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1 week ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the biggest buzzword in the industry right now. Last year, Corporate Travel Management rolled out Scout, an AI-powered service assistant to enable the team to become more efficient and effective. Here, Managing Director Jamie Pherous shares how Scout has performed and its outcomes for the business. Can you tell me the story behind Scout? How is it tracking since launch and how has it helped travel agents?
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1 week ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Travel Daily virtual event Home Ex is live and continues to inspire and educate home-based agents wherever they are based. The free on-demand event will remain available for agents to consume until August, featuring a jam-packed speaker program within the auditorium and suppliers in the exhibition hall.
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1 week ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
This week our sister publications Travel Daily and Cruise Weekly reported on a milestone development in the cruise sector, which now looks likely to be subject to the first-ever levy on carbon emissions from 2028.
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1 week ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
As we voyage through 2025, travel industry marketing finds itself at the crossroads of aspiration and action. More than ever, travellers are seeking out and demanding more personalised and meaningful experiences, with many brands rethinking their marketing strategies to engage emotionally while also driving conversions. One approach gaining traction is the fusion of brand narratives – long used for emotive storytelling – with the direct, booking-oriented focus of retail advertising.
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1 week ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Farming and rural travel experiences will come together at the second annual Agritourism Summit in regional New South Wales on 12-13 August. The two-day event in Orange will feature insights from industry leaders, networking opportunities, farmer-led panel discussions and immersive tours to inspire and inform attendees about the future of agritourism. In the NSW Government’s NSW Visitor Economy Strategy review last year, agritourism was identified as a growth opportunity for the state.
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1 week ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Travel Associates’ top performing business in Australia is preparing to unveil a new location in August, a luxury flagship office in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs. Owner Krystal Savage described the upcoming store in Burnside as “an exciting milestone and a natural progression” for the business. “This expansion allows us to reach a new community, grow our client base, and create more opportunities for our team,” she told Travel Daily in an exclusive interview.
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2 weeks ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Emerald Cruises has announced a major multi-ship expansion beginning in 2026 which will see the line unveil two new superyachts and its first-ever ship on the Seine. As first revealed by CW, the two new ocean-going vessels, Emerald Raiya and Emerald Xara, will follow on from the debut of Emerald Kaia next year. Raiya will debut in the Seychelles at the end of 2026, then sail the Mediterranean for the 2027 European summer, and at the end of the year, will return to the Seychelles.
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3 weeks ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Is the US going to be cancelled by tourists? The Independent reported this week that over in Canada (the biggest source of international tourists to the US), people crossing the border by car has reportedly dropped by up to 45% since Trump announced a 25% tariff on many Canadian goods. Responding to the decreased demand, Air Canada has reduced its flights to some US destinations including Las Vegas from March.
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3 weeks ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
Fuelled by rising global affluence, tech advancements, and luxury travellers’ search for new experiences, the yacht category is on the rise. Enter one-year-old start-up, The Superyacht Club. “We’re looking at the part of the luxury market that has been into cruising, but now they’re looking for something more bespoke and smaller,” founder Asha Martin (pictured) told travelBulletin.
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1 month ago | 
travelbulletin.com.au | Jo-Anne Hui-Miller
The celebration was shared with almost 200 advisors, suppliers, industry body representatives, friends, and family who all wore a touch of green to celebrate with CEO Steve Labroski, CFO Louie Apostolovski and the team. “[It’s been] a crazy ride and it just keeps getting better,” Labroski told Travel Daily.
