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16 December 2019 Posted InAll Releases Famils Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 11 December 2019 – Iceland is a small country of big contrasts: steaming lava fields and vast glaciers, towering waterfalls and deep fjords, icy lakes and warm people. When Collette Tours recently invited 34 Australian travel advisors on a seven-day famil to sample the diversity of this fascinating country, TravelManagers’ Erryn Morris and Alison Parker, were among those who accepted.

TravelManagers’ Alison Parker touched her first-ever iceberg at Diamond Beach, so-called because the beached bergs looks like massive diamonds shining on the black sand.
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Monday 18 November 2019 – Ronald McDonald House Charities has been supporting the families of sick children in Australia since 1981, and now has Houses in eighteen locations across the country, including its longest-established in Sydney’s Westmead, which provides services to around 1360 families per year. TravelManagers recently contributed fifteen eager volunteers to take part in ‘Meals from the Heart’, a program in which participants prepare and serve food to the families staying at Ronald McDonald House.

TravelManagers sent a team of 15 PTMs and NPO team members to prepare and serve dinner for around 200 people staying at Ronald McDonald House in west Sydney. From L-R back row: Louise McCarthy, Suzanne Laister, Pru Gallagher, Michael Gazal, Jose Canas, Tanyu Cilek and Helen Georganas. Front row: Lyn Tyson, Judy Gillings, Michelle Desmarchelier, Michelle Schulze, Maria San Pascual, Kristina Acevski, Ozlem Tuncay and Tania Myles.
Monday 18 November 2019 – Ronald McDonald House Charities has been supporting the families of sick children in Australia since...
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16 December 2019 Posted InAll Releases Famils Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 04 December 2019 – From the scenic delights of a cruise through the Inside Passage in North America’s Pacific Northwest to a wilderness tour of Alaska’s Denali National Park, TravelManagers’ Deb Hanley had long dreamed of visiting this unique and beautiful part of the world. Holland America’s ten-night famil provided Hanley, who is a South Australia based personal travel manager (PTM) with a long-awaited opportunity to experience all this and more.

Intricately decorated totem poles, such as these with which PTM Deb Hanley is pictured in Ketchikan, representing the rich Native American heritage on display throughout her Canada and Alaska famil.
Wednesday 04 December 2019 – From the scenic delights of a cruise through the Inside Passage in North America’s Pacific...
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4 December 2019 Posted InAll Releases Famils Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 28 November 2019 – The Golden Triangle is the moniker given to the region marked by three of India’s northern cities: Agra, Jaipur and the nation’s capital, Delhi. TravelManagers recently provided eleven personal travel managers (PTMs) with the opportunity to join a seven-day famil of this 720-kilometre circuit, which is renowned for its collection of incredible palaces, forts, mosques and mausoleums, as well as its vibrant history and culture. For many, it was their first visit to India, and an invaluable chance to experience it first-hand.

Sunrise at the Taj Mahal was a once-in-a-lifetime moment for TravelManagers’ (L-R) Jo Patton, Kerstin Rheinlander, Marcia Yianni, Lisa Phillips, Judith Smith, Sinead Phillips, Sharon Wright, Tanya Patterson, Donna Occhipinti, Jeanette Dickson and Kate Bevan
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Wednesday 20 November 2019 – TravelManagers’ Melanie Whyte was announced as the winner of this year’s Avis Travel Agent Scholarship on 13 November. The award, which is one of the industry’s most prestigious, comes with a prize package that includes professional coaching, industry training opportunities and two Qantas business class tickets to an industry conference of her choice within the Asia-Pacific region. She describes her experience since she was announced as the scholarship winner as “something of a whirlwind” but adds that she was both surprised and delighted by the win.

PTM Melanie Whyte (centre) with Avis’ Tom Mooney (far left), along with TravelManagers’ Kellie Browning, Melanie Whyte, Jo Patton and Barry Mayo (L-R)
Wednesday 20 November 2019 – TravelManagers’ Melanie Whyte was announced as the winner of this year’s Avis Travel Agent Scholarship...
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22 November 2019 Posted InAll Releases Famils Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 13 November 2019 – 400-million-year-old karst mountains, vast cave systems and spectacular underground rivers: these are the features for which Vietnam’s Phong Nha National Park are renowned. One of central Vietnam’s most unique and spectacular landscapes, the park achieved UNESCO World Heritage status in 2003, and was among the most memorable locations visited by seven of TravelManagers’ personal travel managers (PTMs) on a recent famil hosted by Wide Eyed Tours.

The famil participants quickly decided that Vespa is the best method of transport for seeing the sights like a local in Phong Nha.
Wednesday 13 November 2019 – 400-million-year-old karst mountains, vast cave systems and spectacular underground rivers: these are the features for...
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22 November 2019 Posted InAll Releases Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 06 November 2019 – It’s a long journey in more ways than one from running food and wine tours in Tasmania to setting up as a personal travel manager (PTMs) in Darwin. But that’s exactly what one of TravelManagers’ newest members has done, leaving the cellar door behind and bringing with him his passion for travel.

TravelManagers’ model has allowed PTM Lisa Malnar to convert her passion for travel into a successful business.
Wednesday 06 November 2019 – It’s a long journey in more ways than one from running food and wine tours...
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5 November 2019 Posted InAll Releases Famils Network TravelManagers
30 October 2019 – Drive through the small, northern Mississippi city of Tupelo and you’ll quickly start to notice a recurring theme. From a huge mural on the wall of a department store to a trail of commemorative guitars, Tupelo won’t let you forget that it’s best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley. TravelManagers’ Kristie Peters was one of five Australian travel advisors who took in Tupelo’s sights on a recent Air New Zealand famil to Memphis.

No visit to Memphis is complete without a visit to Graceland
30 October 2019 – Drive through the small, northern Mississippi city of Tupelo and you’ll quickly start to notice a...
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1 November 2019 Posted InAll Releases Famils Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 23 October 2019 – The city of Niigata is located on the west coast of Japan’s largest island, Honshu. Famous for its local produce, which includes rice, sake, seafood and tulips, it also serves as gateway to the nearby island of Sado.

PTM Sue Kuti (2nd from right) provides proof that no visit to Japan is complete without a traditional Onsen experience
Wednesday 23 October 2019 – The city of Niigata is located on the west coast of Japan’s largest island, Honshu....
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18 October 2019 Posted InAll Releases Network TravelManagers
Wednesday 16 October 2019 – After nineteen years in the travel industry, the last seven of them with TravelManagers, personal travel manager (PTM) Melanie Whyte from Devonport, TAS, is thrilled to have been named as one of five finalists in the prestigious 2019 Avis Travel Agent Scholarship.
Wednesday 16 October 2019 – After nineteen years in the travel industry, the last seven of them with TravelManagers, personal...
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