I said several months ago that interest rates had to come down and at last the RBA has decided to cut rates by 0.5% and while of course, it was nothing to do with me, it was about time! … Continue Reading
I get very irritated when I see and read the massive over-reaction by mainstream media, with this time in the case of the recent floods in Fiji. … Continue Reading
It was not surprising to hear this week that an Independent Review had concluded that greater cooperation between cruise and navy operations at Garden Island was not going to happen, describing the cooperation as “essentially incompatible”. … Continue Reading
I picked up this very interesting report this week in Travel Weekly in the USA by Danny King, which makes the startling revelation that when US hotels distribute rooms through online travel agencies, through merchant sales, they give up twice as much in lost revenue as they pay out in commissions on standard agency sales, according to a new research report from Smith Travel Research (STR) and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA). … Continue Reading
Having just been to Fiji on a Global Travel Media TV shoot, I was stunned to hear when I was there, that the Fiji Government has decided to increase its departure tax from $FJD100 – about $AUD53 to $FJD150 – about AUD80, … Continue Reading
It took me a long time to actually decide to write about this issue, with as the dust, or should I say water settling around the Costa Concordia tragedy and the headlines beginning to disappear, I could not help wondering what this … Continue Reading
I picked up an interesting piece today from the web site www.jaunted.com, which along with many others has been a critic of BA’s flight attendants, with the consensus … Continue Reading
I found a Courier Mail report this week that revealed that the same politicians who unleashed scathing attacks on Qantas for bringing an abrupt end to damaging industrial action have accepted thousands of dollars in flight upgrades and gifts from the airline, quite amazing, no, more than that – I found it quite incredulous! … Continue Reading
I was stunned yesterday to hear the absolute about turn by Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Secretary Steve Purvinas, announcing the deferral of his union’s strike action for three weeks, effective immediately. … Continue Reading
I could not help thinking that there must have been a wry smile on Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti yesterday, when he confirmed that Virgin Australia would provide additional capacity over the coming months to meet market requirements and to minimise the impact of ongoing Qantas industrial action on the Australian travel and tourism industry. … Continue Reading
