This week, Melbourne & Olympic Parks (M&OP), home of the Australian Open Tennis Championship, hosted an exclusive experience for an intimate group of hosted buyers and media as part of the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) 2019 Knowledge Exchange.

Travel Associates’ businesses in South Australian teamed up with Trafalgar and TV Chef Adam Swanson this month to create a local version of an Italian Culinary Adventure, hosting 35 clients to a tantalising taste of Italy.

On Wednesday night this week at the Art House Hotel in Sydney, industry guests were given a taste of Africa as a part of Ynot Concepts’ inaugural Australian roadshow. Representatives from African Bush Camps, Grootbos Private Nature Reserve, Lemala Camps and Lodges, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve and Wild Horizons visited Australia for a series of networking and B2B events in Melbourne and Sydney during the week.

Hawaiian Airlines and Flight Centre teamed up to spread the Aloha spirit in Australia this Valentine’s Day. Lucky couples from Sydney and Brisbane won free trips yesterday to Hawaii by participating in ‘quiz show’-style events staged in Flight Centre’s Sydney and Brisbane CBD premises … taking off for Honolulu last night!

Four luxury-specialist travel agents from Sydney and Perth, were recently hosted by NYC & Company and Singapore Airlines on a global luxury sales mission to New York City in January.

Scenic recognised the 2018 achievements of the top performing travel agencies and consultants in Australia and New Zealand last weekend in Sydney at its annual ‘Night of Stars’ event.

Delegates at last week’s PCO Association Conference in Melbourne teamed up to get New Zealand on the map at the 100% Pure New Zealand hub.

Taking place during the first week of December once again in Cannes, ILTM 2018 was the biggest ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) event ever with 1,880 exhibitors from 101 countries, an 8.5% increase year-on-year.

Rail Plus and the Italian National Tourism Office welcomed a small group of media to a long table luncheon on Monday 10 December, 2018 at Ventuno, Walshe Bay. Hosted by James Hooper of Rail Plus, Emanuel Attanasio of the Italian National Tourism Office, and attended by The Consul General, participants heard some of the exciting events that 2019 will have in store for Australians visiting Italy.

Discover Los Angeles, together with the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitor Bureau, hosted a famil for Australian agents from MTA, educating them on the city’s luxury, health and wellness offerings.

The Hawaiian Airlines’ team hosted a fun promotion in Sydney yesterday [Thursday 6 December] inviting guests, including key travel industry partners, to meet Hawaiian Airlines’ Executive Chef, Lee Anne Wong, and learn to make Poke. The purpose of the event was to highlight Hawaiian Airlines’ food and wine focus, celebrating the new menus coming to Economy and Business Class on Sydney–Honolulu, Brisbane–Honolulu and Auckland–Honolulu services in the first quarter of 2019.