After a gruelling final semester and endless examinations, teens from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and other areas of Australia boarded planes, bound for the exotic islands of Fiji.

In early October, Carnival Cruise Lines announced Fun Ship 2.0, a $500-million dollar investment on a majority of the ships in their fleet.

The rainbow city of South Africa shows off all the colours

Stunning, luxurious, peaceful, exquisite and definitely charming are just a few words that come to mind while travelling in the Cape Winelands especially in the town of Franschhoek.

Bungy jumping and sky-diving – these had been completed with relative ease whilst touring the Garden Route.

Bungee Jumping, Sky Diving, and Cruising and then there was Elvis

Soul stretching, heart thumping, adrenaline jumping and that’s in the first 5 minutes

Two flat tyres and the illusive leopard make their debut in the wild

All prayers had been answered when my eyes rested on the dreamy vista of ocean stretched as far as the eye could see and that persistent sun peeked through the smattering of clouds.

Seeing Holland America's flagship, ms Amsterdam docked at Port Melbourne, was a site to behold.

Learn from the world famous Gasa clan while taking a chance eating lunch within a crocodile pen.

The results from Jetset Travelworld Network’s “Lasting Impressions” mystery shopping surveys held nationally earlier this year has revealed agents’ seeming reluctance to close a sale at the point of consultation, according to Operations Manager, Sandy Osborne.

TravelManagers from around Australia have gathered in Melbourne today to kick off the first day of the fourth annual TravelManagers national conference.

Some 440 agents have converged in Adelaide to kick off the annual Jetset Travelworld Network conference, this year aptly themed "growing together, embracing the future".

Imagine your soul stretching out to a world where basic is basic and life sings the songs of truth.

With a new Chief at the helm at the cusp of taking over, a new direction toward engaging in new digital marketing and even a look toward developing diverse strategies for an ageing membership group

Chief Executive of AFTA, Jayson Westbury has warned IATA agents of changes to come next year with new global financial guidelines to be announced, which he suspects will be unfavourable for the trade.

Numerous awards were handed out to Travellers Choice members at the annual Shareholders Conference in Singapore last weekend, with some lucky agents bagging multiple gongs recognising their year of hard work.

With the backing of Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, Smartraveller is set to take off with a new print and television campaign in late November, with the underlying message to travelling Australians that if they cannot afford to buy travel insurance, they cannot afford to travel.

Travellers Choice has shown their support to the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) by signing up every member to the organisation effective April 2012.

AFTA has lobbied for the word 'travel' to be added into education courses nationally, in a bid to further encourage young Australians to complete academic courses and replenish an ageing industry.

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