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February

Church in Oia, on the northwestern tip of Santorini.

New player in market set to spark fare wars to Europe

Turkish Airlines will start flying direct into Melbourne (via Singapore) two weeks sooner than previously announced - igniting consumer hopes of better prices.

  • Fiona Carruthers and Ayesha de Kretser
Taylor Swift fans are buoying the fortunes of struggling tourism providers

Why smart businesses are Swift-ifying themselves

Bookings for some tourism operators were languishing about 15 per cent below this time last year. Now, everything has changed.

  • Samantha Hutchinson
Jamie Pherous, chief executive of Corporate Travel Management.

Corporate Travel shares sink as earnings miss forecasts

The travel booking agency has been hit by macro conditions and timing delays for its controversial UK immigration contracts.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Soho House in Mexico City.

Is Soho House, a Goldman Sachs-backed club for the rich, going broke?

Shares in the unprofitable-but-fashionable British hotel and club business have fallen 60 per cent, raising doubts about its long-term viability.

  • Chris Bryant
Aerial view of Voyages Ayers Rock Resort, Yulara.

Ayers Rock Resort operator kicks off strategic review

Street Talk understands the federal government’s Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation has tapped Greenhills and Gilbert + Tobin to run a strategic review.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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Bigger than the whole sky: Taylor Swift’s sold-out Eras tour could be the biggest tourism event of the year.

‘Taylor has topped it’: Swift trumps Aus Open, NYE in hotels gold rush

Accommodation bookings in Sydney and Melbourne have jumped on this time last year, even as room rates double.

  • Samantha Hutchinson
Justin Steele, 34, turned the focus of his Sydney-based tour guide business to the American market after Chinese travellers stopped turning up.

How this tour guide pivoted when Chinese visitors stopped arriving

Sydney-based tourism operator Justin Steele once his used Mandarin skills to attract Chinese travellers with bilingual tours. He doesn’t bother anymore.

  • Gus McCubbing and Michael Smith

January

Webjet boss John Guscic is sitting on plenty of cash but needs to pay out bondholders.

Travel bulls still buying Webjet’s B2B growth story

Webjet is flying high despite concerns about the economy as it carves out a niche as an intermediary between businesses and hotels.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Andre Agassi at the launch of the Australian Open on Sunday.

Demand for Melbourne hotel rooms ‘off the scale’ as Open kicks off

Hotels are booking out across Melbourne after the launch of the Australian Open, despite the tournament missing top names such as Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal.

  • Gus McCubbing and Ayesha de Kretser
Novak Djokovic returns to Melbourne Park’s centre court on Tuesday.

Corporate crowds boost Australian Open ticket sales

Executives combining business and leisure to justify bookings have made the Australian Open Melbourne’s most popular sporting event for corporate travel.

  • Ayesha de Kretser