TravelManagers wrapped up 2019 with strong sales growth and an impressive collection of awards in the trophy case.
Chief Operating Officer, Grant Campbell, describes the achievements as an accurate reflection of what makes TravelManagers such a success: “a network of highly-experienced PTMs who are committed to achieving excellence in their individual areas of interest while supporting and celebrating the accomplishments of their colleagues.”
Throughout the year the accolades had rolled in, beginning in January with its recognition as Scenic’s top performing national home-based agency network for 2018 – the fifth consecutive year that it has done so. In addition, PTM Justine Trevanar was recognised by P & O Flagship as its 10th top selling consultant Australia-wide.
In the spirit of starting as you mean to go on, as 2019 progressed, further awards were added to the collection, starting with PTM Nicole Edgar being announced as the 2018 winner of CLIA’s ‘Home-Based/Mobile Agent of the Year Australia.
This was followed in March by TravelManagers being named Top 5 in Sales for the fifth consecutive year at Cruiseco’s annual conference. PTM Angharad O’Malley was named their Top Seller of the Year – Home Based for the second consecutive year, and for the first time, TravelManagers was also named Top Seller – River. In July a matched pair of gongs were collected at the AFTA National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA): PTM Kathy Millett as ‘Best Mobile Travel Advisor’ and TravelManagers as ‘Best Mobile Travel Advisor Network’.
2019 concluded with two more major honours being accepted in November: TravelManagers was announced as ‘Home Based Agency Group of the Year’ at The 2019 Travel Awards, and PTM Melanie Whyte won the 2019 Avis Travel Agent Scholarship.
TravelManagers’ annual National Conference, which was held in Perth in August, attracted more than 395 participants. In keeping with the TravelManagers’ tradition of partnering with a different local charity each year, the 2019 conference saw Perth’s Ronald McDonald House being adopted for the chosen conference charity activity.
The year concluded with a final round of state meetings which brought together PTMs, NPO staff and partner suppliers in six major cities around Australia. Campbell says the meetings, each of which concluded with a festive lunch, were the ideal conclusion to a successful 2019 and set the stage for further success in 2020.
IMAGE: TravelManagers PTM Kathy Millett from Claremont, WA, was awarded NTIA ‘Best Mobile Travel Advisor’ in 2019
