Tourism
“The time is right”: industry legend, Barry Mayo, retires after 60+ years in travel
We think we speak for everyone when we say we can’t imagine an Australian travel industry without this industry stalwart!
Travel Agents
TravelManagers to party like its 2019 with first national conference since COVID
As TravelManager’s GM puts it, this coveted event is like a “slightly rowdy family reunion”, so get ready to explain to your distant aunt why you’re not married yet over mum’s inedible egg salad.
Midweek Interview
Midweek Catch-up with TravelManager’s Leeanne Freeman
TravelManagers’ cruise operations executive can’t wait to get her daughters on their first-ever cruise this year, prompting us to call our mums and urge them to reconsider their career choices.
Travel Agents
TravelManagers host first round of face-to-face state meetings in two years
The home-based agency’s personal travel managers have been busy cutting a rug (and various cakes!) at their first spate of grand get-togethers and we’ve got the photos to prove it!
Travel Agents
Agents take on Singapore as restrictions drop for vaccinated travellers
This dynamic duo from TravelManagers gave the Lion City a test run ahead of its grand reopening. Read their verdict here.
Midweek Interview
Midweek Catch-up with TravelManagers’ Julia McLean
This week the business partnership manager from TravelManagers, Julia McLean, told us she loves starting each day with a walk on the beach, even if it’s raining, which is great for her considering the weather.
Travel Agents
TravelManagers partners with Signature Travel Network to boost luxe offering
Personal travel managers are about to get more bougie than a stack of Louis Vuitton luggage if this new agreement is anything to go by.
Travel Agents
Travel agents end 2021 choosing to celebrate resilience
2021 was enough to have anyone feeling a bit Grinch-like over the festive period, but that didn’t stop the gang over at TravelManagers’ from ending the year on a high note.
Travel Agents
TravelManagers launches RESET program to help agents prepare for restart
After almost two years of closed borders, this new tool promises to give rusty agents a good spruce up.
Travel Agents
Barry Mayo talks border reopenings and the silver lining of confusing travel restrictions
The industry veteran reckons ever-changing global travel restrictions may have a silver lining for agents.
Travel Agents
Queensland agents squeeze in pre-lockdown catch-up lunch with suppliers
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.
Technology
Helloworld and TravelManagers flock to new payment platform
It appears eNett’s successor has arrived, and it’s not wasting any time getting agencies on board.