July 4, 2025
LATTE chats exclusively with Michael Holtz, Owner and CEO
The average SmartFlyer travel advisor is generating just shy of AU$4 million (US$2.5 million) in annual production – five times that of a typical consortia agent, Michael Holtz, Owner and CEO of the New York-headquartered agency has revealed.
Read More…May 2, 2025
10 years of deepened global connections, shared community, collective success
SmartFlyer has marked a decade of partnership with SmartFlyer Australia (SmartFlyer AU), celebrating ten years of deepened global connections, shared community, and collective success. Since 2015, the joint venture with Goldman Travel Corporation has served to bridge between markets, enhancing destination expertise and fostering new, global perspectives.
Read More…January 15, 2025
@SojournsOf.me’s Ash Chin takes out successive top honours Down Under
SmartFlyer has revealed the recipients of its SmartFlyer ONE, Club 2A and Rising Star designations for 2024.
Read More…November 19, 2024
“People are hijacking the word luxury,” says Anthony Goldman
Anthony Goldman, Joint Managing Director of Goldman Group has continued his messaging on the need for improved transparency and definitions of the term ‘luxury’ travel. Speaking at the Goldman Group Conference in Melbourne on Saturday, Goldman said the word has become cannibalised by “people” wanting to capitalise on the growth of high-end travel, more so since the pandemic.
Read More…November 17, 2024
Third-generation family travel company eyes cruise growth, mulls acquisitions
Goldman Group will introduce a new VIP division to its retail leisure brand offering red carpet chauffeur service for high-net-worth travellers.
Read More…June 28, 2024
Luxe agency’s CEO and COO discuss new ‘Hub’ space opening in West Chelsea
SmartFlyer is expanding its workspaces to cater for a thriving independent contractor (IC) network which is hungry for social interaction and growing bored working from home.
Read More…June 24, 2024
Celebratory event at Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
SmartFlyer Agent Recognition dinner and SmartFlyer Day Summit
Read More…June 21, 2024
Holtz, Pindar extol long-standing Goldman Group partnership
In 2024, SmartFlyer and Goldman Group are celebrating nine years of partnership and the formation of SmartFlyer Australia.
Read More…June 21, 2024
LATTE chats exclusively with Michael Holtz, Erina Pindar and Anthony Goldman
Ultra-luxe rail travel and five-star cruising are tipped to be the “major products” of choice for high-net-worth-individuals over the next five years, says Erina Pindar, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner at SmartFlyer. Pindar, who also serves on Travel + Leisure’s Travel Advisory Board and who was recently named, again, on T+L’s A-List of Travel Advisors, suggests ‘slow travel’ in the sense of rail journeys and serene ocean voyages, will continue to grow in popularity over the coming years.
Read More…January 12, 2024
Sydney’s Ash Chin of Sojourn Of the only non-American advisor in the field
SmartFlyer has celebrated its top-producing travel agencies through its recognition program, SmartFlyer ONE, which this year included Ash Chin of Sojourns Of in Sydney, Australia.
Read More…February 9, 2023
Aussie contingent get into the spirit at Smartflyer’s CORE event
Smartflyer Australia was represented at Smartflyer’s CORE event in Nashville USA in January, held at the newly opened Four Seasons Hotel Nashville.
Read More…November 18, 2021
New to industry entrants signing up to build their own business
Smartflyer Australia, Goldman Group’s venture with Smartflyer USA and partners Brent Wallace and Stuart Reay, has reported experiencing significant growth in numbers and business rebound in the past four months.
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