Vanuatu's premier trade event has officially commenced in the island of Espiritu Santo, the first time the show has ever moved outside of Port Vila.

conTgo and Dynamiq announced their entry into a strategic partnership yesterday in a move set to provide travel management companies (TMC) with "proactive" handling of corporate traveller safety.

With its first-half operating profits higher than expectations, Accor plans to increase its hospitality global footprint, set to open over 200 hotels in 2010.

It’s all heights on for the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong who are ready to break at least one record when they open the doors to the world’s tallest hotel in the first quarter 2011.

The Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand (YHANZ) announced it was the first backpacker hostel network in the world to achieve CEMARS (Carbon Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme) certification.

Strong demand has led Air New Zealand to more than triple its charter flights from Japan to New Zealand this summer, the airline set to operate 14 return charter flights between 26 December 2010 and 3 April 2011.

Frankfurt and Tokyo bound Qantas passengers will soon be able to travel premium economy, Qantas making good on promises to increase the cabin class' availability.

Mantra Group announces plans to open first five-star hotel in a decade on the Gold Coast.

Hawaii said aloha to 625,522 visitors in June 2010, a 13.6 per cent jump over June 2009 and testament to the industry’s recovery from recent events which had dampened travel to the region.

Travellers will soon be able to travel Garuda Indonesia direct to ‘the Land of the Rising Sun’ from Jakarta as the airline announced direct flights from Jakarta-Tokyo-Jakarta effective 31 August 2010.