Long-haul tour operator, Tropical Sky has added a new brand to its portfolio. Launching today, Australian Sky will offer competitively priced holidays from self-drive and escorted tours across the Australian states to beach breaks, city stays and special interest or activity-based holidays.
Heading up the venture is Chris Hawkins, who joins as a director for [...]
GotoBus.com, the leading online ticketing company for intercity bus travel and bus tours, has recently expanded its services to include Australia sightseeing tours. The company now offers over 100 sightseeing tours and activities in nine cities: Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.
Throughout the company’s history, GotoBus has continually diversified its [...]
Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are at stake should Australia not reform its ailing tourism industry, a new report revealed on Monday.
The government-sponsored Jackson Report came as Australia’s share of global tourism dropped 14 percent between 1995 and 2008, while also declining as a proportion of Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) since peaking [...]
When SARS was in its infancy in 2003, Tim Harcourt Chief Economist at the Australian Trade Commission said, “Every year economic forecasters have to contend with an “X Factor”, and I am sure that it is fair to say that this year we are already not only dealing with two “X Factors” and let’s call [...]
The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) said on Friday that the economic crisis has led to a sharp spike in the number of backpackers heading to Australia shores.
“The backpacker market is absolutely booming, we’ve seen visa applications up by 20 percent out of Germany and Britain alone, and those figures are translating into business” ATEC [...]
Why is branding important for a travel business?
Have you ever noticed how the public is hesitant to book with a tour operator, an accommodation provider or a carrier that they have not heard of before?
If the public has heard of a brand name then they are likely to trust the brand name and if travel [...]
Harvey World Travel took top honours at the World Travel Awards inaugural Australasian ceremony winning the title of Australasia’s Leading Travel Agency at Sydney’s Observatory Hotel on Tuesday night.
Australia’s most recognised retail brand, Harvey World Travel was peer-selected for the accolade from a first-rate field across Australasia, including Jetset, STA Travel and New Zealand’s Elixir.
General [...]
