News and Updates

The Australian Government has introduced an online travel declaration that needs to be completed by all travellers entering Australia.

COVID-19 continues to impact the travel landscape both domestically and internationally. As a consequence of the continued significant decrease in travel spend, FCM Travel Solutions have reduced the number of roles across their business, including the team servicing the University.

On Monday 2 November 2020 UQ’s travel services provider, Campus Travel, will be re-branded as FCM Travel Solutions (FCM).

Effective immediately, all international tickets currently held in credit and any future cancelled bookings managed by Campus Travel will be processed for refund, where the airline permits.

UQ pre-paid Mastercard travel cards (not to be confused with the UQ corporate credit cards) will be cancelled and no longer usable from Tuesday 15 September 2020.

In a very limited set of circumstances, some domestic UQ travel may be approved. However, it is subject to demonstration of criticality to UQ operations or research, current government restrictions, public health rules including self-isolation protocols, and approval from senior executives.

Due to the current situation Campus Travel, UQ’s travel services provider, will close their office located on Staff House Road at the University’s St Lucia campus.

As of 03 March 2020, UQ has updated travel restrictions due to COVID-19.

As of 2 February 2020, the Australian Government has raised their travel advice for China overall to do not travel, due to the spread of the 2019-novel coronavirus.

On 01 February 2020, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) updated their travel advice for travellers to do not travel to China.