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Last month, the House of Travel Group announced a group-wide cruise strategy, led by Jeff Leckey as General Manager Cruise – Australasia, and today shares the team that will bring the vision to life. The team have over 120 years combined experience, bringing together a group

Featured photo: Enjoying the views of the Southern Alps, Aoraki/Mount Cook and Lake Pūkaki during their heli-hike adventure on Glentanner Station. (L-R) Brian Bezalel (local guide, Glentanner Station), PTMs Dionne Smith, Sarah Knoll, Tanya Nielsen, Rachel Portelli and Carolyn Ahearne, Lexy Wildash (Tourism NZ), Jessica

Featured photo: Joe Araullo, CEO of House of Travel Australia Cruise industry predictions released by CLIA earlier this year indicate that a growth in global cruise capacity (forecast to increase by nineteen percent between 2022 and 2028) is expected to be met by an ongoing surge

TravelManagers is crossing the ditch this week to descend on New Zealand’s largest South Island city, Christchurch for its annual National Conference. Close to 200 personal travel managers have pre-registered to attend three-day event, which will be the company’s first offshore conference since 2019. Activities will

Featured photo: The dining experience aboard Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth exceeded the expectations of the famil group, which included (L-R) TravelManagers’ Jennifer Jones, Julie Painter, Michelle Smith and (2nd from right) Vikki Southern. The four personal travel managers (PTMs) who represented TravelManagers on a recent Alaskan

Featured photo: Picking tea in the highlands of Sri Lanka: (L-R) TravelManagers’ Sinead Phillips, Kirsten Rheinlander, Tanya Barker, John LaBella and Valerie Ireland. Five personal travel managers (PTMs) who represented TravelManagers on a recent Travel Sapphire famil to Sri Lanka discovered that the destination offers

Featured photo:  More than 150 PTMs attended TravelManagers’ first-ever virtual national training day, which featured presentations from the in-house cruise team and six key partner suppliers. TravelManagers’ first-ever virtual national training day has been deemed a major success by those who attended, with more than 150

Featured photo: TravelManagers’ Operations Manager, Troy Coelho, returned from ILTM Asia Pacific Travel Forum with new connections to a variety of luxury travel providers from around the world. [caption id="attachment_6332" align="alignright" width="480"] Bringing together more than 580 luxury travel providers under one roof, 2023 ILTM Asia

TravelManagers has achieved record-beating six-month sales results during the first half of 2023, exceeding its previous six-month record (January to June 2019) by a comfortable 29 percent. “The numbers are even more impressive when compared with the same period in 2022,” notes TravelManagers’ Chief Operating Officer,

Featured photo:  Greca Restaurant at Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharf Precinct was the location chosen to host TravelManagers’ supplier appreciation lunch, Greek-style, in Brisbane. Guests included (L-R) Kelly Lachker (Qatar Airways), Fiona Lawless (Cathay Pacific), Kat Nitarski (On The Go Tours), Miriam Musgrave (Airline Rep Services),