Virtuoso®, the leading global network specializing in luxury and experiential travel, proudly recognises Mark Spurway of MTA – Mobile Travel Agents in Sydney as a 2025 Virtuoso Cruise Icon, a distinctive honour for advisors whose sales performance excels within the industry. Spurway joins an elite group of 185 advisors across 13 countries worldwide, each having
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Business, Holidays, Home Page News, Luxury
Dynamic Duos: MTA Advisors and their Executive Assistants making magic happen
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Feb
Feb
Dynamic Duos: MTA Advisors and their Executive Assistants making magic happen Success in travel isn’t just about expertise—it’s about the right support. For MTA Platinum Elite advisor Wendy Summerlin, working with MTA Executive Assistant Julia Bond has transformed her business, streamlining operations and enhancing work-life balance. For MTA advisors, success is more than expertise in travel—it’s about
Business, Cruise, Family, Groups, Holidays, Home Page News, Luxury, Uncategorized
Celebrating 25 years of MTA-Mobile Travel Agents
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Feb
Feb
MTA – Mobile Travel Agents celebrates 25th anniversary today: Founders Karen & Roy Merricks interview Once dismissed as “hobbyists”, MTA – Mobile Travel Agents has proven the doubters spectacularly wrong. As the company celebrates its 25th anniversary (today, to be precise), a significant number of its advisors are earning well into the six figures, with
Cruise, Holidays, Home Page News, Honeymoon, Uncategorized
Celebrity Cruises to join river cruise market
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Jan
Jan
Celebrity Cruises has unveiled its latest venture: Celebrity River Cruises, a luxury river cruise line, building on its reputation as a leading premium ocean cruise line. With plans to enter the lucrative river cruise market, the company has already commissioned ten new ships. While details about ship design, staterooms, itineraries, shore excursions, and pricing remain
05
Dec
Dec
Karen Merricks, MTA Co-Founder and Managing Director, has been recognised as one of the 2024 Most Powerful Women in Travel, earning the #14 spot on this highly regarded list. This acknowledgment highlights Karen’s outstanding contributions to the travel industry. Her unwavering commitment to innovation, leadership, and empowering advisors within MTA has set new benchmarks for
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Nov
Nov
Australians planning to visit the UK from January 2025 will need to apply for the country’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) in advance of their trip. The ETA is a digital visa-waiver system, similar to the USA’s ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization), designed primarily for tourism and business travel and does not replace a
Business, Family, Holidays, Home Page News
MTA – Mobile Travel Agents celebrate record number of high achievers
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Sep
Sep
MTA – Mobile Travel Agents (MTA) recently had the pleasure of hosting a series of High Achiever’s celebrations across Australia in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. This year, the company celebrated a record number of over 200 High Achievers, recognising the exceptional performance of their expert Travel Advisors. “These celebrations are a reflection of
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Aug
Aug
MTA – Mobile Travel Agents CEO Don Beattie is an easy interview. Query him on MTA or the travel agency sector and he’ll go on and on (in a good way, of course). He has reason to wax lyrical about MTA, a group that right now is growing – in membership and revenue. A big
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Jul
Jul
A record group of 34 MTA Travel Advisors along with representatives from MTA’s Product Team, gathered at the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) at the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. Over 650 brands are represented, meeeting with more than 650 travel advisors over three days. Our advisors are gaining new contacts, discovering up and coming travel destinations
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Mar
Mar
MTA-Mobile Travel Agents (MTA) is thrilled to have clinched two coveted awards at the annual Regional Virtuoso Awards held at the Virtuoso Forum in Bangkok earlier this week. MTA was honoured to receive the awards for “Highest Growth in Tours” and “Top Tour Producer”. “Winning these awards is a testament to the hard work and