At least the PM had something to cheer about over the weekend after his beloved Sharkies failed to make the NRL finals.

On top of the usual suspects, Dan Tehan has been engaging in ‘bubble’ conversations with a couple of other countries.

Sadly for Spain, it’s just become a whole lot harder for the European destination to woo holidaymakers from the UK.

Boris Johnson has thrown his government’s support behind the cruise industry, as it continues to wade its way through what are some very choppy conditions.

There are plenty of good signs for the tourism industry judging by this week’s Destination Wrap. Here’s Travel Weekly’s roundup of what’s been happening domestically and internationally.

Well, the Brits have jumped the gun with this one, just like Travel Weekly’s editor jumps the shark on his “BIG NEWS” headlines.

Personally, we don’t know what we’re doing next week let alone at Christmas time, but if you fancy a Northern Hemisphere Christmas, you’re going to want to book now.

We followed travel trade from Australia and NZ around Britain with a camera last week, although it’s not quite as creepy as it sounds.

Do you think people who take selfies at every opportunity ruin travel for the rest of us? We suggest scrolling past this one, then.

Aussies won’t be skroo’d over in going to the UK anymore with rampant airfare discounting, but we still reckon the 24 hour journey will leave us a little skroo’d.

There’s a Spanish fever going around, with already 22.5 million tourists salsa-ing their way into the country this year.

2014 was a record year for Australian visitor nights and spend in the UK, according to full-year inbound tourism figures.