Flight Centre Travel Group’s home-based network of travel advisors will be counting on consumer confidence to thrive and holiday bookings to flow under the TransTasman Bubble initiative.

The surprise announcement by Western Australia that it would open its hard borders to residents of New South Wales and Victoria from next week, coupled with the reopening of the Queensland/NSW border earlier this week (see more below), has been applauded by travel groups.

The battered global cruise industry will “come back stronger than ever”, with seasoned cruisers eager to board a ship and sail away, says Flight Centre Travel Group’s GM of Premium Brands, Danielle Galloway.

Travel Associates has announced its 2020 inaugural Advisory Board, comprised of 10 experts, selected to represent their State and Territory stores, with each member having clocked up a minimum of 15 years’ experience with the Travel Associates brand across domestic, international or cruise travel.