Tapestry

  The Travel Corporation (TTC)  has seen an uptick in travel bookings by solo travellers for 2021, and has decided to highlight its special deals ranging from single supplement discounts to 100% waiver of Single Supplement fees. The attractive savings are offered across selected 2021 itineraries for its guided holiday brands  Trafalgar  and  Insight Vacations  and its luxury river cruise brand  Uniworld .  Recognizing the need to adapt quickly in a post-COVID-19 world as holiday travel gradually resumes, TTC has also unveiled a new  well-being video  to help promote further confidence and provide peace-of-mind for guests booking guided holidays with Trafalgar and Insight Vacations, ensuring travellers know that there is a new well-being director who will provide enhanced support to ensure adherence to all hygiene standards and will update them with the latest travel protocols guidelines.  TTC's Well-being Directors are expertly trained in a three-step approach:  Step 1: Always-on p

  A whole new cast of characters can be spotted during summer on the Great Barrier Reef when light winds and excellent visibility offer optimum conditions for snorkelling and diving from Cairns.  The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has posted a  picture  of the first whale shark arriving and Cairns-based Master Reef Guide Michelle Barry, who works for the Entrada Travel Group, anticipates more sightings. With water temperatures around 25C in Cairns & Great Barrier Reef, sunsuits replace cumbersome wetsuits and you can comfortably spend more time in the water exploring the most diverse ecosystem on earth.  Visitors are spoilt for choice when it comes to experiencing the Great Barrier Reef. A variety of tours depart from Cairns, Port Douglas and Mission Beach, the closest mainland ports to the outer Great Barrier Reef. They offer snorkelling, and introductory and certified scuba diving day trips to pontoons, islands, sand cays and offshore reefs, as well as longer liveaboard