Lufthansa Group General Manager Australia Anil Rodricks will depart his role to pursue new interests outside the aviation industry, The Walshe Group has confirmed.

After a four-year absence, South African Airways (SAA) this week resumed flights to Australia with a new Perth to Johannesburg service on the popular route that is already posting healthy load factors.

Switzerland Tourism appoint The Walshe Group as temporary marketing support in Australia

Japan is open to tourism again, and what better time to host the first famil visit to Okinawa in three years. Antonio Khattar, The Walshe Group’s Account Manager for Okinawa Tourism, has just returned from escorting a small group of travel product managers to the region, and shares his experience here with LATTE.

The Travel Junction, the light-touch, full-support online wholesaler of global hotel, air, specialist accommodation and experiences, has launched a new co-operative campaign with Hawai’i Tourism Oceania.

Hawai‘i Tourism Oceania recently hosted a joint trade familiarisation with Outrigger Hotels & Resorts and Hawaiian Airlines coinciding with the relaunch of the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort following a massive US$80 million transformation.

Tourism Western Australia has appointed The Walshe Group as its new East Coast trade representative for two years. Following a competitive tender process, The Walshe Group was chosen to work closely with Tourism WA to provide representation across the key markets of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

The AlUla team from The Walshe Group have just returned from their first visit to the destination and are excited to share their first-hand experiences with LATTE’s readers. Sonia Holt and Antonio Khattar from The Walshe Group provide feedback on some of the most frequently asked questions they have received about AlUla since returning last week.

NYC & Company, New York City’s destination marketing organisation and convention & visitors bureau, has reappointed The Walshe Group as the representative agency for Australia and New Zealand, handling sales, marketing, travel trade and public relations in the region.

An intimate gathering of local expedition, education and cultural touring specialists, along with some VIP travel advisors, were educated on the up-and-coming Saudi Arabian city of AlUla at an event in Sydney on Wednesday [21 April, 2021] evening.

Okinawa Tourism hosted a select group of media this week to a very hands-on (and as it turns out feet-on!) cooking masterclass at Sydney Cooking School. Representing Okinawa Tourism was Sonia Holt and Antonio Khattar of The Walshe Group.

The Walshe Group brought together two dozen Virtuoso luxury travel advisors last Wednesday [18 September, 2019] to showcase three destinations the company represents in the Australian market. Representatives from Hawaii Tourism Oceania, Abu Dhabi Tourism and NYC&Co (the official marketing and tourism organisation of New York City) gathered at Studio Sydney Tower, where during a three-course dinner, they were briefed on some of the latest developments in the luxury space.