it against her though.

This week, APT Travel’s GM of product showed us his best home-haircutting techniques, and we smiled and nodded while we watched him slowly descend into madness.

Health & Fitness Travel’s director has been getting experimental in the kitchen ever since COVID-19 hit. However, that’s not to say she’s gone all Heston Blumenthal and attempted things like chicken curry ice cream or snail porridge.