Luxperience, the Australian luxury travel trade event backed by FCTG, is on target to double in size with record Partner numbers and a record number of luxury famils on offer when it returns 19-22 November 2024.

Envoyage Australia hosted an exclusive launch event for 100 VIP travel industry partners in Sydney on Wednesday night. Flight Centre Travel Group (FLT) used the backdrop of the Ivy Sunroom to unveil its newest brand ahead of it officially going ‘live’. Envoyage will replace existing brands FCTG Independent and Travel Partners in the Australian market from July 2024.

Trend reports at Luxury Travel Collection’s Global Luxury Business Leader Soiree reveal a market shift.

Scott Dunn Favours Luxury Travel Collection partnership over Australian B2C launch.

FCTG’s Luxury Travel Collection welcomes delegates on Hayman Island.

EXCLUSIVE: The Travel Associates luxury Advisory Board 2024 Annual Retreat is being hosted by Hamilton Island at qualia this year with Advisory Board members spending two nights at the exclusive Whitsunday resort ahead of the inaugural LTC global Business Owners Soiree. Last year the retreat was hosted by Tourism WA.

Envoyage, a leading global network of travel entrepreneurs, wrapped up a successful Worldwide 2024 event in Santiago, Chile last week. From 1-4 May 2024, 300 travel professionals from the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand gathered to celebrate, learn, and set the future course of travel advisory services.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s new B2B cruise wholesale division, CruiseHQ, has today officially launched its cutting-edge booking platform for travel advisors.

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.

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.

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.