Have you been searching for a more seamless way to book Merlin attractions? Well, this new deal will have you fist-pumping and cartwheeling down the office hallway.

As the pandemic rages on, Klook’s ANZ boss owes his life to Deliveroo, much like Travel Weekly’s editor owes his life to elastic-waisted pants and Netflix.

The travel tech player is plotting an aggressive local expansion. However, that’s not to suggest Klook staff will be throwing punches at its rivals.

This week, we chat with Klook’s marketing director for Australia and New Zealand about Pete Townshend, ambient anxiety and his jaunts to the South Coast.

It’s good to know there are wholesalers out there offering flexibility for agents, and incentives for travellers to plan ahead.

Travel Weekly is committed to looking after our travel agent audience and keeping the positive vibes, so here’s a wrap that’s decidedly thin on any coronavirus news.

Travel Weekly’s editor only journeys alone now after his chronic flatulence problem drew the ire of fellow travellers on a recent famil.

Travel tech player Klook has marked its fifth anniversary and local success with a few drinks and a PowerPoint preso. However, it stopped short of hiring a magician and fire twirlers.

The demands of modern travellers are forcing travel companies to rethink how to meet them in a more responsible and sustainable way. For Klook, that means a three-fold approach.

We caught up with Klook’s ANZ marketing director (and Travel DAZE speaker), Jonathan Williams, to talk technology and sustainability in the travel industry.

Meanwhile, upping our morning espresso intake has changed the way we file stories. We’re now twice as fast, but the shakes have increased our typos threefold.