2 FEB: Australia’s Africa tour wholesalers are facing new competition.

2 FEB: Familiar names appear in the list of finalists for 2011 International Cruise Council Australasia awards, which cover the industry in Australia and NZ.

2 FEB: Elephant ivory is being sold openly to tourists in Cairo and Luxor and at Egyptian holiday resorts despite a ban on international sales which has been in place for some 20 years.

2 FEB: Room service now comes with a very different smell at a chain of hotels in the US.

2 FEB: An animal rights group has urged Gold Coast theme park Sea World to stop serving fish dishes, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reports today.

1 FEB: Fiji’s tourism industry is bracing for another tropical storm and Tourism Fiji has outlined action being taken by various operators.

1 FEB: Italian emergency officials said yesterday that they are calling off a search for missing people in the submerged section of Costa Concordia due to the danger to rescue workers.

1 FEB: Another Asian airline may be flying to Australia by the middle of next year, with low-cost Philippines carrier Cebu Air announcing yesterday that this country is among destinations it’s targeting with plans to launch long-haul services.