Last Saturday, Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) and its independent affiliates took home seven awards at the Australian Travel Industry Association’s (ATIA) National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA), the industry’s most prestigious annual awards program.

Link Travel Group has expanded its membership, welcoming CATO-accredited agency, Expedition Partners, into its stable. Melbourne-based Expedition Partners (formerly Flower Travel) is an established and highly respected agency specialising in luxury cruise and rail journeys, making them an ideal Link member by virtue of their ambitious and visionary growth plans, says Scott Darlow, General Manager of Link Travel Group.

Link Travel Group hit the road in the past two weeks holding Product Maximisation Events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Close to 150 Owners, Managers and Advisors in Link Member agencies, some from interstate, attended various specialist workshops hosted by Link’s General Manager, Scott Darlow, and Link’s newly appointed National Business Manager, Emmalita Malmberg.

Link Travel Group has announced a significant expansion of its membership base, confirming seven new members have also aligned with the joint venture agency group effective 1 July 2024.

Link Travel Group’s management team and Qantas recently met in Sydney to cement their commercial relationship and commitment to NDC.

Link Travel Group has expanded its membership by announcing no fewer than four new agencies will join their ranks in the coming months. Maxims Travel (Sydney), Solve Travel Management (Sydney), Mettrex Travel (Melbourne) and Lexus Travel (Melbourne) – all previously part of Magellan Travel – join this invitation-only collective by 1 July 2024.

Link Travel Group has expanded its membership by adding Perth-based agency Travel & Sports Australia, effective 1 December 2023.

Link Travel Group may expand its presence beyond Australia in the next 12 months, with demand high from travel agencies abroad, LATTE can exclusively reveal.

Link Travel Group reports that management and Member Agencies enjoyed a successful week of collaboration in the Adelaide Hills last weekend. Representatives from 19 of the 21 outlets attended the retreat.

Owners from Link Travel Group Member Agencies and their partners are gathering at airports around Australia today bound for Link’s inaugural Owners Retreat, being held at Mount Lofty House and Sequoia Lodge in the Adelaide Hills.

Avis Budget Group recently aligned with Link Travel Group in order to seek feedback on the future of Electronic Vehicles (EVs) in the rental space.