The Hard Rock Café Sydney welcomed a myriad of Elvis’ last night when they played host to the launch of Music Cruises Australia’s November theme cruises aboard Rhapsody of the Seas.

Travel Indochina and Harvey World Travel Malvern / Carnegie / South Yarra joined forces to host an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser.

Michelle Schulze from Travel Managers was the lucky winner of one Return Economy Class ticket from Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane to Los Angeles with Virgin Australia in the recent Breakaway Travelclub membership competition.

Magic was all around at the Tourism Malaysia Road Show in Sydney last night as agents were updated on the ins and outs of Malaysia’s food, entertainment and psychic monkeys.

Tangalooma’s star attractions – its nine wild bottlenose dolphins shared a quick snack of fresh fish with local Sunshine Coast stars, Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin.

This month we are proud to announce that the TMS Temp Appreciation Award for May 2012 has been presented to Louise Dunell for her ongoing efforts.

Travel Indochina recently helped host the Flight Centre Australia Marketing Conference in Saigon.

After an action packed famil, six top achievers from Australia and New Zealand recently stayed on in Dubai to enjoy some once in a lifetime experiences in the city.

Pyramid Lake, the Valley of Fire State Park, and the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park have been announced among the winners of the “Nevada’s Treasures” competition.

As the end of semester one approaches on Australia’s first cruise qualification – Diploma Tourism (Cruise Operations) – the students are building their product and destination knowledge, thanks to the support of the cruise industry.

More than 200 agents from Australia and New Zealand recently travelled to Dubai to take part in the Emirates Dubai Famil Incentive in partnership with the Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and Arabian Adventures.

The ‘father of cruising’, Maurice Zarmati, joined travel agents Sherrie and Charlie Funk and innovators Brad and Van Anderson in being inducted into the CLIA 2012 Cruise Industry Hall of Fame earlier this month in Fort Lauderdale.

Staff from some of Star Alliance’s 25 member airlines visited travel agents across Australia this week to celebrate the Alliance’s 15th Anniversary.

Over 180 agents descended on Melbourne’s Spice Market Bar to witness the launch of Peregrine’s new flagship brand, Reserve.

Congratulations to the winner of Malaysia Airlines’ $10,000 Gift Card.

Cox & Kings are celebrating more polo success after its team won their game on Mother’s Day at the annual Jeep Kurri Burri Polo Classic Tournament in Richmond Lowlands in Sydney’s north-west.

THAI recently hosted some travel industry 'leading ladies' to a behind-the-scenes visit to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia held last week at OPT, Circular Quay.

Scenic Tours took 18 of their Australian agents on a 14 day famil to Egypt in March where for the first time ever, agents cruised from Abu Simbel to Aswan on the serene waters of Lake Nasser in Upper Egypt.

Agents from across Sydney explored the beauty and tranquillity of Thailand last night as part of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) annual road show.

With Qantas recent return to the Chilean capital of Santiago, this allowed QBT consultants from across Australia to sample the sights and sounds of South America.

A group of 34 Flight Centre agents from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK recently soaked up the best of Italy on an eight-day megafamil hosted by Topdeck.

Buyers and sellers of the pacific gathered for the Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE) in Port Denarau, Fiji.

The annual Hawai’i Tourism Oceania Aloha Downunder roadshow kicked off at the Gold Coast this week.