It is very rare that one has the opportunity to chat with someone that has had such a significant influence on global tourism, in this case through his role as Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation [UMWTO], arguably the single most influential tourism organisation in the world. … Continue Reading
I have become so absolutely exhausted at listening to the absolute rubbish and commentary from uneducated and self-proclaimed “experts” including in mainstream media about COVID-19 and cruising, and also the deadly and deafening silence most frighteningly from State and Federal Government about cruising and in particular about when cruising and especially domestic and even bubble cruising, including New Zealand could start in Australia. … Continue Reading
I have become so absolutely exhausted at listening to the absolute rubbish and commentary from uneducated and self-proclaimed “experts” including in mainstream media about COVID-19 and cruising, and also the deadly and deafening silence most frighteningly from State and Federal Government about cruising and in particular about when cruising and especially domestic and even bubble cruising, including New Zealand could start in Australia. … Continue Reading
Many media yesterday chose to dramatically misquote Adele Labine-Romain, National Travel, Hospitality and Leisure Sector Leader at Deloitte Access Economics, saying that she had said international travel would not restart until 2024, with even today 7News saying, “Health minister gives travel update after report rules out holidays until 2024”. … Continue Reading
John Alwyn-Jones here again and as I said in the first and second articles in this series of really interesting articles and videos about Australia’s leading home based travel agent company, … Continue Reading
John Alwyn-Jones here and as I said in the first article in this series of really interesting articles and videos about Australia’s leading home based travel agent company, TravelManagers Australia, … Continue Reading
With innovative luxury property developer Chiodo announcing the appointment of Jamie Durie OAM and his team at Durie Design, to create the hotel architectural concept and landscape architecture for its new $300 million luxury resort, Fairmont Port Douglas, many will know of Jamie as a horticulturalist and popular television host. … Continue Reading
In an exclusive Global Travel Media interview Kevin O’Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand Cruise Association tells John Alwyn-Jones that not only had the NZ Government failed to honour an “all of government approval” given back in December 2020 by the NZ Director-General of Health for PONANT’s Le Laperouse to operate in New Zealand but also that the PONANT Le Laperouse debacle should never have happened if the relevant NZ Government departments spoke to each other. … Continue Reading
Peter Shelley is the Managing Director of the Australian Tourism Export Council,[ATEC] which represents the international inbound tourism sector, within government terms inbound tourism is an export and if they’re one person with a finger firmly on the pulse of inbound international tourism to Australia, then it has to be Peter Shelley. … Continue Reading
While the vast majority of travel and tourism companies appear to have been doing the right thing, with travel bookings in turmoil as a result of COVID-19, creating international travel bans, cruise bans, state border closures and much, much, much more, with travel not happening very much outside the control of both travellers and the industry. … Continue Reading
