February
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
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
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
- Analysis
- Hotels
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
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
‘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
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
- Analysis
- Bulls & bears
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
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
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
