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Is this Australia's best state for adventure seekers?
This year a sprinkling of movie magic – including a digitally remastered Crocodile Dundee – will offer your clients extra incentive to sample the NT’s experiential product
Inside the ultra-luxury Moroccan riad your clients need to know about
A new riad in Marrakech could act as the catalyst for suggesting clients take a very special and stylish short break to this most vibrant of cities.
Why this Dutch city should be on every agent’s radar
The arrival of a new hotel in an under-appreciated city is the perfect excuse to divert your clients from Amsterdam
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Secrets of the Nashville cultural icon celebrating its 100th birthday
This music venue has hosted huge stars from Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift. And now it should be on your clients’ buckets lists...
An agent shares her ‘eye-opening’ experience on South Africa fam
Sue Koumides, from Journey the World, joined a fam trip to an underrated part of a popular tourist destination. Here’s what she learned...
‘The hallmarks of these fjords are their history and remoteness’
When a luxury ship undertook its first South America Grand Voyage, our writer was able to explore one of the world’s most isolated regions, with no other ships about
Five things Indigenous operators in Canada want agents to know
Travel advisors can help to keep the country’s Indigenous cultures alive by promoting authentic tourism experiences – here’s how you do it in a meaningful way
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Are the old ones the best? How agents can impress clients by sticking with some European classics 
How combining two grande dame hotels in Switzerland and Italy with some ’slow travel’ on the rails is a perfect luxury combination
10 unusual new ways to sell Australia (including sleeping with crocs)
Tourism Australia is betting on a movie star kangaroo, increased airlift and a plethora of new luxury products to drive ambitious plans for UK growth
The new Riviera everyone should be talking about (and it's not in France or Italy)
More British holidaymakers are cottoning onto this area’s Malibu-esque vibe where a cultural capital meets a sandy coastline
Great Barrier Reef in crisis: should your clients visit?
One of Australia’s top attractions, the world’s largest coral reef system, needs visitors now more than ever before: here’s how to allay client concerns
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‘LA is always ready to roll out the red carpet’ – how the city is welcoming visitors back

The news images were shocking: large swathes of LA were left reduced to rubble, following 14 separate wildfires that tore through neighbourhoods across from Pacific Palisades to Malibu. A devastating 50,000 acres of land were destroyed, 10,000 people were displaced, and 30 lost their lives as a result of the fires. 

Hit the heights – a new way to escape in Sri Lanka’s tea country
Uga Halloowella has opened in Sri Lanka’s iconic Central Highlands and TTG Luxury was one of the first to take a look
Another day in paradise – JW Marriott launches second Maldives resort
First look at the new Maldives resort making waves in the region
Eight ways to sell the Beauty and the Beast of the California coastline
Why your clients should head to the former sardine capital of the world with its converted factories, seaside vibes and plentiful marine life to spot
A Caribbean first-timer's review of Grenada's most iconic hotel
A stay at The Calabash Hotel, a true local icon in Grenada, is the perfect introduction for a first-time Caribbean visitor
How the Moomins can help agents sell a very cool city break
Home to the world’s only museum devoted to the endearing hippo-like trolls, this lakeland city is also a sauna capital and offers easily accessible forest bathing
The US holidays showing no sign of a new Trump slump
Although two-thirds of agents in a snap poll by TTG thought President Trump’s actions were deterring clients from booking holidays to the US, operators remain more bullish about the impact that politics is having on travel and tourism.
How Gary Barlow – and his budgie smugglers – can help you sell Australia

This Friday, Gary Barlow, the travel presenter, returns to our screens, and this time he’s having a grand time with his celebrity pals in Australia. The six-part series for ITV is billed as a culinary journey, taking viewers right around the country to all six States and Territories, from the Northern Territory to South Australia, and from Queensland to Western Australia. The programme was filmed last November when Gary and his Take That bandmates were on tour in Australia.

Brand USA hopes road trip nostalgia will deflect from Trump's trade war
Agents have been trained in the infinite possibilities of the Great US Road Trip, while UK arrivals figures have yet to be impacted by Trump’s foreign policies 
Antarctica by helicopter: it’s coming... here’s how you sell the itinerary
With this new heli-centric itinerary from an adventure travel operator, your clients will be able to gaze upon polar landscapes previously seen by just a few fearless explorers
‘I visited the Horse Capital of the World and fell back in love with riding’
On a recent visit to Ocala for Florida Huddle, Madeleine Barber swapped a conference centre for the countryside to see what this secret part of the Sunshine State has been hiding.
Krabi-Koh Phi Phi Le-Ao Maya. Photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand
Where's hot, what's not: where to sell in 2025
The honeymoon hotspot? The best cruise? New data reveals the most popular destinations UK agents are selling in 2025
The Lux Collective to put ‘unexplored’ Chinese destination on agents’ radar
A Mauritius-based hotel company says it is determined to support the UK trade to sell its new hotels in a remote region of Asia