Say a prayer for your Flight Centre colleagues today, because they’re about to get bombarded by travel starved bargain hunters.

There’s been plenty of tszujing happening over at Savenio lately. However, that’s not to suggest the “Fab Five” paid the agency network a visit.

Flight Centre’s HR team have had to put in another alcohol order for the company’s Christmas party after welcoming a swathe of new agencies and agents.

Travel Weekly’s own terms and conditions state that staff must be at the pub by lunchtime on a Friday, so we best be off then!

Helloworld has wasted no time restocking its board of directors. The ASX-listed company has even replenished the office biscuit tin.

Agencies continue to flock to CT Partners this year, so we’ve had to create an Excel spreadsheet just to keep track.

FCTG’s James Kavanagh has given the reopening of the NSW-Victoria border the commentary equivalent of a standing ovation.

There’s been a change in the Helloworld boardroom, and we’re not just talking about the new plush leather swivel chairs.

The Flight Centre-owned brand has once again been enlisted to create some fab travel packages by combining Parrtjima with the best the Red Centre has to offer.

For full transparency, some of these financial figures are unaudited, but let’s not let that take away from Helloworld’s strong recovery.

The plan includes vouchers to encourage domestic travel and a fund to lure international airlines back to Australia, but AFTA’s chief argues a crucial element of the industry has been left out.

The industry veteran reckons ever-changing global travel restrictions may have a silver lining for agents.