The crack and rumble of rifle fire reverberates through the jags of cobalt blue ice. I freeze for a moment and my crampons claw and gnash into the slippery surface beneath me.I am perched on Perito Mo…
Riverton: Just wild about the South’s Riviera
It’s small but perfectly formed and too good for a flying visit, writes Eleanor Ainge Roy.Fondly referred to as the Riviera of the South, Riverton is a leisurely 30-minute-drive from the Southla…
Qantas opens $30m engineering facility at Los Angeles International
Qantas has unveiled its new engineering facility at Los Angeles International Airport, an investment of more than US$30 million.It is one of the largest commercial hangars in North America and the fir…
Travel is ‘perfect’ for marketing with virtual reality
Gordon Meyer, director of virtual reality (VR) company YouVisit, will tell you that travel is the ideal space for the technology to make an impact because it provides a visual medium to showcase desti…
SNCF launches TGVmax to young passengers in France
SNCF has launched TGVmax, the first unlimited travel pass for young travellers.Available to those aged 16-27, young adults can explore every corner of France in complete freedom, enjoying unlimited tr…
Tourism Philippines organises FAM trip for Indian travel trade partners
The Department of Tourism, Philippines recently conducted a familiarisation (FAM) trip for its Indian travel trade partners to the islands of Davao, Boracay and Metro Manila. The six-day itinerary int…
Bookings open for new Okavango camp
Bookings for Natural Selection’s new Sable Alley camp, in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, are open. Colin Bell recently revealed the first images of the camp, which opens at the end of April.Th…
Tax plan sows confusion as tensions with Mexico soar
President Trump’s decision to build a wall along the length of the United States’ southern border with Mexico erupted into a diplomatic standoff on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of…
Tasmania: The little city that could and did
The capital of Tasmania may have been given a terrific boost by the Museum of Old and New but Hobarthas picked up the challenge and run with it,writes Judy Skatssoon.Once considered something of a bog…
Trump’s Mexico rhetoric has travel executives uneasy
NEW YORK — With a rocky relationship between the Trump administration and Mexico making headlines in recent days, industry executives shared their feelings on what’s happening with Mexico …