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7 September 2017 Posted InAll Releases
TravelManagers has brought together personal travel managers (PTMs) from all over Australia, along with supplier partners and the PTM support team from the company’s National Partnership Office (NPO) to participate in their 10th annual National Conference, which began in Darwin on Thursday and will run for three days.

Ben Roberts-Smith TravelManagers 10th National Conference Opening Keynote Speaker
The event began with a welcome from Ali Mills, a Larrakia Nation Elder, and Tourism NT’s Andrew Hopper, before the...
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6 September 2017 Posted InAll Releases Events TravelManagers
With only days to go, TravelManagers’ personal travel managers (PTMs) from all over Australia, members of the national partnership support team and partner suppliers are making their way to the Northern Territory’s capital city, as the countdown begins to the company’s tenth national conference. With an estimated 389 people attending including over 100 suppliers, the TravelManagers 2017 national conference with a theme of ‘ONE’, will be held 07-09 September in Darwin.

Set in a stunning tropical waterfront location, the spectacular Darwin Convention Centre is TravelManagers’ world class 2017 conference venue
“The conference theme of ONE resonates with all that we do. We will explore our theme throughout our entire conference...
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31 August 2017 Posted InAll Releases Cruising Network
Eighteen of TravelManagers’ personal travel managers (PTMs) and 4 members from the national partnership office converged in Sydney last week to participate in the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) Cruise360 Australasia conference.

TravelManagers’ personal travel managers celebrate a successful Cruist360 Conference (left to right back row) Louise McCarthy, Lisa Metzl, Julie Anderson (NPO), Carolyn Pitt, Lyn Tyson, Suzanne Laister (NPO), Kathy Millet, Neil Saunders (left to right second row) Lois Marshall, Julia Mclean (NPO), Debra Dean, Sue Kuti, Maria Furnari, Michelle Michael-Pecora, Karen Raeburn, Annalize Troost, Jane Fowler (left to right front row) Pamela Baas, Chantel Addison-Matthews, Julianne Gazal-Rizk, Karryn Bartlett, Aaron Loss (NPO)
Now in its fourth year, designed exclusively for travel professionals this annual event, which is the largest cruise conference in...
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30 August 2017 Posted InAll Releases
TravelManagers has an ongoing commitment to provide product training to its personal travel managers (PTMs) and to facilitate strong supplier-PTM relationships. To this end, the company's National Partnership Office (NPO) has recently held airline training days in both Melbourne and Sydney, along with a river cruise training day in Brisbane.

An attention grabbing moment during Queensland’s river cruise training in Brisbane
According to TravelManagers’ Executive General Manager, Michael Gazal, the NPO and the attending suppliers were very happy with the number...
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23 August 2017 Posted InAll Releases Famils
Alpine scenery, fresh snow, French food: what’s not to love about a ski holiday in France? And when that holiday is set in an all-inclusive Club Med ski resort, it’s even better, as seven personal travel managers (PTMs) who took part in a TravelManagers exclusive famil to Club Med Valmorel recently discovered.

Happy to be in Valmorel: (from left to right) Luke Skarbek (Club Med) with Alma Araullo, Sue Kuti, Peter Carmichael, Elle Bradley, Merran Wiggins, Jeremy Ferguson and Hiten Shah plus Donna Jones of Malaysia Airlines.
The group of PTMs were hosted by Luke Skarbek, Club Med’s Business Development Manager for NSW & ACT, and accompanied...
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19 April 2017 Posted InAll Releases
Now in its third year, the TravelManagers’ charity golf day was without a doubt, it’s most successful yet.

TravelManagers charity golf day, all participants agree it was more rewarding than a hole in one!
Now in its third year, the TravelManagers’ charity golf day was without a doubt, it’s most successful yet. The spectacular...
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5 April 2017 Posted InAll Releases Network TravelManagers
It was the internet, the great enabler of modern connectivity that created the opportunity for Online Travel Agents to evolve and ironically, it was also the Internet and related technology enhancements that also created the opening for TravelManagers.

TravelManagers Chairman – Barry Mayo
Since the arrival of the Internet, there has long been talk of many, so-called experts sounding the death knell of...
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5 April 2017 Posted InAll Releases Events Network TravelManagers
Members of the House of Travel Australia leadership team swapped their business attire for beach attire last weekend, travelling across the ditch to celebrate House of Travel New Zealand’s 30th Anniversary.

Baywatch TravelManagers’ style! From left, Joe Araullo, Jodie Banbury, Michael Gazal, Tanyu Cilek, Barry Mayo, Prue Gallagher, Grant Campbell
Over 700 past and present House of Travel employees were treated to a sit down 80’s themed dinner event at...
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3 April 2017 Posted InAll Releases Events Network TravelManagers
The Australian Travel Careers Council hosted its 2017 Industry Leaders and Educators Engagement Symposium in Sydney this week with an extensive two-day agenda. Australian Travel Careers Council CEO and host Rick Myatt invited TravelManagers’ Chairman Barry Mayo to address the Symposium.

Chairman – Barry Mayo
The Australian Travel Careers Council hosted its 2017 Industry Leaders and Educators Engagement Symposium in Sydney this week with an...
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31 March 2017 Posted InAll Releases Famils
Houston may be famous for being home to NASA's Johnson Space Center, but as TravelManagers’ personal travel managers (PTMs) recently discovered there is so much more to the city of Houston, than just Mission Control.

Santa’s helpers make the most of ‘island time' on Galveston Island from left to right Lillie smith, Joanne Haines, Darren Christensen , John Lengacher, Annette McHugh , Tanya Tyler, Karen Dowling , Maree Evans, Mark Devers , Simon Laneres (GTA)
Houston may be famous for being home to NASA‘s Johnson Space Center, but as TravelManagers’ personal travel managers (PTMs) recently...
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