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CMV's 1150-passenger Vasco da Gama ship arrives for summer season

CMV's 1150-passenger Vasco da Gama has arrived for its first three-month season.

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Milo the cat went missing at the airport. Two months later, he's been reunited with his owner.

After Molly McFadden landed at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in early October, she experienced every travelling pet owner's worst nightmare.

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It's not ticket prices: The new dealbreaker for passengers on international flights

In-flight services - and not ticket prices - are the driving forces that power passenger satisfaction on international flights.

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Great Southern is Australia's newest passenger rail service.

Australia's new great rail journey

Australia has a new great rail journey, and it luxurious.

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Sailing away on a Coral Expeditions ship.

Coral Expeditions releases itineraries for new ship Coral Geographer

The itineraries are part of the maiden voyage series of new ship Coral Geographer in early 2021.

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TVs, iPads, artwork and coffee-makers have all disappeared from hotel rooms.

Forget toiletries: Hotel guests are now stealing luxury mattresses

The study found expensive bathroom fittings such as showerheads had been unscrewed, and TVs, iPads, artwork and coffee-makers had all disappeared from hotel rooms.

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An issue with Jetstar's check-in facilities left thousands of passengers affected with a backlog of delays and cancellations.

Passengers delayed as smoke and a global outage plague Sydney Airport

A spokesman for Sydney Airport advised passengers to allow plenty of extra time due to the delays.

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In the same week that seven climbers died on Everest, mountaineer Nirmal Purja's photo showing crowds of climbers ...

The biggest travel news moments of 2019

MARCH: Boeing planes grounded

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Jimmy Ashby, Australian Geographic Society's 2019 Young Adventurer of the Year.

Young adventurer Jimmy Ashby: What travel has taught me

'People who have so little give so much': a bike trek around the world left this then 18-year-old humbled.

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The raw beauty of roughing it

It might be just a camping cushion but it could mark the beginning of the end of this traveller's life in the rough.

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More than 60 new European and African destinations will be available for points redemptions.

New Qantas deal unlocks 'hundreds of thousands' of reward seats for frequent flyers

Qantas frequent flyer members now have more options to redeem their points for European travel after the airline unlocked more seats through an agreement with two major carriers.