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.

Tauck is increasingly gaining traction in the Australian market for its luxury touring and cruise programs as more advisors become aware of the brand and its positioning, says David Clark, Managing Director, Australia.

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.

Last night in Sydney, Flight Centre Travel Group’s Luxury Travel Collection Member Portfolio held a celebration event to launch the new entity’s foundation members – Bicton Travel and Claremont Travel & Cruise, Destination HQ, Dream Maker Travel, Emma Whiting Travel & Cruise, Home Travel Company and Travel Experts

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.

Emma Whiting Travel & Cruise has been confirmed as a new addition to the Luxury Travel Collection (LTC). The Clifton Hill agency in Victoria will join LTC from 1 February 2024, together with Robyn and Murray Sinfield’s Home Travel Company.

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.

Australia’s missing link in the dedicated luxury event space made a triumphant return in Sydney today with doors opening for Luxperience 2023. This week’s event at the International Convention Centre Sydney is the first in-person gathering for Luxperience in three years, now also under new ownership.

Flight Centre Travel Group-owned luxury tour operator Scott Dunn has launched exclusive new destinations, hotels and experiential offerings throughout France, launching for 2024 travel.