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Image: Noree Kahika (second from right) with personal travel managers (from left) Amanda Brady, Cassandra Zayonce and Georgina Grandi during the community service day at 2016 National Conference in...
View ArticleTravelManagers celebrates ‘year of outstanding achievements’
TravelManagers chief operating officer Grant Campbell said 2016 was “another year of outstanding achievements” for the company, including signing up its 500th personal travel manager. “February 2016...
View ArticleTravelManagers reports record start to 2017
The new year has seen TravelManagers celebrate a record start with an all-time sales revenue record. Sales for the month of February were 13% higher than the previous best month of sales, achieved a...
View ArticlePTMs get to grips with Galveston
A group of personal travel managers (PTMs) recently discovered there is so much more to the city of Houston than just NASA’s Johnson Space Center, when they enjoyed a seven day famil, hosted by...
View ArticleTravelManagers announces keynote speakers for 2017 conference
Naomi Simson from the Shark Tank series will be a keynote speaker at the TravelManagers 2017 national conference in Darwin in September, along with Ben Roberts-Smith, this generation’s most decorated...
View ArticleTravelManagers takes part in industry symposium
The Australian Travel Careers Council recently hosted its two day 2017 Industry Leaders and Educators Engagement Symposium, with the theme Connectivity Creates Opportunities. The objective was to...
View ArticleHouse of Travel NZ’s 80s-themed 30th anniversary event attracts ‘Baywatch’...
Members of the House of Travel Australia leadership team swapped their business clothes for beach attire last weekend, travelling across the ditch to celebrate House of Travel New Zealand’s 30th...
View ArticleMayo says PTMs are the ‘future of travel’
Many people over the years have claimed that the internet would be the end of the traditional bricks and mortar travel agents. Just last week, Webjet managing director John Guscic commented in The...
View ArticleRecord first quarter sales result for TravelManagers
TravelManagers is celebrating a new sales revenue record for the first quarter of 2017. The company enjoyed a record sales month for February and March resulted in a 16% increase compared to 2016,...
View ArticleTravelManagers golf day hits charity target
TravelManagers recently held its third annual charity golf day at the Mornington Golf Club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. The event raised just over $10,000 support of Samuel and Connie Johnson‘s...
View ArticleDance travel keeps PTM on her toes
For the last six years, personal travel manager (PTM) Gayle Dawson has been using her expert travel knowledge and personal experience as a ‘Dance Mum’ to create tailored independent and guided dance...
View ArticleEducational to Italy provides agents with a firsthand client experience
A TravelManagers exclusive six night Italy educational was the perfect opportunity for TravelManagers’ personal travel manager Lisa Skaltsas, representative for Donvale in Victoria, to experience La...
View ArticleTravelManagers’ 9th consecutive NTIA nomination a testament to success of...
Whilst some may view the personal travel manager concept as a unique distribution channel, there is no doubting its place and growing importance in the industry as a whole as TravelManagers is named as...
View ArticlePersonal Travel Managers celebrate best ever commission sales month
Champagne corks were a-popping in February as TravelManagers’ personal travel managers Mike Eacott, representative for Boronia in Victoria, and Denise Dean, representative for Hendra in Queensland,...
View ArticleWhen their OTA leaves them stranded, a ‘perfect storm’ delivers a new client...
When her client was unable to get back to Australia, from Atlanta Airport in the US, due to severe storms and tornado warnings, Sarah Bird, a TravelManagers personal travel manager from Casino in...
View ArticleState meetings success augurs well for TravelManagers’ annual conference
TravelManagers is getting ready for its annual conference in September, buoyed by the success of its first quarter round of state meetings across the country. Strong personal travel manager attendance...
View ArticleTravelManagers’ business model a winner for couple who made the switch
After many years in a traditional retail travel environment, husband and wife team Ian Long and Shani Driver became home-based personal travel managers, with TravelManagers’ offer of flexibility,...
View ArticleQLD personal travel managers buddy-up to share skills – and a sneaky lunch
Far from being territorial and competitive, Queensland TravelManagers’ personal travel managers (PTMs) Cassandra Zayonce, Erin Ross, Georgina Grandi, Annette Fyfe and Amanda Brady, from the Bayside...
View ArticleTravelManagers take onboard cruise masterclass with WLCL
45 of TravelManagers’ personal travel managers recently had the opportunity to experience a cruise masterclass aboard MS Emerald Princess at Sydney’s Circular Quay International terminal. The World...
View ArticlePersonal travel manager helps with the ‘extra things’ that make for...
When Queensland couple Rob and Liz Dunstan needed to cancel their $56,000 European holiday of a lifetime they immediately sought the assistance of their personal travel manager, Leisa Burdette, to help...
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