Following on from their highly successful Sydney-based event earlier this year, TravelManagers is set to roll out a series of supplier market days across Australia this month in preparation for what is expected to be a busy start to the 2023 selling season. Starting in Brisbane on 18 November and concluding ten days later in Adelaide, each market day will bring together a wide range of partner suppliers and personal travel managers (PTMs) in an informal setting.
TravelManagers’ Supplier Relations Executive, Sandra Leslie, says the market day concept was a resounding success on its first outing in June, and reports that available spots were snapped up as suppliers jumped at the chance to take part once again.
“We have been overwhelmed by the interest and commitment from our partner suppliers to participate in our November Market Days. Both PTMs and suppliers consider the events as ideal for getting together in a relaxed environment to build and maintain their mutually beneficial relationships.”
According to Leslie, more than 175 PTMs have so far registered to attend the five market days, each of which will run for four hours before concluding with a state Christmas celebration.
“Many of the suppliers who attended the Sydney market day in June really enjoyed the deliberately informal tone, which allowed PTMs to spend as much time as they wanted with their individual choice of suppliers,” Leslie notes.
The exception to this format will be the Adelaide event, which will be conducted as a fireside meeting with TravelManagers’ National Partnership Office (NPO) management team, followed by a supplier networking session of five-minute presentations.
All of the market day events will also include a presentation showcasing Signature Travel Network’s luxury product offerings, with their ‘money can’t buy’ experiences and value-adds, plus a report from Signature’s Las Vegas conference earlier this month.
Daiana Magalhaes, who is TravelManagers’ representative for Dianella, is looking forward to her state’s market day on 23 November at Perth’s Duxton Hotel.
“There have been fewer opportunities to get together with industry colleagues over the last three years,” she concedes, “so I’m really looking forward to the market day as a chance to reconnect – not to mention rejoicing in our collective achievements this year at the Christmas celebration which concludes the day!”
For more information or to speak to someone confidentially about TravelManagers please contact Graciela Craig on (02) 8062 6421 or email join.us@travelmanagers.com.au.
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