20 JAN: Conditions were slowly returning to normal in South Africa’s Kruger National Park yesterday after some of the worst flooding in a decade cut roads and forced camp evacuations earlier in the week.

20 JAN: Airbus said yesterday that it has discovered more cracks in the wings of A380 superjumbo aircraft but insisted the world’s largest jetliner remained safe to fly.

20 JAN: Comparison website TripAdvisor has issued its 10th annual Travellers’ Choice Awards list of the world’s 25 best hotels, based on millions of traveller reviews.

20 JAN: DriveAway Holidays says a strong Australian dollar is enabling it to offer "incredible" rates for UK car rental for collections between 1 April and 30 June.

20 JAN: Jetstar has been fined about $9000 by a NZ court a year after a Melbourne airport check-in clerk altered a female Chinese passenger’s nationality to allow visa-free entry to NZ.

19 JAN: The ACCC has begun legal action against budget airline AirAsia X over its alleged failure to disclose the full cost of fares from Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

19 JAN: The financial media is giving new prominence today to the currency gains being enjoyed by Aussies heading abroad.

19 JAN: Hobart’s iconic Hadleys Hotel has called in receivers ahead of the opening of a multi-million dollar redevelopment, the ABC reports.