Category: Australia travel news
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area.
Cook Islands – Niue Travel Bubble could start this month
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- January 8, 2021Just over 2 weeks after the announcement of a travel bubble between the two island nations of the Cook Islands ... Read More
Australia braces for $1.4 billion loss due to Chinese tourism slump
Harry S. Johnson- January 7, 2021Absence of cashed-up visitors from China will cost Australian tourism $1.4 billion over Chinese New Year holiday period Read More
P&O Cruises Australia extends New Zealand operations pause
Harry S. Johnson- January 5, 2021P&O Cruises Australia is extending its rolling pause in operations in New Zealand to departures on and before 25 April, ... Read More
Accor announces 2021 new hotels opening in Australia and New Zealand
Harry S. Johnson- December 9, 2020From the launch of the Mövenpick brand in Australia, to the first internationally recognized five-star hotel to be built in ... Read More
Accor’s Mövenpick brand to make Australian debut in Hobart
Harry S. Johnson- November 24, 2020Accor’s premium Swiss-born hospitality brand, Mövenpick, together with Singaporean-based global hospitality group, Global Premium Hotels, have signed a hotel management ... Read More
Qantas to require mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for international flights
Harry S. Johnson- November 23, 2020Qantas Airways Chief Executive Officer has announced that the Australian flag carrier is planning to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for ... Read More
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA ask China: Stop Hong Kong Policy!
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 19, 2020Hong Kong is becoming an international concern, and this is not about COVID-19. The text of the following statement addressed ... Read More
Sydney puts on a show for Qantas Centenary
Harry S. Johnson- November 17, 2020Sydney has commemorated Qantas Airways' 100-year anniversary by lighting up its iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge as a larger-than-life birthday cake ... Read More
Sabre strengthens partnership with Qantas
Harry S. Johnson- November 2, 2020Sabre Corporation has today announced an enhancement to its agreement with Qantas that will offer agents access to richer information ... Read More
The Happiest Man in Tourism is from Planet Happiness
editor- October 30, 2020Paul Rogers from Planet Happiness understands the needs of destinations in terms of building back better; share information about our ... Read More
Princess Cruises extends pause of operations in Australia
Harry S. Johnson- October 27, 2020Due to the uncertainty about when international travel restrictions might be lifted, Princess Cruises is extending its pause in operations ... Read More
Qatar Airways Horror experience included vagina examination at Doha Airport
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 26, 2020Women passengers on Qatar Airways QR908 checking in to fly from Doha to Sydney were ordered by Qatar Authorities on ... Read More
This Convention center was generating a profit
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 26, 2020International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) has today released its Annual Performance Review revealing delegates attending events at the venue ... Read More
Australia to re-open domestic borders by Christmas
Harry S. Johnson- October 23, 2020Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison today chaired a meeting of the National Cabinet at which the leaders of seven of ... Read More
Tourism leader to guide North Queensland’s recovery
Harry S. Johnson- October 22, 2020Tourism industry leader Ken Chapman has been elected Chair of Tourism Tropical North Queensland at the first meeting this week ... Read More
Tourism Tropical North Queensland welcomes new Directors
Harry S. Johnson- October 16, 2020With Australians most likely to be holidaying at home in 2021, the stage is set for a new year of ... Read More
Ovolo Hotels in Australia and Hong Kong go vegetarian
Harry S. Johnson- October 1, 2020Ovolo Hotels announced today, on World Vegetarian Day, that all of its restaurants and bars across Australia and Hong Kong ... Read More
Luxury Fairmont hotel brand arrives to Australia for the first time
Harry S. Johnson- September 10, 2020Accor will bring the luxury Fairmont brand to Australia for the first time, with the announcement that the Fairmont Port ... Read More
Princess Cruises announces extension of pause of operations in Australia
Harry S. Johnson- August 27, 2020Due to the continued progression of COVID-19 and related decisions of various governments, health authorities, and airlines regarding travel restrictions, ... Read More
Carnival Cruise Line extends pause for all Australia departures till December
Harry S. Johnson- August 27, 2020Carnival Cruise Line said today that in light of continuing Australian travel restrictions, it is extending its pause in departures ... Read More
P&O Cruises Australia extends its pause in operations to December
Harry S. Johnson- August 27, 2020P&O Cruises Australia is extending its rolling pause in operations from Australia to 2 December this year as the cruise ... Read More
Qantas takes US$2.8 billion H2 2020 revenue hit
Harry S. Johnson- August 21, 2020In a statement to shareholders today, Australia's national flag carrier Qantas reported a US$2.8 billion revenue loss for the second ... Read More
Tasmania keeps borders closed, much of Australia following
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 18, 2020Based on advice from Public Health, the Department of Health and the State Control Centre, and to allow sufficient time ... Read More
Accor has a free response to COVID-19: A virtual doctor
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 18, 2020From today, all Accor hotel guests in Australia, New Zealand and French Polynesia will have access to a network of ... Read More
Skyrail Chairman Appointed to TTNQ Board
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- August 14, 2020Skyrail Rainforest Cableway Chairman Ken Chapman has been appointed to the Tropical North Queensland TTNQ Board in Australia and, subject ... Read More
Australia’s second largest city goes on a new total COVID-19 lockdown
Chief Assignment Editor- August 6, 2020Melbourne, the city of about five million people and the capital of Australia's Victoria state, which reported 471 new coronavirus ... Read More
Melbourne banns all trips outdoor declaring a state of disaster
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 3, 2020Australia: Victoria reports 429 new coronavirus cases in latest update today Another 13 more people died from the virus infection ... Read More
Australian cities’ tourism sector is in turmoil
Harry S. Johnson- July 23, 2020Tourism sector has predominantly high contribution of more than 10% to the Australian economy making the country as the fourth ... Read More
Brisbane Airport inaugurates second runway
Harry S. Johnson- July 14, 2020Brisbane Airport’s new runway was opened today with a celebration of Queensland’s rich aviation history. Three vintage aircraft the first ... Read More
Australia limits number of citizens allowed to return from overseas each week
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020As Australia struggles to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in its second most populous city, the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison ... Read More
Coronavirus lock down back in Melbourne, Australia
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 7, 2020Recently considered by Hawaii to be included in the first tourism bubble, coronavirus is back in Melbourne. Five million people ... Read More
Protecting marine tourism: Divers at work on Great Barrier Reef coral nursery
Harry S. Johnson- May 26, 2020A team of seven Reef Restoration Foundation divers are continuing to maintain coral nurseries and plant corals off Cairns on ... Read More
By Christmas Australia’s Aviation industry should be 60% back
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 13, 2020Based on a combination of analysis of government statements, airline projections, and underlying demand projects a slow, phased recovery in ... Read More
Hobart City of Peace inducted by IIPT and SKAL
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 2, 2020IIPT, International Institute for Peace through Tourism Australia and SKAL International Hobart Australia, inducted the City of Hobart - the ... Read More
The ones to watch: 5 countries on path to recovery from COVID-19
Chief Assignment Editor- April 28, 2020With over three million confirmed cases and upwards of 200,000 fatalities in the world, there are few signs of the ... Read More
Etihad Cargo to deliver critical airfreight service to Australia
Chief Assignment Editor- April 23, 2020Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has partnered with the Australian Government to provide ... Read More
