The latest Australian international visitor survey (IVS) data for the year ending September 2016 shows continued growth in Noosa, Queensland with visitation and spend both at unprecedented levels.
Luxury cruise line Seabourn has unveiled the first images of its newest 600-all-suite cruise ship, Seabourn Encore, which launched in Marghera, Italy, earlier this month.
The ship will be officially christened at a ceremony in Singapore 07 January 2017, before arriving in Australia January 22. It will spend almost two months cruising the local waters there.
Despite concerns about future fuel prices, loads and yields, Chinese carriers are continuing to add international services to Australasia, the USA and Europe.
Since September this year, Chinese carriers have added seven direct flights to North America — including routes from second-tier cities including Zhengzhou, Qingdao and Xiamen.
Cabin crew and passengers oppose the move for a variety of reasons, but the US Department of Transportation (DoT) now is prepared to allow wifi mobile phone calls on board aircraft - with some restrictions.
The European Union has banned Iran's Aseman Airlines from operating within the EU due to safety concerns, but has removed all Kazakh airlines from the blacklist because of their improvements to aviation safety.
Despite concerns about the location - fog, distance from 'the city', road/rail access and willingness/reluctance of airlines to switch passenger and air cargo services from Sydney Airport - the Australian government has approved a second international Sydney airport to be built at Badgerys Creek.
The revitalised Darling Harbour precinct, including International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney), was formally opened to the public last weekend.
Visitors were invited to enjoy a parade of musical acts, including Grammy Award winner Kimbra and had access to Australia’s premier convention, exhibition and entertainment venue before its first events on 20 December.
Pictured NSW Premier Mike Baird (left) with Geoff ceo ICC Sydney.
An Australian federal government press release says the United Kingdom is Australia’s third largest source market for international visitors, with more than 660,000 UK tourists visiting Australia in the last year alone and spending A$3.7 billion.
Australia’s Qantas will operate non-stop B787-9 flights from Perth, Western Australia to London, UK from March 2018.
Australian airline Qantas has inked a deal with Routehappy, a technology platform for merchandising content for flight shopping, to provide the airline with the ability to manage and distribute targeted content to travel industry partners via flight search results.
CWT Meetings & Events, has launched its 2017 Forecast using data and insights about the industry to provide meeting planners with the information they need to plan and budget for the coming year.
New Caledonian international carrier Aircalin www.aircalin.com has ordered two A330-900 and two A320neo aircraft. Aircalin is the first purchaser in Oceania for the A339 which replaces the A333 in the Airbus portfolio.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of US$29.8 billion.
The latest Australian international visitor survey (IVS) data for the year ending September 2016 shows continued growth in Noosa, Queensland with visitation and spend both at unprecedented levels.
Luxury cruise line Seabourn has unveiled the first images of its newest 600-all-suite cruise ship, Seabourn Encore, which launched in Marghera, Italy, earlier this month.
The ship will be officially christened at a ceremony in Singapore 07 January 2017, before arriving in Australia January 22. It will spend almost two months cruising the local waters there.
Despite concerns about future fuel prices, loads and yields, Chinese carriers are continuing to add international services to Australasia, the USA and Europe.
Since September this year, Chinese carriers have added seven direct flights to North America — including routes from second-tier cities including Zhengzhou, Qingdao and Xiamen.
Cabin crew and passengers oppose the move for a variety of reasons, but the US Department of Transportation (DoT) now is prepared to allow wifi mobile phone calls on board aircraft - with some restrictions.
The European Union has banned Iran's Aseman Airlines from operating within the EU due to safety concerns, but has removed all Kazakh airlines from the blacklist because of their improvements to aviation safety.
Despite concerns about the location - fog, distance from 'the city', road/rail access and willingness/reluctance of airlines to switch passenger and air cargo services from Sydney Airport - the Australian government has approved a second international Sydney airport to be built at Badgerys Creek.
The revitalised Darling Harbour precinct, including International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney), was formally opened to the public last weekend.
Visitors were invited to enjoy a parade of musical acts, including Grammy Award winner Kimbra and had access to Australia’s premier convention, exhibition and entertainment venue before its first events on 20 December.
Pictured NSW Premier Mike Baird (left) with Geoff ceo ICC Sydney.
An Australian federal government press release says the United Kingdom is Australia’s third largest source market for international visitors, with more than 660,000 UK tourists visiting Australia in the last year alone and spending A$3.7 billion.
Australia’s Qantas will operate non-stop B787-9 flights from Perth, Western Australia to London, UK from March 2018.
Australian airline Qantas has inked a deal with Routehappy, a technology platform for merchandising content for flight shopping, to provide the airline with the ability to manage and distribute targeted content to travel industry partners via flight search results.
CWT Meetings & Events, has launched its 2017 Forecast using data and insights about the industry to provide meeting planners with the information they need to plan and budget for the coming year.
New Caledonian international carrier Aircalin www.aircalin.com has ordered two A330-900 and two A320neo aircraft. Aircalin is the first purchaser in Oceania for the A339 which replaces the A333 in the Airbus portfolio.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of US$29.8 billion.
