Mosman Travel held a special celebration to mark its 10 year anniversary of ownership by Sharyn Kitchener and Penny Spencer last week, with loyal clients and business partners coming together for the milestone.

Spencer Travel toasted its trade partners at a gathering on Tuesday evening at a Thank You event held at Pullman Sydney Airport.

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.

Sydney-based Spencer Travel has this week launched a new website as part of the company’s rebrand to Spencer Travel Leisure.

Spencer Travel has merged its leisure retail brands – Spencer Travel Southside, Spencer Travel Eastside and Shire Travel – into one entity, now known as Spencer Travel Leisure.

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.

Spencer Travel has welcomed personnel from two of its sister Sydney suburban travel agencies to its headquarters at Mascot as the Virtuoso member trims costs during the current financial crisis.

A sample audience of some of Australia’s most prominent travel advisors are steadfast that the luxury travel market will be the first to recover from the coronavirus crisis.

Spencer Travel has been welcomed into the prestigious and exclusive Belmond Bellini Club, an invitation-only membership accessible to less than 100 agencies worldwide, providing preferred status that comes with a rich range of incredible benefits and special offers. Those perks are now extended to Spencer Travel clients across every luxury Belmond travel experience.

Australia’s Spencer Travel has been taken out the award as this year’s Most Engaged Air/Services Member Agency of the global luxury travel network, Virtuoso, during the 31st annual Virtuoso Travel Week.

To mark Spencer Travels’ 20-year anniversary this week, it’s only fitting that LATTE expands our questioning with Penny Spencer to 20 Questions, covering off her start in the industry, the establishment of her own business, some of the challenges that she faced, the importance of mentoring, her inspiration, favourite hotel and more.