By Martin Kelly|2021-02-05T14:15:11+10:00February 4th, 2021|

Macquarie Research has brought forward its travel industry recovery profile by 6-9 months due to the rollout of global vaccines in its latest analysis of the Flight Centre business. "We forecast 85% Total Turnover Value  More ...

By Martin Kelly|2021-01-27T09:43:04+10:00January 27th, 2021|

COVID-wracked 2020 was the worst year ever in terms of performance for the Asia-Pacific, US, Europe, African and Middle East  hotel markets, according to industry analyst STR. Asia Pacific Occupancy: 44.5% (-35.6% compared with 2019) More ...

By Martin Kelly|2021-01-19T10:21:14+10:00January 19th, 2021|

Australia's highest profile medical professional, Dr  Brendan Murphy, pictured, says he doubts that Australia's international borders will reopen this year. Dr Murphy acknowledged ABC News Breakfast yesterday it was a "big question" and that "I think More ...

By Martin Kelly|2021-01-18T15:45:29+10:00January 11th, 2021|

Update 18.1.21: Virgin eyes 'former glory after major c-suite appointments Challenging times for Virgin Australia and its new owners, Bain Capital, which paid $3.5 billion for the broke and battling airline several months ago, but More ...

By Martin Kelly|2021-01-11T10:11:31+10:00January 4th, 2021|

Tumbarumba - a sleepy timber, grape growing and grazing town in the bucolic Snowy Valleys of NSW - is undergoing a quiet tourism revolution. It's all down  to a new 'rail trail' that's attracted more More ...

By Martin Kelly|2021-01-04T15:25:18+10:00December 22nd, 2020|

How much do travel agents earn? The answer for many is hardly anything at all. And that was before COVID decimated the industry, reliant as it is on international travel. This hard fact has been More ...

By Martin Kelly|2020-12-17T09:20:10+10:00December 15th, 2020|

As scenic drives go, the 836km between Sydney and Melbourne along the Hume Highway is, for many people, exciting as a TV test pattern. The sprawling country between Australia's two largest cities is More ...

By Martin Kelly|2020-12-10T17:00:08+10:00December 9th, 2020|

After a tough year in which demand slumped through COVID by up to 90 per cent, Hertz Asia Pacific boss Eoin MacNeill (pictured) says demand is bouncing back with the car hire giant starting to More ...

By Martin Kelly|2020-12-03T09:34:37+10:00December 3rd, 2020|

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce says more than 200,000 airfares were sold on Jetstar and Qantas flights to Queensland in the first three days after the border openings with Sydney and Victoria were announced last More ...

By Martin Kelly|2020-12-02T14:11:39+10:00December 2nd, 2020|

Australian travel agents with turnover between $50,000 and $20 million will receive grants ranging from $1500 to $100,000, the Federal Government has announced. Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham (pictured) said: “This one off payment recognises More ...

By Martin Kelly|2020-12-02T12:58:01+10:00November 30th, 2020|

Check out this Venn diagram from Transparent, which dramatically illustrates how one dimensional the distribution strategies are of most short term rental property managers - just 15% are using a multi-channel strategy - and of More ...

By Martin Kelly|2020-11-27T09:50:07+10:00November 27th, 2020|

The former Rydges on Swanston, the incubator for 90% of Victoria's deadly second COVID wave, will be refurbished and rebranded as Crowne Plaza Melbourne Carlton. New owner Ross Pelligra bought the property for $35 million More ...