When did you last fly Qantas?

Qantas‘ share of international passenger traffic in and out of Australia has almost halved over the past decade, according to government statistics. Our national carrier had 17.7 per cent of Continue reading →

Here’s what you might have missed…

Apologies for the delay in transmission – I have been away travelling.  Here are my Travel Insider columns for the past few weeks, if you want to catch up: The Continue reading →

Art in the sky

A passenger on a Virgin Atlantic flight has bought a painting while in the air, making history as the first person to make a purchase from the world’s “first-ever commercial art gallery in Continue reading →

Bugger the future, we’re going travelling

Who needs a new bathroom when you can travel to South America? Or a new plasma telly when you could have a couple of weeks at the beach in Queensland? Aussies Continue reading →

TripAdvisor adds tours

TripAdvisor has taken another step towards becoming a one-stop shop for travel research, bringing tours and attractions onto its site through a partnership with Viator. Viator is the world’s leading Continue reading →

Hottest new hotels for 2013

Want to be in the hip crowd? Here are 10 of the smartest and sexiest hotels due to open around the world in 2013. Shangri-La, The Shard, London The Refinery, Continue reading →

No crappy hotels, thanks

We Aussies have our standards when it comes to choosing overseas hotels. Australian travellers are the second highest spenders in the world when it comes to overseas hotel bookings, according Continue reading →

Follow the Hobbit to the nearest exit

Who wants to sit through a boring airline safety video that drones on about keeping your seatbelt fastened? Keep the entertainment coming. Chances are by now you’ve seen Air New Continue reading →

Women going it alone

Be it by choice or circumstance, many Australian women are holidaying alone. Nearly half of Australian women have taken a holiday on their own, according to research by lastminute.com.au. Women Continue reading →

Trendwatch: digital detox holidays

You might be sick of your mobile phone interrupting your holidays, but are you ready to part with it? ”Digital detox” holidays are being touted as the next big thing in Continue reading →