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TravelManagers Welcome Travel Councellors Support for Consumer Protection Awareness

This week Travel Councellors entered into the debate around consumer protection, highlighting the need for the industry to ensure consumers are fully informed about how their funds are protected, as the negative consumer awareness surrounding the ongoing travel agency collapses continues to grow.

A move that has been highly welcomed by TravelManagers’ Chairman Barry Mayo. “TravelManagers has long been a lone vocal voice...

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TravelManagers Celebrate Second Year Cruiseco Membership With Two Consecutive Year Award Wins

TravelManagers' Cruiseco membership has started off with a bang! TravelManagers was the only home-based company to receive the ‘Top 5 in sales’ award, recognizing the companies’ significant sales contribution for both 2013-14 year and 2014-15 year. In addition TravelManagers received an award acknowledging the company as a member of Cruiseco’s ‘Million Dollar Club’, also for the second consecutive year.

TravelManagers’ Executive General Manager Michael Gazal sees the cruise market as robust and the consecutive award wins for increasing sales...

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HOOT Holidays Incentive Reward Donation Makes Vanuatu Children Smile Again

When Cyclone Pam tore through Vanuatu in March 2015 it caused massive destruction. It was regarded as one of the most intense tropical cyclones of 2015 and was the worst natural disaster in the history of Vanuatu.

Whilst the initial focus was on providing food and household supplies, clean water and materials to assist with the rebuild...

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TravelManagers Continue to Innovate With Launch of ‘Home Based Business Results’ Training Programme

TravelManagers is a company who truly value their personal travel managers. With a commitment to personal development and training highly evident, the launch of their dedicated Home Based Business Results Training Programme in conjunction with Cornerstone People Solutions, is simply another first for the company.

“TravelManagers is a company that really cares about its people and recognizing talent and providing opportunities for individual growth is...

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Previously Unreported Travel Agency Collapse Makes Sunday Headlines Across New South Wales

The travel industry continues to make headlines, the latest report entitled ‘Travel agent disappears with money, leaving customers stranded,’ featured in Sydney’s The Sun Herald on Sunday 24 April. The Sun Herald report also featured across New South Wales online publications of Daily Liberal, The Border Mail, Illawarra Mercury, Northern Daily, The Young Witness and Western Advocate.

TravelManagers’ Chairman Barry Mayo continues to be concerned about another negative media report that clients have lost money through a...

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Personal Travel Manager Experiences Tauck River Cruising – The Verdict ‘10 out of 10’

To say TravelManagers’ personal travel manager Kathy Myatt had an exciting start upon joining the company, really is quite an understatement.

Myatt, the Queensland based representative for Karalee, attended her first business function the Tauck World Discovery brochure launch a couple...

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Singapore Wow’s Personal Travel Managers on Mega Famil

Singapore has experienced an expansion and transformation of tourism attractions over the last five years. To showcase this rapidly changing and vibrant city, Singapore Airlines together with Singapore Tourism Board recently invited a contingent of Victorian based travel agents to experience the airline’s Singapore Stopover Holidays programme.

Showcasing Singapore as a destination and the value the Singapore Stopover Holidays programme offers clients, TravelManagers’ personal travel managers Luke...

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How Long Can Government Continue To Ignore Consumer Losses?

Another travel agency closure has been reported in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and Radio Station 2GB, just 18 days following the consumer coverage of Australian Escapes closure and subsequent re-trading as Australian Escapes Holiday and Travel Club. It has been reported that New South Wales based Baulkham Hills Travel, failed to open after Easter and is now being investigated for fraud.

TravelManagers’ Chairman Barry Mayo knows the detrimental effect each and every negative media report has on Australian’s travelling public. “Consumer...

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Personal Travel Managers Celebrate Scenic Luxury Cruises’ Consecutive Year Award Win

TravelManagers' top sales producing personal travel managers for Scenic Luxury Cruises and Tours (Scenic Tours), recently celebrated the company winning the Top Sales Multi Location award for the second consecutive year.

Scenic Tours created the Top Sales, Multi Location Award in 2015 to recognise the significant sales contribution made solely from...

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Australian Escapes Back in Business – Negative Publicity Still Cause for Industry Concern

The news that Australian Escapes is ‘back in business’ trading as Australian Escapes Holiday and Travel Club effective from 29 March 2016, has provided some potentially positive news for the company’s 15,000 members, 40 employees and other creditors adversely impacted.

TravelManagers’ Chairman Barry Mayo is quick to point out however that the apparent  bailout does nothing to negate the recent...

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