Qatar Airways to restart services from Canberra
Qatar Airways will resume flying between Australia’s capital and Doha in December this year.
It a second return to service for the airline on the route, having resumed flights between Canberra and Doha last December, only for the Middle East conflict to disrupt them again.
From December, Qatar Airways will fly between Canberra and Doha via Melbourne four times a week, rising to daily services next March.
Combined industry event FACTS to return in 2026
FACTS, which combines summits for corporate travel, aviation, travel payments and business events, will return in November, to be held again at ICC Sydney.
Ahead of a formal program announcement, FACTS organisers have released some information on sessions the business events industry can expect from their summit.
Business events session headlines include “the incentive travel arms race”, “AI event planners are coming”, “event tech overload”, “attendance as a vanity metric” and “the sustainability reckoning”.
Registrations for the event have opened, with ultra early bird passes available. There also places for event planners in FACTS’ qualified buyer program.
New experience launched at Auckland’s Sky Tower
SkyCity and AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand have teamed up to debut a new thrill ride down the side of the soaring Auckland landmark.
Called SkyRide, participants are lifted 192m up the outside of the Sky Tower before a decent of up to 100km an hour.
The new experience joins two existing experiences from outside the top of the tower – SkyJump, which involves a “controlled descent” and SkyWalk, during which participants take a walk around the outside of the tower 192m above the ground.
“SkyRide is an exhilarating new way to experience Auckland. From the moment you’re lifted up the side of the Sky Tower to the high-speed descent back to ground level, it’s a ride designed to get your heart racing while taking in some of the best views in the country,” said SkyCity’s hospitality general manager David Allott.
