Destinations
Visit Britain appoints Patricia Yates as interim CEO as Sally Balcombe steps down
Travel Weekly had a chat with Yates to uncover her plans for the UK’s destination marketing agency and find out the secret behind her illustrious photographic lighting.
Travel Agents
Get amongst this month’s stellar line-up of BYO Coffee Cluster Webinars
Get updates from the likes of Club Med, Hurtigruten, Broome Kimberley & Beyond, Ponant, Rocky Mountaineer, Back-Roads Touring, and more. And don’t forget to bring your favourite caffeinated beverage or a cheeky wine – we won’t judge.
Destinations
Destination Wrap: VisitBritain’s Sydney Mardi Gras debut, The Whitsundays launches Indigenous tours + MORE!
Still combing glitter from your hair after Sydney Mardi Gras? Get ready to relive some of the action in this week’s Destination Wrap.
Destinations
“Stonehenge won’t change”: UK high commissioner says Brexit won’t stop Aussies from visiting
Travel Weekly’s roving reporter caught up with the VisitBritain folk last week to find out why Aussies STILL can’t get enough of the UK.
Tourism
UK government commits to 130,000 new hotel rooms by 2025 in first-ever tourism sector deal
by Christian Fleetwood
The UK will commit to more than 130,000 new hotel rooms by 2025, and Travel Weekly’s reporter hopes he’ll be able to afford at least one of them on a round trip of Britain.
Travel Agents
Big Fat Agent Wrap
This agent wrap is a quick one on this fine Friday. If you need us, we’ll be at the pub across the road.
Travel Agents
Big Fat Agent Wrap
We used to think TGIF stood for Tiny Galahs In Florals, so never understood why people said it on Fridays. On that note, TGIF!
Travel Agents
Big Fat Agent Wrap
If you read nothing else today, Travel Weekly urges you to read this. You should also ring your mother, if you haven’t for a bit.
News
Agents in a race around the UK and Ireland
by Hannah Edensor
Sixty top selling travel agents are being careered around the UK region in a mega famil with Qantas Holidays.
News
Who won this week's Visit Britain gift card competition?
This week, Travel Today and Visit Britain have been running a competition for one lucky agent to win a $100 […]
News
COMPETITION: Win a $100 gift card with Visit Britain
Travel Weekly and Visit Britain have teamed up to offer agents the chance to win a $100 Coles/Myer gift card […]
News
Virgin Atlantic to build momentum
Virgin Atlantic has said that while Australia is a “ready-made market” effort must be made to woo travellers to Britain […]