Wholesalers
“Travel is the great educator”: Collette CEO Dan Sullivan on why we need travel now more than ever
We spent the past few days sipping mojitos by the pool in Cairns… Oh, and attending Collette’s travel forum! Here’s proof we were listening.
Tourism
“We need to convert interest to bookings”: North QLD to get lions share of Scomo’s $60 million tourism boost
by Ali Coulton
The PM has announced a massive funding boost for Australia’s tourism industry, with a focus on trade relations. To celebrate, we’ve dug up this bewildering image of him scaring the sh*t out of a cockatoo.
Cruise
“Cruising is coming back to Queensland”: Palaszczuk, Carnival, and Princess reveal restart plans
The Queensland cruise industry is preparing itself for the biggest comeback since Steven Bradbury swooped by his fallen competitors in 2002.
Aviation
Air Canada brings back more Aussie services
The Canadian carrier is giving Aussie travellers more connections to North America, but all we really want is more airline ads featuring Sandra Oh.
Tourism
Traditional owners launch Cairns eco tours
If you’re like us, news of the tour had you hopping up and tapping your heels mid-air like an old-timey cartoon character before rushing off to book yourself on the next tour.
Destinations
Experience Co. launch Cairns’ first new-build pontoon in over a decade
The new pontoon will help not only local tourism in the area but local marine science and ecology as well.
Aviation
Bonza’s massive launch announcement increases low-cost Aussie routes by 40 per cent
Were you more excited by Bonza’s flight route announcement or it’s Budgie Smuggler’s announcement? We here at Travel Weekly remain conflicted.
Aviation
Virgin Australia to cut flight capacity by 25 per cent in face of Omicron
Omicron’s latest blow has left pilots and cabin crew wondering why they didn’t pick a career where they can work from home.
Aviation
Virgin Australia launch three new Gold Coast flights, restart Sydney to Canberra service
The new flight announcements have made everyone pretty excited, especially teenagers going to schoolies and adults going as toolies .
Hotels
News
Mother charged with arson after hotel fire
We understand hotel quarantine can leave you hot under the collar, but this is ridiculous!
Aviation
‘Here for Allstralia’: New Aussie airline, Bonza unveils launch campaign
The new low-cost airline is branding itself as ‘Here For Allstralia’, which is a fun play on words and not a typo so we’d better not see any emails telling us we can’t spell.
Events
GALTA makes new board appointments ahead of Sydney WorldPride 2023
If Sydney’s Mardi Gras is Gay Christmas, WorldPride is… well, Gay Christmas x100! To celebrate the event coming Down Under, GALTA is assembling a dream team to help prep the tourism industry.