This Month
The rest of the world is back cruising, but not Australia
More than 600,000 people have sailed successfully in countries like Greece, the UK and the US where cruising has resumed. Canada is the latest nation to lift its foreign-flagged cruise ban.
- Fiona Carruthers
Hotels with no guests: operators determined to keep doors open
Accor boss Simon McGrath is going all out to keep the doors open and staff engaged as business leaders sit out Sydney’s lockdown.
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- Fiona Carruthers
Cancellation chaos as refunds take months, if you can get one
A survey by Choice found some businesses gave the impression clients were only entitled to a credit or voucher when they may have been entitled to a refund.
- Fiona Carruthers
Sydney Airport bid cracks open Fortress Australia
Travel bosses hope the fact that the country’s largely empty gateway has attracted a strong suitor might help get the border open sooner.
- Fiona Carruthers
June
Celebrate Indigenous culture all year round
No matter where you live in Australia, NAIDOC Week reminds you that there’s a wide range of cultural activities for the young and young at heart.
- Fiona Carruthers
How this hotel boss wants to help get her 4500 employees vaccinated
Leanne Harwood, managing director Asia-Pacific of IHG Hotels & Resorts, says the Australian government should take a leaf out of Japan’s book.
- Fiona Carruthers and Lucas Baird
Speed up vaccinations or get left behind: Singapore Airlines boss
As international airlines begin ramping up their flight schedules, Australia risks being left behind without a clear public strategy out of the pandemic.
- Fiona Carruthers
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Top tourism bureaucrat says border closures destroy confidence
As tourism losses continue to mount, Tourism Australia’s boss has broken her usual silence on matters of politics and health.
- Fiona Carruthers
New dawn for Indigenous tourism
If you’ve got an idea for an Indigenous tourism venture, greenlight it now. Australians suddenly can’t get enough: be it bush tucker walks, native-ingredient degustation dinners or a dot painting class.
- Fiona Carruthers
Why Australians are taking a leap of faith in droves
As the pandemic blues drag on, more people are turning to one-off, thrill seeking, bucket-list experiences to get the blood pumping.
- Fiona Carruthers
Another cruise line pulls out of Australia
After months of negotiations with the federal government going nowhere, the cruise industry is giving up on Australian bubble cruises this year.
- Fiona Carruthers
Exempt the vaccinated from lockdown, tourist operators urge
Australians who have had two vaccines should be allowed to move freely around the nation without the need to quarantine during lockdowns, say tourism leaders.
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- Fiona Carruthers
May
Get vaccinated so you can take a holiday, tourism industry urges
Just as the Gold Coast’s hotel and resort sector was picking up, Victoria’s lockdown hit – and the cancellations are now rolling in. It’s a timely reminder we all need to get the jab.
- Fiona Carruthers
Travel operators at risk of a second bleak winter
Victoria’s lockdown will be ‘devastating’ for tourism: Flight Centre’s Graham Turner says Queensland will be hit hard.
- Finbar O'Mallon
