The only thing at an all-time high in Travel Weekly’s office is going to be our electricity bill due to our insistence on working in a tropical climate in the middle of winter.

Similarly, Travel Weekly is trying to form a partnership with the cafe downstairs, which they correctly recognised as another attempt to get free coffee and shut down immediately.

Savvy industry folk are getting snapped up left, right and centre as companies race to rebuild their workforce ahead of the travel bounceback.

To celebrate, Travel Weekly staff have been practising a rendition of Slim Dusty’s Love to have a beer with Duncan using the industry stalwart’s name instead. It’s not very good.

There has been so much moving and shaking over at TTC of late that you’d be forgiven for assuming they were running a dance hall rather than a touring company.

Whoever says that Contiki holidays are just a bunch of young people partying is wrong. It’s carbon-neutral young people partying!

After eight years at TTC, scoring a seat on the AFTA board and topping Travel Weekly’s most recent Women in Travel Power List, Katrina Barry is leaving the travel industry.

Set to take charge in the new year, Hall will be the first AAT Kings boss in almost four years who isn’t a guy named Matt.

Omicron, shromicron, it’s gonna take more than a surge in COVID cases to stop Australian travellers from going on a much needed summer jaunt.

The TTC brand has involved TreadRight in its latest product line to make sure each itinerary ticks the sustainable and ethical boxes.

Costsaver has arrived Down Under, which is great news for agents with stingy clients who demand plenty of options to choose from.

Travel Weekly sends its deepest condolences to the Tollman family and all the staff at TTC following the death of industry legend Stanley Tollman. Vale.