Independent travel buying network, CT Partners, has welcomed family-owned travel management company Sanford Travel to its membership group. The addition of Sanford Travel – previously aligned with Helloworld Business Travel – brings CT Partners’ membership to 33.

Corporate travel is being increasingly recognised as a critical strategy for risk management, continuity, and return on investment (ROI) amid rising global instability, economic headwinds and operational uncertainty, says CT Partners.

Independent travel buying network, CT Partners, has confirmed its 2025 Annual Conference will now be held at the Four Seasons Singapore following a destination change designed to ensure full accessibility and engagement for its Member network.

CT Partners is looking firmly to the future, with plans in place for the travel buying group to build on FY24’s record results by further enhancing its premium offerings and driving value for its members.

CT Partners marked its 20th anniversary on Wednesday night with a celebratory dinner – the biggest event ever for the consortia – where new and old members united under one roof. Around 2oo guests including industry partners, suppliers and select trade media (including LATTE) were present.

CT Partners spent three days in Christchurch, New Zealand last week with 11 members from the consortia enjoying a famil hosted by PONANT and Emirates.

Recognising the value of partnerships, Virtuoso Australia/New Zealand hosted CT Partners’ CEO, Matt Masson at last week’s Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas. For Masson, it wasn’t his first taste of the ‘Fashion Week of luxury travel’ but it was his first from an agency perspective.  

CT Partners has welcomed TripActions to its network this month. TripActions is an all-in-one travel, corporate card, and expense management solution, providing thousands of customers around the globe with unprecedented visibility and control over spend.

Demand for luxury travel experiences is stronger than ever according to TravelManagers Australia, who recently had two personal travel managers (PTMs) take part in a luxury famil program in conjunction with Club Med, Singapore Airlines and CT Partners.

Australia’s largest, independent travel buying network CT Partners is positive about 2022 with the foundations in place to drive members’ success off the back of a 50% growth in numbers in the past year.

Victorian boutique leisure agency, Jigsaw Travel of Prahan, and long-standing premium leisure agency, The Travel Agency of Moonee Ponds are the latest high profile agencies to join CT Partners, effective 1 September.

Australia’s premium, independent travel buying group, CT Partners, has welcomed two high-profile NSW agencies to its stable this month, bringing the total of new additions to six since the beginning of the year.