How Brisbane’s $5 billion airport upgrade is changing how we travel

The air hub has just unveiled its planned multi-billion dollar upgrade,but Qantas is already increasing its international traffic out of the Queensland capital.

• byJulietta Jameson

Fabulously quirky Australian hotel chain’s first Asian property opens

QT Singapore is the chain’s eighth hotel,joining four in Australia and three in New Zealand.

• byJulietta Jameson

Unwelcome in Europe,here’s where Russian tourists are going instead

Previously seen in large numbers in France,Britain and the US,Russian tourists are now having to find new places to holiday.

• byAdrian Bridge

The end of lost luggage? Apple to partner with airlines on AirTags

AirTags are about to get a major update that will help fliers get reunited with their missing bags.

• byChris Dong

I don’t care who leads a country when I travel,but the US is different

Unlike most tourism destinations,this leadership change matters. Because the US is not a normal country,and Donald Trump is not a normal leader.

• byBen Groundwater

Move over Mickey Mouse,Bluey’s World attraction opens in Queensland

Eighteen months in the making,Bluey’s World Brisbane lets visitors enter the realm of the locally made TV phenomenon.

• byNick Dent

Elon Musk’s Starlink is coming to a flight near you

Wi-Fi on flights can be unreliable and expensive. Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service is promising to change all that and airlines are signing up

• byMichael Gebicki

Traveller Letters:This ‘magical’ destination is grotesque and barbaric

“Your portrayal of an idyllic and quaint Faroe Islands glosses over one of humanity’s most grotesque and barbaric activities.”

Epic multi-day hike to launch inside Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Developed in consultation with traditional owners,the all-inclusive trek offers an intimate experience of two of Australia’s greatest natural wonders.

• byJulietta Jameson

The world’s safest (and least safe) planes

Amid Boeing’s woes,Cathay Pacific recently found 15 of its Airbus A350s require engine repairs. So how safe is your plane?

• byOliver Smith