Abercrombie & Kent has drawn on its more than 30-year experience delivering unforgettable adventures across Australia and New Zealand to bring to eager travellers a refreshed and exciting portfolio of extraordinary travel ideas.

Tasmania has weaved its way into Virtuoso’s Top 10 Global Destinations in 2022. The luxury global travel network released its list of destinations late last month, placing Tasmania alongside the likes of Slovenia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Italy’s Dolomites and the Caribbean, to name a few.

Bookings have now opened for The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Hobart, for arrivals starting 1 December 2021. The 152-key hotel, located at the redeveloped Parliament Square in the Tasmanian capital, marks the entry of Marriott’s five-star The Luxury Collection brand in Australia. It will be the first luxury hotel in Hobart since the MACq 1 debuted in 2017 on the city’s waterfront.

Marriott International has reaffirmed its intent to debut The Luxury Collection brand in Australia by the end of 2021, some three years after initially slated.

As a lead-in to Australian Tourism Exchange events taking place in the week ahead of the 2021 ATE Live (6-9 June) and ATE Online (10-17 June), this week Tourism Australia and its Signature Experiences of Australia are providing the opportunity for some of this country’s top travel professionals to discover, enjoy and learn more about some of the most exciting experiences Australia has to offer.

Abercrombie & Kent have released an air safari that encompasses South Australia and Tasmania’s finest epicurean, cultural, artistic and scenic highlights on a limited-edition itinerary.

Tasmania’s key tourism body is calling on the rest of Australia to wake up this winter and book a domestic holiday to Tasmania.

Aurora Expeditions’ new expedition program in Australia, Commonwealth Bay and the Ross Sea (East Antarctica) will go on sale on Thursday 11 March 2021.

Aurora Expeditions is about to launch an Australian domestic program for 2021 with voyages to Tasmania and Western Australia’s Coral Coast and the Kimberley.

Ship Inn Stanley in Tasmania’s North West has recently expanded its inventory, capitalising on the regional tourism boom.

Silversea Cruises has unveiled a new 139-night World Cruise that will depart from Sydney, Australia in early January 2023.

For Australians eager to explore their own backyard, Ponant has revealed the return of two of its fleet of small luxury expedition ships, Le Lapérouse and Le Soléal, to Australian waters in 2021, with a collection of eight new immersive itineraries along the coastline of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.