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MTA’s Bev Dewar discovering the three ‘C’s’ of India with Singapore Airlines
Pictured at the Taj Mahal, MTA – Mobile Travel Agents’ Bev Dewar who visited the world famous monument as part of a recent Singapore Airlines study tour of India.
Bev’s seven-day itinerary included Agra, Delhi and Jaipur with program highlights designed to showcase and fully underline the sub-continent’s ability to deliver on the three ‘C’s” – colour, culture and cuisine.
Qantas Holidays Global Achievers head to Hawaii
This week the 2016 Qantas Holidays Global Achievers event will kick off in Honolulu Hawaii with 170 of Qantas Holidays’ top selling agents heading to Waikiki Beach!
Running from October 14 to 16 the event rewards the Qantas Holidays’ top sellers from around Australia based on sales across all Qantas Holidays brands including Viva! Holidays, Rail Tickets, Ready Rooms, The Cruise Team and Insider Journeys.
Travel Counsellors support the community with donation to PCs for Kids
Travel Counsellors recently made a large donation of working desktop computers and other hardware to local not-for-profit organisation PCs for Kids, a group that collects and refurbishes hardware ready to be made available to physically, mentally or economically disadvantaged children and elderly people.
With the Travel Counsellors head office undergoing a major IT upgrade, all members of the head office team have started using docking laptops instead of desktop computers. As a result of this major technology overhaul, the Travel Counsellors team were left with many desktop computers that were in good working order.
Sporting legend to share secret of her success with Travellers Choice members
If you’re looking for advice on how to be the very best you can be, who better to ask than someone who has conquered the world…seven times.
That’s precisely what Travellers Choice members are doing next month when they welcome Layne Beachley, the most successful female surfer in history, to their award-winning network’s Annual Shareholders’ Conference.
An inductee in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, Beachley won seven world titles before she retired from surfing’s World Tour and took her daunting skills and experience into the boardroom. She is now the first female Chair of Surfing Australia, director of her own charitable foundation, and an ambassador for organisations such as The National Breast Cancer Foundation and Planet Ark.
TravelManagers Procure Ensemble Travel’s Luxury and Experiential Product
TravelManagers is delighted to announce the signing of a new partner supplier agreement with the North America-based Ensemble Travel Group (Ensemble). Established in 1968 Ensemble is one of the world’s leading providers of luxury and experiential travel products and services.
“This new partner agreement further highlights TravelManagers’ continual commitment to adding value to its personal travel manager network and market leading dominance in the luxury and experiential holiday market,” says TravelManagers Chief Operating Officer Grant Campbell.
TravelManagers through its refined partner status with Ensemble will enhance its current high end and unique product offerings.
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TW is not responsible for any involuntary actions your body might have after watching this video.
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