Travel news
The bucket-list Aussie region is in the midst of a cruise boom
Another Kimberley cruise season is about to open, and the competition is hotting up as more companies explore our north-west shore.
- by Brian Johnston
Traveller Letters: The best airport in the world? I don’t think so
“Having just returned to Melbourne via Qatar, I’m unsure how Hamad International Airport in Doha is the new world No.1.”
‘One word – disgusting!’ The sad, sorry state of airline vegetarian meals
As many as 12 per cent of Australians are vegetarian or eat little meat. So, why aren’t airlines doing better?
- by Andrea Sachs
Opinion
Tripologist
Australian airline passengers are being treated like mugs
Compared to the US and Europe, Australian passengers are treated with contempt here. And that’s just the way the airlines like it.
- by Michael Gebicki
How Paris is going to gouge tourists this year
Visitors to the French capital during the European summer will pay more for hotels, meals out, entry to tourist attractions and public transport.
- by Sophie Dickinson
Traveller Letters: I never appreciated AirTags until this happened
“I stood at the baggage carousel at Rome Airport, watching all the other passengers take their bags until the carousel ran empty.”
The cruise industry’s Asia boom will have (delicious) benefits
The focus of cruise energy has long been on North America and Europe. Prepare for a change as Asia takes to the seas.
- by Brian Johnston
Opinion
Japan
Tourism is booming in Japan and the country is not handling it well
Japan needs to find better solutions to overtourism than simply blocking things off.
- by Gearoid Reidy
Traveller Letters: Qantas’ new frequent flyer scheme just another disappointment
“For years I could grab business class reward flights on Qantas or Velocity frequent flyer points by carefully checking early every morning 353 days ahead of my planned trips.”
Airbnb recreates house from Up, launches series of iconic film stays
A replica of the floating house from Up, the 2009 animated Pixar film, will be suspended high in the air. It’s just one of a new collection of stays from iconic films.
- by Orlando Mayorquín
Opinion
Food and wine
I met my travel hero and he was exactly what I’d hoped for
They say you should never meet your heroes. So it’s nerve-racking sitting in an empty dining room waiting to meet Rick Stein.
- by Ben Groundwater