Grindelwald, Interlaken and Jungfrau visit with local media to promote emerging hotspots.

1000 Mile Travel Group will treat its 2024 Australian Top Achievers with a trip to Fiji next month. The reward, designed for 1000MTG’s most outstanding business owners, will include three nights at the esteemed Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort luxury resort between 16-19 October, courtesy of generous partners Qantas and ID Travel Group.

Global luxury tour operator ID Travel Group (ID) has acquired Melbourne-based tour operator and experts in Fiji and the South Pacific, Island Escapes. The sale will see the 21-year-old Australian business join the ID Travel Group family from 1 October 2024.

Explora Journeys staged a triple celebration at the Fincantieri shipyard in Sestri Ponente, near Genoa, Italy yesterday as the luxury brand continues to grow towards a total of six ships planned by 2028.

Luxury Travel Marketing has welcomed ARP Africa Travel, renowned Destination Management Company in Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda and Uganda, to its expanded portfolio of partners.

Currumbin-based luxury travel agency, Solis Travel is the latest brand to become a member of the Flight Centre Travel Group’s exclusive Luxury Travel Collection (LTC).

Railbookers President & CEO, Frank Marini visited Australia this week to share updates with the travel trade and media partners about the company’s impressive growth and its focus on luxury travel.

Virtuoso hosted its second annual Virtuoso On Tour: Destinations event at the International Convention Centre in Sydney this week. Designed for travel agency members in Australia and New Zealand to network with Virtuoso partners across the globe, the event housed six destination-themed pavilions (Australia & The Pacific, UK & Europe, Canada, Asia & India, Africa & Middle East and USA & Latin America) where luxury travel advisors were able to explore unique, immersive product experiences.

Asia Pacific’s definitive gathering of buyers, exhibitors and media sharing their thoughts on the future of high-end travel, Further East, will launch its fifth edition on 4 November 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s luxury brands had a strong presence at CLIA Australia’s recent Cruise360 event, with many interstate members of the Luxury Travel Collection making their way to Sydney for the event.

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans last weekend to introduce a 20 Euros (AU$33) levy on cruise ship visitors to the popular tourist islands of Santorini and Mykonos over the peak summer season. The strategy aims to tackle the issue of over tourism facing those islands.

A&K Travel Group, the parent company of luxury brands including Abercrombie & Kent, Crystal, Sanctuary Retreats, Cox & Kings and Akorn, is mulling a possible Initial Public Offering (IPO), says Cristina Levis, Group CEO.