The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against travel agency company Flight Centre, alleging that it has attempted to induce competitors
The Tourism Council of Western Australia has called on the state government to continue investing in marketing WA to China, after Chinese visitors increased by 57.5 per cent over the past 12 months
A Western Australian parliamentary committee will investigate whether organisers of the Kimberley Ultramarathon, in which two women were badly burned in a bushfire, took reasonable steps to ensure
Western Australia's peak tourism body has called on the state government to commit $27 million to tourism marketing in the next budget to assist the flailing industry.
Higher VIP gambler revenue and improved returns from its Macau joint venture have helped casino operator Crown increase its first half profit by 79 per cent.
Australia's tourism figures continue to make for bleak reading, with nearly 10,000 fewer international visitors arriving here in 2011, and the number of Aussies taking overseas holidays soaring to
The Swan River Trust has been appointed to manage the environmental assessment of the state government's Perth Waterfront project, the Environmental Protection Authority has announced.
A survey of tourist accommodation shows occupancy rates in Perth and the North West at record levels in the September quarter of 2011, while regional tourist towns are languishing.
Australia's tourism industry can only dream of the government support being afforded to the country's automotive sector, despite its far greater contribution to the nation's economy, says peak indu
The number of interstate leisure visitors to Western Australia has declined a massive 29.6 per cent over the past year, according to data released today by Tourism Research Australia.
WA will host a record 84 Eventscorp-sponsored events next year, including Australia's richest golf tournament and an international action sports festival.
Marylyn Paspaley's Pinctada Hotels and Resorts has pulled out of its bid to develop a luxury hotel at Longreach Bay, a day after new data revealed a slump in visitors at the holiday destination.
Virgin Australia says underlying profit before tax in the first three months of 2011/12 was higher than the prior corresponding period, despite higher fuel costs.
The first flights have left Australia bound for Europe after a five-day airspace shutdown due to the risks posed by a massive ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Perth-based leisure technology firm V3 has been awarded a state government tender to provide online booking technology for Tourism Western Australia's website.
Air New Zealand has taken a major stake in Perth-based leisure technology firm V Cubed, with the two companies to establish a joint venture to launch V3's tourism booking exchange in New Zealand.
ROTTNEST Island is one of my favourite places. I like it in the summer and the winter. I've escaped there as a kid, a young adult, on my honeymoon, and with my family.
It was a desire to play a key role in the reinvigoration of one of Western Australia's iconic tourism assets that drove tourism and marine industry businessman, Scott Bailey, to buy ferry service Rottnest Express.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has hit back at calls to stop it gaining additonal flights into Australia by the nation's only international carrier Qantas.
Tony Fini is renowned for his role in establishing one of Western Australia's most successful property developers, the Fini Group. Now he's turning his attention to a tourism project in Gingin as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
