Penny Spencer, Founder and Managing Director of Spencer Travel, has confirmed the sale of the company’s corporate travel division to LodgeLink, a Black Diamond Group company (that offers a digital marketplace for B2B crew accommodation, travel and logistics), marking a significant milestone in the businesses’ 26-year history.

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.

Last Saturday, Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) and its independent affiliates took home seven awards at the Australian Travel Industry Association’s (ATIA) National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA), the industry’s most prestigious annual awards program.

Spencer Travel, in partnership with Mosman Travel and Mary Rossi Travel, recently hosted a highly successful exclusive Luxury Travel Showcase event at the prestigious Shangri-La Sydney. The event brought together over 300 clients and 60 luxury travel suppliers, offering a unique opportunity for clients to engage with industry leaders and explore a range of premium travel experiences.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises hosted a small contingent of travel industry partners, media (including LATTE) – and their plus ones – aboard Seven Seas Explorer while in Sydney on Australia Day.

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

Sydney-based agency Spencer Travel Leisure has launched a new division centred around health and wellbeing – a segment of the industry Managing Director Penny Spencer predicts will surge as domestic and international travel resumes.

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.

The iconic Mary Rossi Travel brand will live on under new ownership, with Penny Spencer and Sharyn Kitchener and their spouses Edwin Spencer and Mike Goodall – the owners of the nearby Mosman Travel on Sydney’s lower north shore – set to take over the business.

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.