Breaking News
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Uber pays $272 million
Monday | Mar 18 2024UBER has this morning agreed to settle a long-running class action with taxi and hire car drivers, paying out the fifth-largest class action amount in Australian legal history.
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QF confirms loyalty revamp
Monday | Mar 18 2024QANTAS has confirmed it will introduce “significant” improvements to its Frequent Flyer program in Apr.
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QR to reimagine first class
Monday | Mar 18 2024QATAR Airways is teasing the imminent reveal of what it says will be an innovative, high yielding and “unique” first class cabin product that will spearhead the airline’s overall growth plan.
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Perth lands Virtuoso ’25
Friday | Mar 15 2024WESTERN Australia’s run of securing top tier events has continued this week, with the formal announcement that Perth has won the rights to host the prestigious Virtuoso Forum Australia & New Zealand in 2025.
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Choose NT for tourism
Friday | Mar 15 2024A FEDERAL Government grant has funded a new campaign designed to inspire more young people, First Nations Australians and those living with a disability to pursue a tourism career in the Northern Territory.
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Plug the travel skills gap
Friday | Mar 15 2024THERE is an urgent need for Australian schools around the country to amend their Year 12 curriculums to foster a greater flow of new workers entering the travel and tourism sectors.
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Overtourism not an issue
Friday | Mar 15 2024TOURISM Australia Managing Director Phillipa Harrison believes it is unlikely Australia will find itself in a situation where its landmarks & natural environment are prone to overtourism.
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FBI Travel salutes the sun
Friday | Mar 15 2024MORE than 40 members of the Melbourne-based FBI Travel team jetted off to the Sunshine Coast recently for its first company retreat held since the pandemic.
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Looking beyond borders
Thursday | Mar 14 2024THE ongoing resilience of the Australian travel industry and emerging trends to capitalise on in 2025 will be two of the key topics discussed at ATIA’s maiden summit, which will be held in Sydney on 25 Oct.
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Emissions a barrier for TA
Thursday | Mar 14 2024CARBON emissions from travel, particularly flying, will increasingly shape the discussion when it comes to how far people travel for leisure, Tourism Australia Managing Director Phillipa Harrison believes.