Members of the Thai community and industry members converged in Sydney yesterday to celebrate the country’s National Day coinciding with the King’s 84th Birthday Anniversary, who also holds the title of the longest standing Monarch in the world spanning 65 years.

Celebrity Infinity emerged from her ‘Solsticisation’ this weekend and greeted guests and travel agents in Fort Lauderdale with a fresh new look.

HKTB and Cathay Pacific recently hosted some key wholesalers in Hong Kong.

Luxury hotel, resort and spa operator, Anantara, has set its sights on massive expansion with six properties set to open by the end of next year, adding to the already 17 global resorts in its existing portfolio.

Celebrity Infinity emerged from her ‘Solsticisation’ this weekend and greeted guests and travel agents in Fort Lauderdale with a fresh new look.

Celebrity Century’s maiden call into Sydney was commemorated with a traditional plaque ceremony onboard in ‘Michael’s Club’ last Wednesday ahead of her summer season down under.

Creative Holidays recently hosted agents from Melbourne on an amazing trip taking in Thailand's Bangkok as well as the River Kwai.

Melbourne’s travel industry gathered at Citro Restaurant, Seasons Botanic Gardens last night, some with Santa hats adorned, for our final Thirsty Thursdays event for 2011.

This group of QLD Harvey World Travel agents on an APT Europe river cruise famil took time out to pose with passenger, popular Aussie entertainer Rhonda Burchmore.

Where guests were invited to dance with His Excellency

The industry’s biggest players gathered in Sydney yesterday to celebrate a year of travel and the upcoming festive season.

Operators and tourism offices gathered at the Harbour View Hotel in North Sydney last night to hear the latest and grandest news from the Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO).

Nine of the Travel Indochina team have just returned from a 7-day trip to Burma, which was a condensed Highlights of Burma Small Group Journey.

Eight lucky travel counsellors, including one head office staff member and a Qantas Holidays representative, set off on an exclusive famil to Paris and Abu Dhabi, with a stop in Birmingham to attend the UK Travel Counsellors conference.

Joining forces for the first time, Virgin Australia, Etihad Airways and Air New Zealand invited industry friends to the Air NZ “Deck” last night to usher in the Christmas spirit.

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 entered the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg over the weekend for ten days of revitalisation.

The travel industry gathered in North Sydney last night to celebrate the graduation of six Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) Mentees last night.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) recently hosted some Flight Centre agents in Hong Kong.

New Horizons Holidays’ current trade campaign, Discover more and more and more with New Horizons Holidays, has experienced great success, with top-selling West Australian agents reaping the benefits.

Local celebrities and personalities took to the golf course last Thursday to dine in style with Emirates’ at the annual Ladies Lunch, held at the Australian PGA Championship in Coolum.

Leading local travel agency, Bicton Travel, has taken home the prestigious top prize; Office of the Year Award, at the Travelscene American Express Owners Managers Conference, 2011 in Singapore – making them the Number One Agency of Australia’s Number One Travel Agency Group.

Hot on the heels of their lavish movie premiere onboard Allure of the Seas the stars of “Puss In Boots”, Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, took to the red carpet in Sydney yesterday.

Tourism Victoria, Tourism Tasmania, Tourism NT, Tourism Western Australia, South Australian Tourism Commission and Destination NSW collaborated once again this year to put on a Christmas luncheon for their key industry stakeholders in Brisbane and Sydney.