About Trade Travel

Trade Travel opened their first office in 1992 and was incorporated in 1993 by founding Directors Grant and Kay McGlashan. We now employ 27 staff including Co-Directors, Gerard McManus and Mark O’Brien and offer 3 office locations plus Area Sales Managers located all over Australia offering an invaluable service directly to the groups market.

Trade Travel services the corporate, leisure and wholesale travel market maintaining a high level of service through our experienced staff.

Trade Travel Offices and branches are located at:

• Level 2B, 91 Upton Street, Bundall, QLD.
• The Tweed Heads Bowls Club, Florence Street, Tweed Heads.
• 276 Eleventh Street, Mildura VIC 3500

Trade Travel offers a wide range of services to our clients, including the Trade Travel Network of Accommodation, Attractions and Regions, Domestic and International Group Touring and a specialised itinerary writing service.
 

Trade Travel's Vision

• To be the most inspirational and diverse company in the travel and tourism industry.
   

Trade Travel's Mission Statement

• To become the leaders in our field and to uphold our vision by utilising the exceptional ability and knowledge of our staff.
   

Trade Travel's Values

• To always be 'Dedicated to Service'.
• To offer reputable products, services and value for money.
• To develop and involve our qualified staff with the advancement of the Company in mind.
• To offer new and exciting products into the market on a regular basis
• Always strive for new innovations and constant improvements.
• To obtain and maintain repeat clientele.
• Expanding our Company through our Staff with experience and knowledge.
   

We invite you to browse our extensive website to learn more about the many travel services we can provide to you and your friends.

Trade Travel can assist you with all your travel needs for your group worldwide. We will be glad to help you with any enquiries. So give us a call today or email us or use our 'contact us' page.
 

DIRECTORS		VICTORIAN OFFICE
Gerard McManus, Kay McGlashan, Grant McGlashan, Mark O'Brien.		Gerard McManus, Tania McManus, Michelle Dyson.

YOUR TRADE TRAVEL TEAM

Back: Melissa Fung, Linda Higgins, Sarah Murray, Laurie Baillie, Belinda Davis, Hayley Hopper, Lisa Ranclaud, Melynda Close, Christine Dunne. Front: Kym Lamberger, Greg Hopper, Sue O'Brien.

'Group Travel Specialists'

TRADE Travel is now a successful company with three office locations and a very interesting story to tell.

After beginning in the tour industry back in 1988 in Mildura business partners and long time family friends Grant McGlashan and Gerard McManus together with their partners Kay and Tania have established a very successful and ever expanding tour company. Trade Travel was incorporated in 1992 and along with a third business partner Mark O’Brien and wife Sue, the company has steadily grown and expanded over the past 16 years.

Trade Travel now employs 30 people with three licenced travel office locations in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria and local representation in seven areas throughout Australia.
There are plans to extend the number of Area Sales Managers from the current seven to 24 throughout Australia and New Zealand.

The business is quite unique and has developed niche markets over the years based on Australia and the Pacific Islands for the seniors sector. Over time they have extended their portfolio of exclusive tours to include over 100 national tours and a vast array of international tours including New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Canada/Alaska, Sabah/Borneo, Taiwan, Hawaii, Vietnam/Cambodia, Fiji and several European destinations.

Their official and highly sought after national sponsorship with Probus Centre South Pacific Inc. and the recently signed sponsorship agreement with Australian National Seniors has opened up a huge clientele for the company.

Trade Travel’s involvement with and support of Probus Centre South Pacific was never more evident than in 2007 when it organised and hosted some 850 Probus members and delegates for the Probus 2007 Rendezvous held on the Gold Coast.

The Rendezvous was proclaimed the most successful ever held. Another area of continuing expansion is the Trade Travel Network Department with over 400 members.

The Trade Travel Network offers a fantastic opportunity for accommodation providers, attractions and regions to increase their exposure to the group market. This is achieved by their dynamic sales and marketing team promoting their network members to a targeted audience in a unique and proven marketing strategy.
Trade Travel Network Department conducts Travel Expos in all Australian capital cities annually, directed at the senior group market and with proven success.

A most memorable experience for Gerard and Tania has been preparing and hosting a tour for 30 ex-National Service men and partners through the sites in Turkey, France, Belgium and England.

They visited Gallipoli and the battle fields of the Western Front including Villers-Brettoneux (sister city to Robinvale) where in 1918 the Anzacs counter attacked German forces and liberated the town.

The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Brettoneux contains a sobering 10,797 names of Australian soldiers with no known grave and a further 799 graves of Australian soldiers who died fighting on the Somme.

To discuss group tours, travel insurance and all your travel needs or to join one of Trade Travel’s group departures to destinations far and call...
Victoria on 1800 034 439
or Queensland 1800 645 103.