The Luxury Travel Collection (LTC) Global Business Owners Soiree Leadership Day brought together key players from the world of luxury travel to share the stories that will define and inspire the next chapter.

The global roll-out of Flight Centre Travel Group’s Envoyage brand has hit a new milestone, with South Africa becoming the fifth and final market to go live.

Link Travel Group’s evolution continues to gather momentum, with the collective reporting rising interest in agencies interested in joining thanks to its strong partnerships and future focus.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s Global MD of Luxury Leisure and Independent Brands, Danielle Galloway has revealed some of the secret sauce to the success of the Travel Associates brand, 25 years in the making.

Flight Centre Travel Group executive Danielle Galloway continues her rise through the ranks within the industry magnate, tapped for the newly-created role of Global Managing Director – Independent and Premium Travel Brands at FCTG.

Flight Centre Travel Group, Goldman Travel Corporation and the Spencer Group of Companies will target independent travel businesses centred on premium and business travel to align with them under a new joint venture (JV) named Link Travel Group.

Flight Centre Travel Group’s home-based network of travel advisors will be counting on consumer confidence to thrive and holiday bookings to flow under the TransTasman Bubble initiative.

LATTE sought feedback from a small cross-section of Virtuoso-affiliated travel agencies to gauge their views on the arrangement, and what products and destinations they foresee will prove popular for discerning travellers.

The surprise announcement by Western Australia that it would open its hard borders to residents of New South Wales and Victoria from next week, coupled with the reopening of the Queensland/NSW border earlier this week (see more below), has been applauded by travel groups.