The Mercure Brisbane Spring Hill in Brisbane was formerly the Pacific Hotel Brisbane. Accor took over the operation of this hotel, which overlooked the Australian city skyline. The owner is the Singh family, who met the COO of Accor, Adrian Williams, at the opening. The New York Times named the Sunshine State one of the world’s hottest travel destinations in 2024, so there is a lot to be excited about when it comes to travel and tourism to the Sunshine State. The city enjoys an increasing...
The region grew its workforce across the entire supply chain ready for a busy winter, but now these new recruits, including more than 200 from the tourism industry, who have been in training for months are being told to find other work. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Connect with nature in a place unlike anywhere else – fringed by reef and enveloped by rainforest, the world’s warmest welcome is waiting for you. This is the message on the Tropical North Queensland Tourism Board website, promoting the famous Great Barrier Reef and Cairns in Australia. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Ahead of the marches, police declared a zero-tolerance policy for any protest in Sydney, with the New South Wales deputy police commissioner Mal Lanyon saying some 1,400 officers would be deployed for that purpose. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Under the lockdown, residents of Canberra and its surrounding suburbs will only be allowed to leave home for essential reasons including essential work, healthcare, vaccine appointments, grocery shopping and one hour of exercise per day. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
No Vaccine necessary! The Australian Senator Hanson keeps insisting she was right even when told that existing vaccines have passed the necessary trials and pose a much lower risk to health compared to getting infected with the virus. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Australia’s federal court ruled in favor of the Transport Workers Union’s case against Qantas. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Brisbane was the only candidate city bidding to host the Summer Olympics in 2032. - eTurboNews | Travel News Online
The five-day lockdown will not be lifted as scheduled. Andrews did not specify for how long the standing restrictions would remain in place. New cases detected in the state have dropped steadily over the past few days, with only 13 local transmissions reported on Monday. Local authorities in Australia‘s Victoria announced that the state’s fifth […] - eTurboNews | Travel News & more
Greater Sydney area residents now must “carry evidence showing their address and produce the evidence if required to do so by a police officer” if they are at least 18 years old. | Sydney residents now must carry ID to prove they’re within 6 miles from home
Greater Sydney area residents now must “carry evidence showing their address and produce the evidence if required to do so by a police officer” if they are at least 18 years old. - eTurboNews | Travel News & more
Go to a location where vaccinations are not so high, and you are likely to be looking at a place where the COVID-19 Delta Variant is rearing its ugly head and causing a surge in coronavirus cases once again. | COVID-19 Delta Variant surging across the globe
Princess Cruises just announced the cancellation of its Australia cruise holidays through December of this year. This comes after so many previous cruises have already had to be cancelled. | Princess Cruises Australia: No longer going down under this year
More than a million people in Sydney downtown area, as well as nearby suburbs, were already put under lockdown on Friday, but officials decided that more stringent measures were necessary to rein in the variant. | Australia’s largest city goes into complete two-week lockdown
The agreement renewal between Sabre and Virgin Australia comes at an exciting time for Virgin Australia and the broader aviation industry, which is beginning to recover from the impacts of COVID-19. Taking flight under new ownership, Virgin Australia is working to evolve and modernise its distribution strategy to further deliver experiences its guests love amidst a fast-changing travel marketplace. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Long live the Queen! Queen Elizabeth II honored 1190 Australians for her birthday. The Queen is not only the head of State for the United Kingdom, but also for Australia, Canada and 13 other Commonwealth nations. A proud member on the Queens honor list is a member of the Australian hospitality industry and a General Manager of the Accor hotel group. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) has appointed John O’Sullivan, the CEO of Experience Co, to its Board of Directors. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
The Australia response to COVID-19 has been envied by many countries. Dr. Fauci recently praised the country for being a world leader in "containment and management of emerging variants.” - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
"India is literally gasping for oxygen," Australian Health Minister is sending donations of ventilators, masks, goggles and gloves to the country. At the same time Australia condemns its own citizen trapped in India to death, - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Beginning Monday, May 3, 2021, Australian residents and citizens may face fines and jail time if they choose to fly home from severely COVID-hit India. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
It might seem somewhat counterproductive in a world where everything seems to be, from one day to the next, not sure what's going to happen. And the constant challenges of managing travel in a pandemic certainly are nothing to be sneezed at, but ultimately when there's an opportunity to change the way things are done because something significant has happened to the industry, it's a good opportunity for that industry to reflect and see what could be done differently going forward. And one of...
With the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and people around the globe getting vaccinated, the aviation industry is gearing up for what is hoped will be a surge in air travel demand. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Mövenpick Hotel Melbourne on Spencer to open May 2021 - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
George Woods, partner from L.E.K. Consulting and Strategic Advisory Firm, who heads aviation practice in the region, was joined on a panel with 3 aviation experts about the Australian aviation competition in 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
In a live interview, Peter Harbison of the CAPA – Centre for Aviation, talks with Professor Michael Kidd, AM, who is the Acting Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health in Australia, to discuss what is happening with the health of Australia and the aviation industry. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
The World Tourism Network, Planet Happyness, the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism, and SunX came together for the UN Day of Tourism Happyness - and it showed. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online
Just like so many other countries around the world, the MICE industry has been suffering due to the impact of COVID-19. With barely any travel taking place and people for the most part sheltering in place at home, the meetings and events industry has virtually shut down, no pun intended. Continue reading Australia Government handing out cash for events at eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online.
TFE Hotels has announced General Manager appointments at two of its newest hotel addresses in Melbourne Continue reading Adina’s newest Melbourne hotels announce key appointments at eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online.
Melbourne is a city known for conventions, fireworks and an active lifestyle. Not at this time. COVID-19 also turned this Australian city into a ghost town. Continue reading Abu Dhabi or Dubai to Melbourne flights history for the moment at eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online.
Family meetings are usually private, but the family of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism thinks tourism is a global family and you should be included. Continue reading Peace Through Tourism had a Family Meeting with You included at eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online.
