CATO Awards to become standalone event in 2020
Travel Weekly thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural CATO Awards earlier this year, despite being relegated to a table right u...
CATO to launch consumer-facing magazine
Got clients who are looking for a little travel inspo? This new publication from CATO will do the trick and probably get...
Inaugural CATO travel trends report reveals who is most likely to book with an agent
The new research shines a light on the shape and direction of Australia's outbound leisure market, though that's not to ...
REVEALED: All the winners from the first-ever CATO Awards
Congrats to all the winners at the inaugural CATO Awards! Congrats also to our editor, who yesterday completed the 1kg s...
CATO unveils new-look board
The Council of Australian Tour Operators has elected its new board, which (mini-spoiler alert) only turns out to have on...
CATO chairman takes aim at “deceptive and misleading” advertising by industry disruptors
Did you happen to miss Dennis Bunnik’s venom-filled address at CATO’s recent AGM? Consider yourself caught up with t...
REVEALED: All the finalists for the inaugural CATO Awards
Did you fail to find your name on the shortlist for this year's National Travel Industry Awards? Try again here.
Are YOU crisis ready? Key takeaways from CATO’s Crisis Management Conference
We learnt a lot at the CATO Crisis Management conference. DFAT uses WhatsApp, travel agents hate the media, and Travel W...
CATO’s crisis management conference is coming up fast
Travel Weekly's crisis management plan is to drink more coffee and cry if someone asks us what to do. It's been highly e...
WORLD FIRST: This start-up just joined CATO
In another world first, Travel Weekly has gone five whole days without spilling coffee on our clothes. We can't wait to ...
CATO gives top honour to retiring founder, Peter Baily
Meanwhile, we're bestowing upon ourselves the top honour of a Friday afternoon early mark so we can retire to the pub. I...
Flavour of the Week
Next to these Travel Industry champs, we feel like complete sloths. Although that's not saying we have anything against ...
“We could be bigger than cruising”: CATO
The Council of Australian Tour Operators reckons land touring could rival the cruise industry, amid reports they've chal...
Council of Australian Tour Operators aims to make membership count
Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO), the representative body of the land product side of the Australian travel i...
Industry prepares for times of crisis
The time is right to ensure the industry is well equipped to cope in times of crisis, according to the Council of Austra...
Why we need to talk about terrorism and tourism
CATO chairman Dennis Bunnik urges the industry to openly discuss traveller safety in these troubled times to ensure secu...
What is CATO? They ask the same question
Don't be shy if you don't know. You will start to see CATO more and more, so it’s time to get clued up on who they are...
CATO takes an international approach
With a number of world issues affecting the local travel industry, CATO chairman Dennis Bunnik has met with his internat...