June news

The general market situation in UK/Scandi and Europe remains with high demand for travel and not enough agents to supply that demand.  Lack of staff in almost every sector of every industry exacerbates this issue as airlines, ground handlers and hotels also struggle to operate efficiently with reduced staff numbers.

It is not all bad news as people are getting away on holidays but the majority of people travelling to Australia and New Zealand are VFR market and are not travelling much once in destination.

And obviously great news here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/covid-19-omicron-outbreak-pre-departure-tests-into-nz-gone-on-monday/F5TCTPAWCEEFDGOX26WF56IGFY/

All the trade shows are over now, many product managers went to ATE, Rendezvous (Canada) and/or IPW (USA) in recent weeks but everyone is back now so we can get on with building up staff and sales.

Tourism Australia hosted a big summer party this week which was attended by that vast majority of agent head office staff and suppliers plus all Australian regions.  Fantastic night showing that the world and the industry is returning to normal.