The United States Ambassador to Australia, Jeff Bleich, presented an official Certificate of Appreciation to the Visit USA Organisation (Australia) for their dedication and commitment to promote tourism to the United States, at an event in Sydney to mark Visit USA Week.

It was a weekend of rock-climbing, fiery food, segway samples, and as many giveaways as you could fit into a free tote bag.

Media doyenne Ita Buttrose officially opened the 20th annual AIME at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre yesterday.

Sitting beside San Francisco’s Consul General of Greece, Ioannis Andreadis, at dinner was more like sitting down with family – albeit, a family I’d just met.

Sexy and sultry 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition models posed for photos as they cemented their handprints to celebrate their iconic achievement at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

Air Canada’s Calgary Stampede Theme proved a big hit at the recent Travel Expo held at Sydney’s Darling Harbour over the weekend of 18/19 February, 2012.

There's a place where desert meets sea, and its beauty is stunning. Take a look at some of our shots from San Carlos and see why National Geographic picks this as one of the world's best ocean views.

A recent Visit USA expo in Australia kicked off in style, with up to 40 exhibitors showcasing the best of the country and its flash mobbing skills.

This year signifies "A Year of New Developments" for Crystal Cruises, with the ultra-luxury line introducing enhancements to their offering every month in 2012.

Australia's Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) recently invited media and tourism partners to showcase just some of the ‘Signature Experiences’ visitors can have when travelling to Canada.

Over 100 pairs of feet in the East Himalayas will be happier as a result of a joint collaboration by Jet Airways and specialty running store, Running Lab, to supple pre-loved sports shoes to porters in a project called ‘Love Sneaker’.

Attempting to capture on film the life, color, and magic of Sonora is near impossible, but e-Travel Blackboard tried...Stay tuned to e-Travel Blackboard for more stories, photos and features from Sonora, Mexico.

Alamos, Sonora suits the grainy apps available for iPhones – and yes, e-Travel Blackboard notes the irony of fancy devices and improvements in technology resulting in photographs resembling those we took in the 70s.

Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has taken its message to the Lone Star State this week, that it is about to launch flights from Dubai to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) in less than two weeks.

Joan Collins, English actress, author and columnist, checked out the 10:30 p.m. show of Donn Arden’s Jubilee!

The ITMI tour directors were among the last people to see Yosemite before it was blanketed in the season’s first (and late) snow.

“It’s like speed dating on crack,” one tour director said of the interview opportunities afforded by the International Tour Management Institute’s Symposium.

It’s all systems go aboard Celebrity Summit as she becomes the next ship in Celebrity’s fleet to become ‘solsticised’.

Honored Australians: Guy Pearce, Air Supply And Luc Longley

International Tour Management Institute (ITMI) graduates spent the Martin Luther King Holiday in the first business day of ITMI’s 25th Symposium and Reunion, but the philosophy of Dr King was not far from their thoughts.

Carnival Spirit entered dry dock on 7 January for her ‘Aussification’, including the installation of the world’s steepest and fastest waterslide at sea, ‘Green Thunder’.

At the ArtScience Museum in Marina Bay Sands, e-Travel Blackboard was given an exclusive walk-through of their newest exhibition, Cartier Time Art.

If the enthusiasm of NTA and its members is anything to go by, sixty is the new forty.

The Aussies brought an albino kangaroo, the Thais brought a (literal) taste of Thailand, and host city Vegas provided the entertainment: this year’s Luxury Travel Expo brought the world’s luxury travel providers to the infamous Vegas, where what happens here, gets reported on e-Travel Blackboard.