Been raving around the office about cruising across Australia? Prepare to give your speculative colleagues their just desserts upon receipt of this news.

To feel the full effect of this story, Travel Weekly suggests imagining that CLIA Australasia boss Joel Katz has bull horns in the accompanying photo.

October means two things for us at Travel Weekly: firstly, it’s time to start making a Halloween costume for our dog, and secondly, summer cruise season has officially begun!

Who you gonna call? CRUISE MYTH BUSTERS! Or you can just read this handy guide which is probably just as, if not more, useful.

CLIA’s Australasian managing director gave us some great tips on how agents can increase their cruise sales so their customers can set sail. We know that was bad, but come on, it’s Monday.

Fancy sailing into Sydney only to be greeted by a bunch of cranes and cargo containers? This may be the reality for many tourists as Port Botany becomes the next contestant to solve berthing issues.

Social media, sustainability and shifting demographics will be focal points for this year’s conference. Our focal point this morning is finding the best time to sneak out for coffee.

To celebrate the release of the CLIA Australian Crusie Industry Source Market Report, we spoke with Katz about the government’s new commitment to berthing issues.

Joel Katz is the latest to toot agents’ horns, although we’re not saying he did drive-bys of travel agencies in order to do so.

Cruise bosses are voicing their opinions on Sydney’s cruising future. Sadly, it won’t involve singing to the back of Delta Goodrem’s chair on TV.

Travel Weekly scored an exclusive with CLIA boss Joel Katz, however despite constant begging still couldn’t score a free river cruise.

With just 10% of Aussies choosing river cruising, CLIA’s boss is busting myths and taking names. Actually, he was a lot less dramatic than that.