A new customer-facing cruise platform from TravelManagers has been launched to help personal travel managers meet ongoing demand for cruise holidays.

TravelManagers has appointed a group of ten personal travel managers (PTMs) to participate in Signature Travel Network’s mystery shopping program throughout 2025.

The appointment of two experienced industry professionals, Judith Crompton and Narendra Kumar, to the board of TravelManagers’ parent company, House of Travel Australia (HOTA), comes as the company seeks to capitalise on growth opportunities for the company in 2025 and beyond.

TravelManagers Australia has wrapped up 2024 with a 12% year-on-year rise in sales, fuelled by 40% of the network’s personal travel managers (PTMs) achieving annual sales of more than one million dollars.

The appointment of Lisa Harrison as Signature Travel Network’s first Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, revealed by LATTE, comes as the US-based travel consortia reports a continued strengthening in the luxury travel market.

TravelManagers has released its sales results for the first quarter of 2024, adding a further seven percent increase in total sales to the previous year’s record-breaking January to March period. Executive General Manager, Michael Gazal, says the company’s strong showing surpasses its already-ambitious targets for the January to March period by around nineteen percent.

TravelManagers will continue its involvement in Signature Travel Network’s mystery shopper program, selecting 10 personal travel managers (PTMs) to provide their expertise and insights throughout 2024.

When Virgin Voyages’ Resilient Lady made her inaugural sailing on Australian shores earlier this month, it was only natural that TravelManagers’ Tanya Barker would be on board to share the experience, having sold an astonishing 213 cabins for the 2023/24 season.

From Las Vegas to Los Cabos, the future of luxury travel was the recurring theme at two global events last month, attended by representatives from TravelManagers.

Signature Travel Network’s President and CEO says he’s been blown away by the performance of Australia’s TravelManagers since joining the consortia in early 2022. Speaking exclusively with LATTE, Alex Sharpe says the home-based network has exceeded expectations.

TravelManagers has chosen 10 of its personal travel managers to participate in a brand-new Mystery Shopper program for luxury travel provider, Signature Travel Network: part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring the best possible guest experiences at its member hotels and resorts.