Aqua Expeditions has become a preferred supplier of Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG). The new partnership enables guests to book Aqua Expeditions’ luxury cruises through FCTG’s network of travel agencies including their flagship brand as well as their luxury-focused brands – Travel Associates, Luxury Travel Collection and Envoyage.

Travel Associates achieved a record 1H profit and TTV of around $360 million, earning feedback from Turner who said the brand was a “very profitable business”. Scott Dunn’s TTV was circa $100 million, while Independents was huge at approximately $768 million.

At least three well-known Australian travel agencies are on the verge of joining Flight Centre Travel Group’s Luxury Travel Collection Member Portfolio (LTCMP), with one as early as next month, LATTE can exclusively reveal. What is more, the LTC Member Portfolio will also extend its reach into New Zealand this year.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s Luxury Travel Collection (LTC) launched its doors on Friday to a new B2B “luxury travel department store” concept designed to create a seamless booking experience for travel advisors.

Two-hundred luxury travel advisors from around Australia and New Zealand aligned with The Luxury Travel Collection are now laser-focused on being the “next generation of travel” and capitalising on the burgeoning, younger HNW customer.

Expressions of Interest have opened this week for Luxperience 2024. Following a successful reboot in 2023 under new owners, Flight Centre Travel Group and The Luxury Collection, Australia’s luxury travel showcase will return from 19-22 November 2024.

More than one-third of consumers registering for this month’s Luxury Travel & Cruise Event on the Gold Coast are expressing early interest in expedition cruising and off-the-beaten-path experiences, early data indicates.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s Luxury Travel Collection was officially launched in Sydney this week when seven foundation agencies publicly joined the Member Portfolio and were celebrated at a cocktail reception at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s luxury retail brand, Scott Dunn, has offered insight into the motivations, interests and trending destinations for luxury travellers. While Scott Dunn doesn’t have a presence in the local region (its offices are in the UK, US and Singapore), many of the trends of their HNW audience are likely to strike a chord with those of Aussies and Kiwis, or at least be of interest.

Results of a post-show survey undertaken with guests of Luxperience 2023 have confirmed the event has been a resounding success, cementing its reputation as the most effective annual hosted buyer trade event in Australia and New Zealand.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s Luxury Travel Collection (LTC) has unveiled its Member Portfolio, revealing today the foundation luxury member brands that officially joined on 1 December 2023.

Luxperience will bolster its footprint in the Australian luxury event space in 2024, with further short-term visions to take the show to international markets. Next year’s Luxperience will return to Sydney on 19 November, and its portable format will enable it to launch in markets such as the UK and USA, LATTE can reveal.