Travel Weekly’s editor spent her Sunday morning shushing the cheering crowd at Marrickville Library as Albo posed out the front for this photo op. He’s lucky he has a cute dog or she may have had to get the librarians involved.

AFTA’s former CEO, John Dart, passed away at the age of 90. He was the Federation’s CEO for 10 years in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

A peak industry body is asking keen travellers to postpone their trips to France and support Aussie tourism as it battles the impact of floods and COVID.

The federal government appears to be enjoying a slice of humble pie, after releasing funds it previously insisted were an “overestimation” that “would not be needed”.

Now that things are beginning to open up on a grander scale, the events and incentives are coming in thicker and faster than our office dog when she gets her midday zoomies.

What feels better than donating to a good cause? Bragging to your friends about it later, obviously.

It turns out one-third of the $258 million COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program is still sitting in federal government coffers, and these industry big wigs have a thing or two to say about that.

Besides the obvious damage to tourism infrastructure and flight delays, Dean Long said that compounded with the situation in Ukraine, this latest tragedy will have a “flow-on effect” for travel.

AFTA has been working hard behind the scenes to make sure the Minister for Tourism is working even harder up front for travel agents.

Backbench across the Liberal, National and Labor parties are going to need to stock up their tea and bikkies supply to prepare for the incoming wave of agents set to converge on their offices this week.

The cruise industry is again urging the Australian government to provide support, though, at this stage in the game we suggest they simply join the rest of us by screaming into the void instead.

We can feel the rage radiating from Dean Long’s general direction after the AFTA CEO added fighting airline commission cuts to the association’s list of new years resolutions.