Signature Travel Network’s Horizon Club journey to South Africa, recognising and celebrating the luxury travel consortia’s top-performing member agencies, was held earlier this month. The exclusive event hosted in partnership with African Travel, showcased the best of South Africa while emphasising the importance of responsible tourism and community engagement.

The appointment of Lisa Harrison as Signature Travel Network’s first Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, revealed by LATTE, comes as the US-based travel consortia reports a continued strengthening in the luxury travel market.

Signature Travel Network has announced the appointment of Lisa Harrison to the new role of Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand, LATTE can exclusively reveal. It’s the first time Signature Travel Network, a leading luxury travel consortium servicing more than 15,000 travel advisors worldwide, has appointed an Australian representative.

Signature Travel Network has shared growth, projections and travel insights that the consortia suggests travel agencies and advisors should consider when planning for 2024.

Signature Travel Network has released its Signature Educational Journeys (SEJ) program for 2024. This program — exclusive to Signature members — provides travel advisors the opportunity to embark on transformative educational trips that educate and offer responsible and impactful travel experiences while gaining a deeper understanding of the destinations and services of the host company.

Personal travel managers Carli Hester and Claire Crosby were invited to represent TravelManagers Australia at the final International Luxury Travel Mart (ILTM) event on the 2023 calendar – ILTM Cannes in early December. The experience provided the pair with an invaluable opportunity to forge connections with luxury-oriented suppliers and travel advisors from across the globe amidst an elegant whirlwind of caviar and champagne, cocktail parties and one-on-one meetings.

Signature Travel Network has unveiled its highly anticipated 2024 Hotels & Resorts Collection Magazine in digital format. The 164-page publication serves as a curated guide to over 1,200 of the world’s most distinctive hotels, resorts, lodges, spas and unique places to stay, all meticulously hand-picked for their exceptional quality and character.

Signature Travel Network hosted its second annual Suite Club event from 8 to 13 January in Los Cabos, Mexico. The exclusive event recognised a group of Signature’s top-selling luxury hotel advisors with five days of insider access, networking and distinctive experiences offered by Los Cabos’ premier resort partners.

Escalating hotel rates, see-sawing between Europe and the United States, are driving more tourists to luxury cruising, according to travel experts at Signature Travel Network.

TravelManagers Australia expects to have a larger presence of frontline personal travel managers (PTMs) at next year’s Signature Travel Network Conference, based on positive feedback from its advisors at this year’s event in Las Vegas.

Three regions of Australia are now etched in the memory of travel advisors attending the Signature Travel Network Annual Conference to recommend to their clients. Perth, Palm Cove and the broader state of Queensland were all on Executive Vice President, Ignacio Maza’s exclusive ‘it lists’ for 2024.

A record-breaking number of attendees at Signature Travel Network’s annual conference heard today that the consortia’s travel advisors will send more than 1.5 million people on a holiday in 2023.