A group of luxury Australian travel advisors didn’t waste any time proving that travel to the ‘mother country’ is alive and well, having just visited South Africa and Zimbabwe on a rebound famil.

Helsinki Partners, the destination marketing organisation for the Finnish capital, hosted Australian and Kiwi travel advisors on a city tour on the final day of Hurtigruten APAC’s first familiarisation to Norway, which concluded last week.

Tourism Tropical North Queensland hosted their Refresh, Reengage, Reconnect trade training workshop at Rydges World Square in Sydney this week, where TTNQ members and operators from Cairns were able to connect with 30 Sydney-based inbound travel agents.

Austria National Tourist Office (ANTO) is seeking “creative journey experts” to attend a special trade event being held in Vienna this may.

Hawaii Tourism Oceania wrapped up a three-city Australian east coast showcase in Sydney last night, hosting an event to celebrate ‘malama’ with travel industry partners and media at the Amora Hotel Jamison.

Japan National Tourism Organization hosted media at SOKYO restaurant on Tuesday night to discuss the future of travel to Japan,

This was the week that ILTM, the world’s leading luxury travel event portfolio celebrated the 20th edition of ILTM Cannes. The global flagship event for the ILTM Portfolio – held from 6-9 December 2021 – brought together luxury travel professionals from 73 countries with over 1,300 luxury travel suppliers from across the world for a week of dedicated one-to-one meetings (over 50,000 in total!) as well as an extensive program of networking events.

Azamara’s Belle Osmic, Director of Sales – Australia/New Zealand shared some of her finely-honed Italian cooking tips with an enthusiastic group of travel advisors recently.

The world of high-end tourism continues to reawaken with the successful debut of DUCO France last week in Paris, France. Representatives from more than 120 of France’s most important high-end hoteliers and travel suppliers, including icons of French hospitality, along with the most elegant boutique properties with city, countryside, mountain and seaside locations met one-on-one with 130 of the world’s top English-speaking travel advisors and travel specialists who focus on France.

Last week’s ILTM North America 2021 marked ILTM’s successful return to in-person luxury travel events. Held from 20-23 September, it was the first ‘live’ ILTM for 21 months, brought to life in a covid-safe paradise within the luxury resort of Mayakoba, Mexico.

DUCO Travel Summit will host its first annual DUCO France destination-oriented travel event in Paris from 11-15 October. Following the significant success of its sister event, DUCO Italy, the DUCO team has expanded to add this annual invitation-only niche French initiative, focused on the high-end travel industry in France.