Carolyn Turnbull, former Managing Director of Tourism Western Australia, is returning to the private sector to lead Victor Goh’s expanding hotel and hospitality division. Commencing in her new role as Chief Executive Officer on 4 June 2024, Turnbull’s initial focus will be on the completion of Goh’s prestigious Elizabeth Quay projects.

After a four-year absence, South African Airways (SAA) this week resumed flights to Australia with a new Perth to Johannesburg service on the popular route that is already posting healthy load factors.

South African Airways has scheduled a return to Perth, with flights from Johannesburg to the Western Australia capital scheduled to commence on 28 April 2024.

Tourism Western Australia will capitalise on next year’s World Travel & Tourism Council’s Global Summit being held in Perth to drum up interest in private sector investment in new high-end accommodation in remote parts of the state, while also amplifying Aboriginal tourism to the next level.

Three regions of Australia are now etched in the memory of travel advisors attending the Signature Travel Network Annual Conference to recommend to their clients. Perth, Palm Cove and the broader state of Queensland were all on Executive Vice President, Ignacio Maza’s exclusive ‘it lists’ for 2024.

Western Australia has been revealed as the host destination for World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Global Summit in 2024, marking the first time the event will visit Oceania.

Qantas has confirmed it will launch a new route to Europe next year, with Perth-Paris services to debut starting 12 July 2024. The flights will start in the lead up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer.

BWH Hotels (BWH) has inked an agreement to operate a new, stylish 120-room hotel, Aiden SCQ – the first Aiden property of BWH’s lifestyle boutique brand in Western Australia, sitting alongside Aiden Darling Harbour which opened in Sydney in 2022.

German-speaking travel agents explore Western Australia on FTI Destination Pro in Perth

Air Mauritius has rebooted its service to Australia, with Flight MK440 touching down at Perth Airport on Wednesday [2 November 2022] morning.

Emirates will increase frequencies on the Dubai-Perth route from next month, adding a fourth weekly service effective 1 April and moving to daily from 1 May. The frequency upgrade comes in response to pent-up demand for inbound and outbound travel following the reopening of Western Australia’s borders.

Qantas Group is optimistic for a return to commercial international flights from December to destinations on a similar path to Australia’s vaccination threshold.