The airline will provide a 20% discount on any fare currently available on the Tigerair Australia website to affected Air Asia customers.Tigerair Australia commenced daily services to Bali from Mel…
Vivid Sydney dazzles on opening weekend
Vivid Sydney is dazzling audiences with its most innovative program yet, with close to 300,000 people attending the festival’s opening weekend.New South Wales Minister for Trade, Tourism and …
Limes Hotel
Award-winning Argentinean designer Alexander Lotersztain, a true global nomad, conceived the hotel as a holistic design experience; one where guests feel special, but are not afraid of jumping into…
Carlson Hotels’ buyer HNA takes 13 per cent stake in Virgin Australia
Under the alliance, the companies will look to introduce direct flights between Australia and China.The alliance will also involve co-operation on code-sharing, frequent flyer programs, lounge acce…
Australian Officials Don’t Want Tourists to Know Great Barrier Reef Is at Risk
Australia’s Department of the Environment said on Friday it had omitted its contribution to a U.N. report examining the impact of climate change on world heritage sites over concern it could …
Exclusive: how convention centres and hotels are an industry power couple
Geoff DonaghyThe partnership between convention centres and hotels is both symbiotic and contradictory, and one that is regularly analysed by both industries on an international level.We are all we…
Sunshine Coast Airport expansion cleared for take-off
Mayor Mark Jamieson welcomed the news, saying the Coordinator General’s report and approval was an important step towards the region’s game-changer project becoming a reality.The Airpor…
Australia’s hotel and tourism industry welcomes backpacker tax postponement
Several associations and lobby groups made a number of submissions to the Federal Government on the issue, including AAoA, TAA and TTF, with all of them warming welcoming the review.Accommodation A…
Australian federal budget to drive future tourism growth
“Tourism now accounts for 3 per cent of our GDP, supports one million Australian jobs and drives $30.7 billion in exports,” he said.“With the landmark achievement of one million C…
TTF and TIA say it’s time to get moving on permanent trans-Tasman visa for travellers
A temporary Trans-Tasman Visa arrangement was implemented during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in which visitors travelling between 26 January and 5 April 2015 only required an Australian Visa to …