In July 2021, travel industry veteran Joanne Miller was contemplating her next career move. She knew that once international borders reopened, it would only a be matter of time before the industry kick-started itself, and she wanted to ensure that she was in the best possible position to take advantage of the reboot.

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’ new agreement with US-headquartered Signature Travel Network is already bearing fruit for the home-based network’s personal travel managers (PTMs).

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.

When the residents of southeast Queensland entered lockdown on Saturday 31 July, they did so without knowing how long it would last, nor when social gatherings with friends and workmates would be able to resume. Among them were 39 Queensland-based travel industry representatives, who were delighted to have been able to enjoy a social lunch just three days prior to the lockdown taking effect.

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.

The future of ocean cruising certainly remains buoyant, especially for TravelManagers’ Laurin Taggart who has secured a dazzling round-the-world cruise itinerary for a client.

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.

The close knit community environment of home-based agency networks in Australia is keeping travel advisors level headed as the industry begins to see signs of what the new normal post-COVID 19 starts to take shape.

Avis Australia has named Melanie Whyte from TravelManagers as the winner for the renowned 2019 Avis Travel Agent Scholarship program, collecting a prize pool of $35,000 in addition to the award recognition.

When the sun set on TravelManagers’ annual National Conference in Perth recently, most of the attending personal travel managers (PTMs) were packing their bags, ready to head to their home towns and eager to put into practice all that they had learned over the preceding three days. For thirteen PTMs however, this would have to wait: first, a much-anticipated visit to the Kimberley region awaited.