When choosing a Port Adventure, the best is to read each and every itinerary, see what you'd most like to do, pick your favourite activity and a back-up.

What a thrill it is not to set your alarm on a weekday. After being rocked to sleep and waking to the gorgeous mountains on the outskirts of Canada, being able to enjoy the ever changing view and setting from ones bedroom is really quite a joy that can only be found in cruising.

I admit, when I received the invitation, I was skeptical. There were plenty of reasons to be, after all, or so I thought. As a natural worry-wart, the first things I thought were, would I enjoy cruising alone, would Alaska be as beautiful as it's meant to be in summer, would I have to kidnap a child to fit in on a Disney cruise?

Buyers wore something blue, something silver and something black last night at The Blue Baths in Rotorua, where they were treated to an ‘Out of the Blue’ themed, five course dinner.

Before work comes play in Rotorua, with MEETINGS attendees invited to take a drop at the adventurous Skyline Rotorua.

My reluctance to leave the comfort and warmth of my Air NZ flight was quickly dispelled upon arrival into Rotorua because as though the wind were calling out ‘Nahrain’, I was drawn to the city like a bee drawn to a bed of roses.

MEETINGS kicked off with laughs, sharing and photos in Rotorua yesterday, with exhibitors offering buyers more than destination updates.

Buyers and Exhibitioners were welcomed into Rotorua Maori style yesterday, as the group prepared for the two day conference MEETINGS, which kicks off in the city today.

Arabian Nights came to life last night in Rotorua, with Millennium Hotel & Resorts hosting a welcoming event to ease buyers and exhibitioners into MEETINGS which kicks off in the city today.

Irish band, the Script, performed in the heart of New York City as part of the weekly Concert Series on the popular American Today Show.

Boutique hotel, London NYC, celebrated its fifth birthday in style, with local glamorous socialites and key corporate account executives last week in the city that never sleeps.

The Australian Government has pledged practical and monetary support to boost its tourism industry’s understanding of the much-courted Chinese traveller.

Asserting the value of the Chinese market to Australia’s travel industry, the Chinese Ambassador to Australia Chen Yuming said travel between the countries has grown.

Confirming the importance of reciprocal Chinese and Australian relations on tourism, Australia’s Tourism Minister announced a commitment to strengthen ties between the two countries last night.

It was the night that saw Tourism Australia managing director Andrew McEvoy play with a dancing lion in a really big shed. What better way to open the inaugural Australia – China Tourism Summit?

Universal Studios Hollywood is on the cusp of transforming guest experiences when it debuts the most technologically advanced ride ever built, Transformers: The Ride 3D.

A specially select group attending Pow Wow last week were invited to share an exclusive appearance and talk by Walt Disney's daughter, Diane Disney.

The Golden Gate Bridge, one of the world's most iconic sights and synonymous with San Francisco, will celebrate its 75th year in 2012.

The discoverAmerica.com website has undergone redesigning and has been re-launched with new features, tools, look and feel.

Here's a little nugget of truth: girls love to be pampered, and there's no better place to experience ultimate glamour than in Beverly Hills.

The International Pow Wow tradeshow will have a second year in the West Coast when Los Angeles hosts the event in 2012 followed by Las Vegas in 2013.

The Corporation for Travel Promotion has elected Jim Evans as its first CEO, expecting him to lead their newest program encouraging international travel.

Palm Springs maybe renowned as the playground for Hollywood's rich and famous, but to me, it will forever be known as Date capital of USA.

Elvis is alive and well in, of all places, the desert town of Palm Springs.