Australia’s premium and most influential independent travel buying group, CT Partners has announced the addition of another two new high-profile Victoria based members who join In Travel and Tribe Travel whose membership of CT Partners was announced in February.The two latest members are where2travel, a family owned, multi-location business with stores in Malvern, Glen Waverley and Greensborough and Benalla Travel, another family-owned, award winning travel company located 212 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.
CT Partners Chairman Barry Mayo said “Both where2travel and Benalla Travel were motivated by the simplicity and transparency of the CT Partners business model with 100 percent of all supplier payments distributed through to members. We are delighted to welcome both these long-established businesses to our group and are confident that together with CT Partners commercial arrangements they will also benefit from the close collaboration that exists between our members.”
where2travel General Manager Steve Bouyer commented “where2travel with its associated brands where2cruise, Sage Travel and Independent Travel Designers is very pleased to have joined CT Partners unique association of agents as this is the result of extensive research of possible buying group options and ensures we are well positioned for when details of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s new four-part pathway strategy towards normalising Australia’s travel movements are revealed and implemented.”
Fiona Stephens, Director of Benalla Travel added “We are thrilled to be joining CT Partners which is a financially transparent business and a 100% owned by its members. The model suits our company philosophy and allows us full control to grow our corporate and premium leisure business moving forward in the post-COVID future.”
