Tourism Australia has appointed its media agency for the next five years, and confirms the pitch process was no holiday.

The secret ingredient appears to be our vivid scenery, a booty-shaking wombat and (probably) Chris Hemsworth. Makes sense, really.

The Getaway host and “Australia’s Most Travelled Woman” was front and centre at Travel DAZE yesterday sharing many pearls of wisdom.

Did you register for Travel DAZE but forgot to set a reminder that it was on? Start playing catch-up here.

While Travel DAZE 2021 is only weeks away, that hasn’t stopped us from adding several more speakers to the line-up (which is bulging with talent, might we add)!

Thought the already brilliant speaker line-up for Travel DAZE couldn’t get any better? Be proven wrong here with a few more fresh faces.

You’ve been a very patient bunch since we launched Travel DAZE 2021 last month, and now it’s finally time to reward you with this big announcement!

These incredible new vids could also come in handy for agents looking to woo some domestic clients.

Here’s a quality article on destination marketing that the Travel Weekly team didn’t even have to write, thanks to our very generous sister publication.

It’s a double dose of big news over at Tourism Australia today, so best take a couple of deep breaths before reading this.