Not only is it the luxe wholesaler’s first Aussie jaunt, but also its first trip since the global COVID-19 pandemic began in March last year.

New year, new cruise resumption dates for several Carnival Corp brands, so tell your clients they won’t need to add seasickness tablets to their shopping lists anytime soon.

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any more ‘bubbles’, allow us to introduce you to the latest one.

It turns out Tourism Australia chose well for the celeb faces of its relaunched ‘Holiday Here This Year’ campaign.

The insurance company has wasted no time updating its trans-Tasman travel policies following Jacinda Ardern’s big ‘bubble’ announcement.

British Airways is sharing the festive joy by promising to reunite a lonesome singer with her family once it is safe for her to fly, after she shared a heartwarming song with the airline.

The new hotel is set to be very tall … so tall, in fact, that it couldn’t all fit in the accompanying image.

The Aussie PM is sticking to his “health first” strategy. However, that’s not to suggest he’ll be laying off the fruit mince pies at Christmas time.

Aussies looking to expand their Christmas gift horizons beyond a Bunnings gift card and Big Mouth Billy Bass Singing Fish have been given a helping hand.

Ola’s local boss has left, and it has closed its driver centres “until further notice”. No wonder there’s speculation around the ridesharing company’s future Down Under.

If there was any speck of hope left of a two-way trans-Tasman ‘bubble’ happening by Christmas, New Zealand’s Prime Minister has practically eradicated it.

The cruise line also just announced free drinks and WiFi on all cruises, which we have been lobbying for in our office for years now. The best we get is dial-up internet and the occasional warm beer.