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AIME sets new dates for its first ever hybrid show in...
Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) will offer a hybrid format for its 2021 show which will now be held in March. The AIME...
Victoria’s coronavirus spike threatens to burst trans-Tasman travel bubble with New...
The trans-Tasman travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand is under threat from the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Victoria. While plans for a...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Bali to reopen for international visitors in September
Bali has announced a three-phase reopening of the island’s borders that will see international visitors allowed from September. The first phase begins July 9 with...
PEOPLE
VENUES
Powerhouse museum to stay in Ultimo after government U-turn
The New South Wales Government has scrapped plans to relocate Sydney’s Powerhouse museum from its Ultimo site to a new space in Parramatta. The decision...
SPOTLIGHT
Trust the new byword as tourism operators adapt to altered consumer behaviour
According to tourism expert Professor Marianna Sigala from UniSA it’s not just tourists who are unsure about next steps, it’s also tourism businesses. Sigala says...
A roadmap to recovery
“The new normal” is how NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian described the current social distancing measures in place in her state, that are mirrored to...
The end of global travel as we know it: an opportunity for sustainable tourism
Saturday, March 14 2020, is “The Day the World Stopped Travelling”, in the words of Rifat Ali, head of travel analytics company Skift. That’s a...
Business events sector sees revenue drop to zero
A layman’s rule of thumb watching Covid-19 spread is that the number of infections doubles every four days. But it is not hyperbole to...
Social distancing may be worth it, but we need to talk about economic costs
Social distancing has been embraced as a key government strategy to manage the COVID-19 crisis. The policy involves limiting contact between people to reduce viral...
