Tourism Australia is encouraging Kiwis to ‘Be the First’ to visit. Meanwhile, Travel Weekly’s editor is encouraging staff to be first to the pub for lunch.

We’ve all seen them; the ‘hot dog legs’, the ‘hot tub back shot’, and the ‘follow me’ angle often accompanied by a fedora. Watch all these social media trends get picked to pieces in this hilarious campaign.

More than 650 Kiwis will be left high and dry this cruise season after Ponant was forced to cancel its ‘expedition bubbles’.

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

Kiwis are getting up at the crack of dawn to welcome the world as part of a Tourism NZ campaign. Meanwhile, Travel Weekly staff will be tucked up in bed wearing their Peter Alexander PJs and pom pom nightcaps.

Australia remains the number one destination for Kiwi travellers, with Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast all starring in travel plans for 2016.