The West Australian government today announced a $3 million support package for the state's travel agents, whose businesses have been decimated by COVID travel restrictions.  It will provide packages of up to $5,000 to home-based agents and minimum $10,000 packages to brick-and-mortar businesses. To qualify, travel agents must have an More ...

Travellers can now access a new COVID travel web resource from Tourism Australia. The ‘Australian COVID Travel Portal' aggregates key safety information, travel restrictions and guidelines from every state and territory. It includes current status of all state and territory borders and associated travel restrictions, relevant information on transport, hotels More ...

Web in Travel Singapore is heading back to the future in a very modern way when the 15th edition of the event returns from September 28 to October 1. The first three days of WiT Experience Week 2020 - themed “Travel Zero.O: Back To The Future”  - will be 100% More ...

Youcamp, which pioneered the concept of camping on private land in Australia,  has been sold to US company Hipcamp, which in rapid succession has closed the site, migrated its content to the parent portal, rebranded it Hipcamp Australia and introduced a controversial customer service free that can exceed 20 percent. More ...

A radical pivot for travel networking and experiences app Travello has seen the company's Facebook followers double to 3 million, while downloads have grown dramatically to reach more than one million in just five months since the company was forced to re-evaluate its business in the wake of COVID-19. Co-founder More ...

Prospects of a vaccine have sent Australian travel stocks soaring by up to 50% over the past month and a leading fund manager believes they have plenty more headroom despite recent dismal financial results and dire short-term prospects. Corporate Travel Management (CTD) and Webjet (WEB) led the pack with share More ...

Sleepy St. Arnaud, population 2619, is now part of the ‘Silo Art Trail’ in western Victoria thanks to a huge new artwork called ‘Hope’ spanning two grain silos on the outskirts of town. Created by local artist Kyle Torney, the painting depicts the human history of St. Arnaud, originally a More ...

Major Australian travel retailer Helloworld (ASX: HLO) says it paid out out more than $800 million in full or partial refunds to customers from its corporate, wholesale and ticketing businesses in Australia and New Zealand up to June 30, 2020, due to the impact of COVId-19 on travel. It says More ...

Travel technology and website specialist Dave Upton has never been busier. He says COVID - and the enforced downtime that comes with it - has caused many travel retail businesses to rethink the way they do business and invest heavily in their online website and distribution infrastructure. Upton, who is More ...

Hertz wants to get Australia moving again. Eoin Macneill, Vice President, Hertz Asia Pacific, today called on Australian governments to start opening borders and encouraging travel, revealing a lack of demand has forced the car rental giant to cut its Australian rental fleet by 40 per cent, from 35,000 vehicles More ...

Motorhome rental and manufacturing company Apollo Tourism and Leisure (ASX: ATL) has secured $25 million in government loans to help it trade through the pandemic. Apollo's cash reserves had been hit hard by global travel restrictions with the company revealing in early May cash had dropped to $12.4 million from More ...

Leading holiday park operator NRMA Parks and Resorts says October school holidays bookings in across its NSW properties are up 30 per cent over last year. The most obvious trend is that people are seeking locations well away from cities and towns such as National Parks. This can been through More ...

Jeff Lewis, part of the TripAdvisor diaspora, has joined Flotespace.com as a Non Executive Director. Flotespace Founder and CEO Hugh Treseder says Lewis, the former VP of Technology and Strategic Initiatives at TripAdvisor, has been brought on board to help the company scale. "We are delighted to have Jeff join More ...

The timing could have been better, then again it could have been much worse, or maybe it's just about right. It all depends on your perspective. The Travel Industry Hub, Australia's first co-working, meeting and event space for travel and tourism companies, is now open and ready to welcome tenants More ...

Australian domestic tourism was on a roll pre-COVID, according to Tourism Research Australia. Its latest survey reveals: Domestic overnight tourism showed considerable growth for the year ending March 2020 despite the effects of the Australian 2019-2020 bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, with overnight spend up 6% to $78.8 billion and More ...

Flight Centre Managing Director Graham Turner has called on governments to clarify their objective with COVID-19 so that businesses can better plan for an already uncertain future. "It is critical that businesses across all sectors know these objectives and data lines for COVID-10 control and lifting of restrictions - whether More ...

Retail travel is screwed. Hard to say but, after Flight Centre this morning announced it will lose between $825 million and $875 million for the financial year ending June 30, impossible to dispute. Flight Centre has already sacked or stood down thousands of its staff and closed many of its More ...

Sad sight but common sight this morning - a former Helloworld affiliate empty and up for lease in a half-dead shopping centre at Mona Vale on Sydney's northern beaches. It's a scenario endlessly repeating across suburban Australia. Hundreds of 'bricks and mortar' travel agencies have already shut their doors, many More ...