PONANT has extended an invitation to travel advisors and their clients to attend the ultra-luxury expedition cruise line’s upcoming Roadshow Series Events.

This week’s Visit USA Expo lured hundreds of travel agents to events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, with each showcase bringing with it buzzing entertainment, exceptional exhibitors and delicious food and prizes.

Fukuoka and Oita Prefectures welcomed wholesalers, tour operators and travel advisors for an evening of Japanese taste sensations and to discover more about the prefectures at an event in Brisbane last week. The function was held in anticipation of a full reopening of Japan in the near future.

Global travel network Virtuoso has this week been meeting again with its members in New Zealand for the first time post-pandemic.

Ultra-luxury conservation and ecotourism brand, Singita, was in Australia and New Zealand recently meeting with travel partners after an extended hiatus caused by the pandemic.

Tauck has renewed a major focus on Australia by inviting travel agency partners to three exclusive events: two breakfast events in Sydney and Melbourne on 20 and 22 July, respectively; and a cocktail reception in Brisbane on 20 July. In attendance will be Steve Spivak, Vice President Global Sales; David Clark, Managing Director Australia; and Helen Eves, National Account Manager in Australia.

Further East, the groundbreaking luxury and authentic travel event by This is Beyond, the creators of PURE Life Experiences in Marrakech, will return for its third edition in Bali this November.

Spencer Travel toasted its trade partners at a gathering on Tuesday evening at a Thank You event held at Pullman Sydney Airport.

Relais & Châteaux members from New Zealand were in Sydney this week for the first time in two years, meeting with travel agency partners on Tuesday night at Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.

A private gathering of Queensland’s tourism trade were treated to an ‘evening in Fiji’ at Stanley Restaurant, Brisbane earlier this week.The event, hosted by Stanley Restaurant’s head chef Louis Tikaram and Nanuku Resort’s General Manager, Logan Miller was also a platform to officially reveal a new partnership.

A group of eight travel advisors has just returned from sailing Viking’s popular 8-day Rhine Getaway river cruise from Amsterdam to Basel. The group were among the first Australian advisors to sail with Viking since 2019 and for many, this was their first overseas trip in as many years.

Nothing says “welcome” better than luxury accommodation, gourmet meals, boat cruises (with dolphins and seals), exclusive wine tastings, a private air show and a helicopter flight.