The industry veteran reckons ever-changing global travel restrictions may have a silver lining for agents.

A group of TravelManagers agents managed to fit in a chinwag over a “cheap and cheerful” lunch with suppliers just before Brisbane tightened its restrictions late last month.

It appears eNett’s successor has arrived, and it’s not wasting any time getting agencies on board.

This week, a member of TravelManagers’ national partnership office team shared her favourite country music playlist with us. We didn’t hold it against her.

We caught up with a member of TravelManagers’ NPO team who, like most of us, has re-watched Schitt’s Creek four times (and counting).

Meanwhile, the only thing Travel Weekly’s editor achieved in lockdown was to eat his weight in potato chips while getting through Netflix’s entire catalogue.

This week, we had a yarn with a member of TravelManagers’ national partnership office over ginger prawns while she played us her favourite Eminem songs.

Meanwhile, it was a chance encounter at the pub which saw Travel Weekly’s deputy editor become a travel writer … well, that and four years of university.

This TravelManagers agent has had her hope for recovery boosted by her clients’ enthusiasm to book ahead … and drop a sweet $160K on three back-to-back cruises.

Much like Austin Powers (except in a much less sexual way), this agent has dragged herself from the depths of despair and rediscovered her mojo. And by mojo, we mean love for the travel industry.

South Australia’s recent COVID scare was deja vu for many agents. And, for TravelManagers’ Emma Ross, her hard work has paid off in spades.

Fancy making a few phat sales? Here are some handy tips from TravelManagers’ Julianne Gazal-Rizk, who has been busy bringing in the big bucks.