Dream Cruises is one of the newest cruise lines to operate in the Australian market, deploying its newest ship Explorer Dream to local waters in October. The cruise line is a division of Genting Cruise Lines, which also owns the luxury brand Crystal Cruises.

Entering The Haven aboard Norwegian Encore, the glass doors close behind us with a reassuring whoosh. Suddenly, the rest of the 4,000 passengers are an ocean away as the concierge greets me by name and asks, “Ms Byrnes would you care to come this way?” Oh yes, yes I would.

Washington DC welcomed a record 23.8 million visitors in 2018, a figure that was up 4.4% year-on-year. That figure was overwhelmingly weighted by domestic travellers (21.9 million), with the US Capital’s international markets (excluding northern and southern neighbours, Canada and Mexico) accounting for 1.9 million down more than 5% compared to the prior corresponding period.

This year’s Savenio Symposium will welcome a number of new affiliates to the network as the team gathers in Brisbane this weekend and celebrates a year of success.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) wanted to provide Western Australian travel industry partners with a hands-on experience flying ANA’s new daily direct Perth services to Tokyo recently.

This week LATTE chats with Jarrod Zurvas, Quark Expeditions’ Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific. Jarrod has been in the travel industry for over 10 years and joined the Arctic cruise specialist in early 2018, following roles with Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours and Carnival Australia. The travel junkie has traversed the world, having visited more than 70 countries. He’ll be visiting the White Continent for the seventh time soon, and continues to expand his knowledge of Antarctica.

Avis Australia has named Melanie Whyte from TravelManagers as the winner for the renowned 2019 Avis Travel Agent Scholarship program, collecting a prize pool of $35,000 in addition to the award recognition.

I Love New York Australia has given six Australian travel agents a taster of the best of upstate New York with its incentive famil last month.

The multi-award-winning team at Helloworld Travel Mackay and Mt Pleasant are expanding their operations to Willows Shopping Centre, Townsville.

Viking has concluded its biggest ever Viking Vör trade training roadshow, hosting more than 1,100 agents at 15 entertaining evening events around the country, including brand-new destinations like the Central Coast in NSW, Mornington Peninsula in Victoria and Launceston in Tasmania.