TravelManagers is ramping up its cruise focus, appointing Lia Malone to its newly created role of Cruise Product Manager. Malone joined the company’s National Partnership Office (NPO) team last month, bringing with her more than ten years’ extensive experience in the cruise industry.

TravelManagers Australia’s new alliance with Signature Travel Network revealed this week has been many years in the pipeline, with initial discussions dating back to 2016.

The relationship between the Australian-based TravelManagers represents a significant step forward for the home-based travel agency, which says its customers are already making plans for international travel in a post-COVID world.

Stories swapped amid gales of laughter; long-overdue hugs exchanged: TravelManagers’ Victoria-based personal travel managers (PTMs) had a lot to catch up on during their recent get-together in Melbourne.

After more than a decade spent commuting 90 minutes each way to her job in a Sydney-based corporate travel agency, Lisa Metzl knew she was ready for a change. She initially tried working as a freelancer for a retail travel agency but her sense of separation from the in-house consultants had her casting around for a better option.

Travel e-commerce specialist Luxury Escapes this week confirmed its second travel agency partnership, forging ties with italktravel and cruise. The arrangement to provide italktravel consultants around the county with its suite of offers follows Luxury Escapes’ initial tie-up with TravelManagers Australia in mid August, following six months of negotiation.

TravelManagers’ 2018 annual national conference, consisting of three days of inspiring presentations, informative workshops, exciting announcements and entertaining activities, concluded in Hawaii on Sunday 19 August 2018 with their customary gala awards dinner.

This week it was revealed that personal travel managers (PTMs) from the TravelManagers Australia network would be able to sell and earn commission on packages available through travel e-commerce company, Luxury Escapes, as part of a new supplier partnership announced at the group’s annual national conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, last weekend.