SmartFlyer is expanding its workspaces to cater for a thriving independent contractor (IC) network which is hungry for social interaction and growing bored working from home.

SmartFlyer Agent Recognition dinner and SmartFlyer Day Summit

In 2024, SmartFlyer and Goldman Group are celebrating nine years of partnership and the formation of SmartFlyer Australia.

Ultra-luxe rail travel and five-star cruising are tipped to be the “major products” of choice for high-net-worth-individuals over the next five years, says Erina Pindar, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner at SmartFlyer. Pindar, who also serves on Travel + Leisure’s Travel Advisory Board and who was recently named, again, on T+L’s A-List of Travel Advisors, suggests ‘slow travel’ in the sense of rail journeys and serene ocean voyages, will continue to grow in popularity over the coming years.

This week, LATTE chats with Anthony Goldman, Joint Managing Director of Goldman Group, Chair of the Virtuoso Global Member Advisory Board; Board Director of Link Travel Group… and marriage celebrant.

SmartFlyer Australia held its “In Residence” summit at Langham Hotel Sydney over three days earlier this month. This boutique and intimate setting set the perfect scene for two full days of partner networking and fun.

Smartflyer Australia was represented at Smartflyer’s CORE event in Nashville USA in January, held at the newly opened Four Seasons Hotel Nashville.

Last week, Goldman Group team members came together with supplier partners and industry colleagues to celebrate travel industry legend Tom Goldman’s 60 years in the travel business.

Smartflyer Australia, Goldman Group’s venture with Smartflyer USA and partners Brent Wallace and Stuart Reay, has reported experiencing significant growth in numbers and business rebound in the past four months.

Virtuoso Regional Director for Australia and New Zealand, Anthony Goldman, says the COVID-19 crisis and travel retreat presents a time for travel agencies to adjust their business, if they haven’t so already.

A sample audience of some of Australia’s most prominent travel advisors are steadfast that the luxury travel market will be the first to recover from the coronavirus crisis.