Once again, the light has changed from red to green for quarantine-free, one-way, trans-Tasman travel.

Australia’s PM has hinted that a travel bubble with neighbouring nations might not be too far away.

It’s hard to imagine the trans-Tasman bubble becoming two-way anytime soon, given the stop-start nature of ‘green zone’ flights from across the ditch.

The flying kangaroo has swooped in to save the day, after Aussie tourists became stranded on the island.

The prospect of sending your clients to New Zealand in the first quarter of this year has once again been thrown into jeopardy.

We’ve got a feeling NZ might just be 2021’s top overseas destination among Aussie travellers, and not just because it’ll likely be the first place they can go to … okay, maybe it is.

FINALLY! Get ready for your phone to ring off the hook from your excited clients keen to get the heck out of Australia next year.

A two-way trans-Tasman travel ‘bubble’ is so close now we can taste it! Although, that could just be the fush and chups and pavlova we had as a morning snack.

To be fair, Aussies were expecting to be able to travel to New Zealand by now, but the closest we can get is watching Flight of the Conchords while sipping a pinot noir from the Marlborough region.

With two-way trans-Tasman travel off the cards for the foreseeable future, Australia’s PM has revealed a few north Asian candidates for an expanded ‘bubble’.

Were you or your clients fanging for a Pacific Islands travel ‘bubble’? Well, given this announcement, we wouldn’t hold our breath if we were you.

Travel Weekly has poured over Helloworld’s quarterly update to bring you this package of highlights.