EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: New York expects 100,000 more Australians per year by 2015

Over the next five years, New York City is forecasting the Australian inbound market to grow by another 100,000 people by 2015 to a remarkable 632,000.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: NY’s Hotel Beacon the toast of Australian travellers

Australians are once more the number one international market at New York’s Hotel Beacon, something that shows no signs of abating.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Hawaii targets Australian MICE business

Hawaii is targeting a greater share of the Australian outbound MICE market in 2012 and beyond thanks to a strong Australian Dollar and Hawaiian Airlines’ addition of more than 11,000 seats per year on the Sydney-Honolulu route.

Pow Wow ’12: Handlery Hotels recording strong Australian growth

Australian business at the US West Coast’s Handlery Hotels in San Francisco and San Diego is already topping 2011 levels just four months into this year.

Pow Wow ’12: Australians top one million US arrivals

Australian arrivals into the United States skyrocketed past the million mark in 2011, with 1,038,000 visiting America, a 40% jump on the 720,000 that visited in 2009, and there’s more to come.

Pow Wow ’12: United States launches global travel marketing blitz

The United States tourism industry has launched its first-ever unified marketing campaign as the country aims to boost inbound numbers significantly over the next five years.

Los Angeles gears up to host Pow Wow

The City of Los Angeles is gearing up to welcome U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow, the American travel industry’s premier international marketplace from April 21-25, 2012.

Hawaiian introduces A330s to Sydney a month early

Hawaiian Airlines is set to introduce brand new, wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft on flights from Sydney to Honolulu a month earlier than planned.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Australian market picks up for Ramada West Hollywood

A high Australian Dollar is producing strong inbound numbers for Los Angeles hotels and it’s a trend that is showing no signs of abating, says Ramada Plaza West Hollywood Managing Director Alan Johnson.

Hawaiian adds 11,000 seats a year on Honolulu-Sydney route

BY JAMES WILKINSON

Hawaiian Airlines has finally announced that brand new Airbus A330-200s will be deployed on the Honolulu-Sydney route from May 2012, offering more seats and on-demand, inflight entertainment for every passenger on the 294-seat aircraft.