For the past two decades we’ve been asking the internet to help plan our holidays for us.From finding bargain flights to looking for that summer holiday bach in the sun, there are few queries an…
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Accor breaks ground on dual brand Melbourne Airport development
The first sod was turned earlier on the construction of a brand-new hotel at Melbourne Airport.The 464-room hotel, created to serve Melbourne’s burgeoning conference and tourism markets, will be…
Eleven Experience signs for Cedar Lodge, New Zealand
Eleven Experience has acquired Cedar Lodge on the South Island of New Zealand.The property will be operated as an Eleven Experience Lodge in collaboration with the previous owners for the upcoming fis…
InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau opens to first guests
In a big day for Maldivian tourism, InterContinental Hotels Group has welcomed the opening of the Maamunagau Resort.The property, also known as InterContinental Maldives, is the latest in a series of …
Cruising New Zealand: P&O’s comedy cruise is the funniest ship at sea
Comics and aspiring comedians get together on board and on stage, writes Tiana Templeman.Laugh and the world laughs with you, especially if you’re on a P&O Comedy Cruise. By the end of this …
Genting unveils plans for largest ever cruise ship at IBTM China
Genting Cruise Lines has officially announced the name of its first 208,000-gross-ton Global Class ship at IBTM China.Building on the successful debuts of Genting Dream, World Dream and Explorer Dream…
Brush with disaster: Toothbrushes are the new frontline in ocean plastic
A chain of hotels has begun supplying a very specific solution dissolve ocean plastic pollution, one bristle at a timeThere’s plenty more toothbrushes in the sea.If ever there were words of comf…
TIME celebrates three New Zealand sustainability initiatives
New Zealand has taken three spots in TIME Magazine’s second annual World’s Greatest Places list.Queenstown’s Camp Glenorchy, Wellington’s Zealandia Ecosanctuary and Hiakai rest…
Slight increase in foreign travellers to South Africa
Statistics SA’s latest tourism and migration report, reflecting arrivals for June, reveals that South Africa saw 3 355 904 travellers pass through ports of entry/exit.Foreign arrivals increased …
New South Wales tourism industry breaks records
New figures from Tourism Research Australia show domestic visitors to NSW contribute $29.4 billion and international visitors $13.1 billion to the economy with tourism the sixth largest employment ind…